Frank Mohn Flatøy AS

Oil &Gas Div.

Bergen – Norway

COMPANY &
PRODUCTS
Presented by Roald Wie
 F ra n k M o h n A S

F r a n k M o h n F la tø y A S F ra n k M o h n F u sa A S F r a n k M o h n S e r v ic e s A S F R A M O E n g in e e r in g A S
O il & G a s D iv is io n M a rin e D iv is io n A fte r S a le s S e rv ic e s M u ltip h a s e /S u b s e a
(4 0 % F M )

• Group annual turnover 450 mill US$

• Number of employees world wide 1400, approx.
 OIL & GAS DIVISION -
FACILITIES

• 33.000 m2 yard with deep water quay

• 20.000 m2 work shops with a modern machinery park
• Test facilities for full scale testing (10 MVA, 400 V – 13,8 kV, 50 & 60 Hz
Oil &Gas Water Injection pump / Systems
Products Fire Water Pump Systems
Electric Submersible Pumps
Multiphase Pumps &Meters
Swivel stack
Various Sub sea Equipment

Oil Spill TransRec Oil Skimming Systems

Control Portable Pumping Systems
Products Special Pumping Systems
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Our Technology background;
Framo Cargo pumping system
 FPSO-Pump installation concept

Fire fighting Water injection Cargo pump Ballast pumping

Pump System Pump System System System
The BRAVO Blowout North Sea 1977
 Primary Equipment for Oil Recovery

1. An oil containment boom with handling and

cleaning equipment
2. An efficient skimming unit with handling
equipment and aggregates
3. Storage availability for recovered oil
4. Cargo Heater
5. Transfer systems (pumps, hoses, valves)
 STATUS OF THE
TRANSREC SYSTEM
The TransRec is designed for:
• Oil recovery in heavy sea
• Transfer of recovered oil in open seas
• Emergency off loading of grounded vessels
• Coast /beach line clean up
• Off loading of sunken vessels
• To be operated by one person
• Designed for 24 hours operation
TransRec Umbilical
 Weir skimmerhead features
• Center buoyancy
• Automatic skirt
• More compact design
• Reduced transit draft
• Self priming
• Water cut measurement
• Emulsion thickness measurement
• (Capacity measurement)
• Only pump pressure regulated
 Oil recovery from sea surface

Weir Skimmer – Wave

compensated self adjusting weir
 Oil recovery from sea surface

”Positive displacement” skimmer should be used when the

viscocity of the emulsion is more than 10 000 cSt
-Oil collecting rotating drums
-Thrusters
-Water lubrication
 Oil recovery from sea surface

High viscous oil with water injection spool

Water
source

HP water injection pump

Recovered emulsion To tank

Water Injection Flange

 Day & night operation
Wind 30 m/s
Waves 4.0 m
Towing Speed 5 knots
Temp range (air) -40°C to +50°C
(sea) -2°C to +40°C

• If we can ”see” and measure what we are doing

during operation, we may increase the overall
efficiency by a factor of 2

To operate ”blindfolded”, the equipment should have:

­ oil thickness meter in the oil boom
­ oil/water phase meter in discharge line
­ oil slick positions from surveillance helicopter
 Pt. 5 Ch 7 Section 12
– Recovered Oil Reception and Transportation
• B 104 The oil tanks and deck area, from where the operation is performed, are to be as far away
from the accommodation as possible
• C 101 The following spaces are to be considered as gas dangerous spaces during oil recovery
operations:
Tanks for storage of recovered oil
Enclosed or semi-enclosed spaces in which pipe flanges, valves, hoses, pumps and/or other
equipment for handling of recovered oil are located
• C 103 Gas- dangerous zones are:
Zones on the open deck or semi-enclosed spaces on the deck within a distance of 3 m from oil
skimmer equipment, hoses and valves used for recovered oil handling, openings and air pipes
from tanks for recovered oil and openings and ventilation outlets from gas-dangerous spaces
• D 101 The vessel is to be arranged and equipped so as to minimize the time needed to make it
operational. This implies that systems and equipment for handling of recovered oil as far as
practicable are to be permanently installed
• D 103 All electrical and mechanical equipment for use in gas-dangerous areas during oil
recovery operations is to be certified for operation in gas contaminated atmosphere
• D404 The filling line is to be provided with means for injection of emulsion-breaking chemicals.
The arrangement is to be so as to facilitate efficient mixing with recovered oil, e.g. By injection to
the suction side of a pump. For tanks provided with heating coils the requirements may be
dispensed with.
NOFO Oil Spill Control Exercise 2003
Equipment:
400 m offshore oil boom,tot.height 3.5m
1 TransRec 350, cap. 350 m3/hr.
1 supply vessel
1 towing vessel
TransRec 150 Weir Skimmer
– Oil on water excercise 2003
TransRec 150 Weir Skimmer
– Oil on water excercise 2003
 Oil recovery from sea surface

Oil recovery from sea surface

Weir skimmer is the simplest and most compact skimmer design

with a high performance.
This should be used if possible.

-High capacity
-Limited water content
-Efficient up to 10.000 cSt.
Offshore oil spill in Brasil
TransRec 100 (200) and
200 m oil boom
Oil recovery operation
in Brasil for Petrobras
Equipment: TransRec 100(200)
with 200 m oil boom
Oil property
Oil recovery from sea surface
HiViscous oil recovery from sea surface
Not exactly pleasant or safe working conditions
HiViscous oil recovery
 Handling of equipment on deck

Manual deployment of oil boom

Oil property
 Handling of equipment on deck

Oil drip trays arround

all equipment
Handling of equipment on deck
 Loading of oil into tanks

350.000 cSt
 Handling of equipment on deck
Oil drip trays arround all equipment
-Portugese Navy
 Handling of equipment on deck

Manual handling
 TransRec 100 (200)
Permanent installed on aTug
 Equipment: 1 TransRec 250 (125)
Japan Coast Guard 250 m Oil Boom
 Handling of equipment on deck

Automatic oil boom – no people on deck

 Oil property

- Bunker fuels for commercial vessels will normally; HFO 380

- Some refineries will also export HFO with higher viscosities; HFO 680
 
 Oil property

When these bunker fuels form an emulsion,

we will experience the extreme viscosities
Weathering of HFO 680
 Oil property

- Crude oils may change into high viscous oils as the oil ”weathers”
and start to form an emulsion. Lighter fractions of crudes evaporate
- Weathering test of relevant crude oils should be performed
Property: Viscosity of Emulsion
2.0 © 2002
Wind Speed (m/s): 10 Pred. Dato: Oktober 10, 2003

Summer Conditions (15°C)

1000000
Norne

100000 Åsgard

Gullfaks
10000
Viscosity (cP)

Grane

Prestige
1000
IFO 180

100

10

1
0,25 0,5 1 2 3 6 9 12 1 2 3 4 5

Hours Days
 TransRec redevelopment
• New power balance 4” – 5” –6” systems
• New range weir skimmer heads with
automatic skirts
• Higher performance
• More compact design
• Lower weight
• Improved operability
• Reduced maintenance
• Customer feedback
 Handling/ storage reel
• New drum dimensions
• 95 meter hose capacity
• Telescopic arm with spooling device
• Deck / cargo rail installation
• 20’ container skid
• SWL 3 ton
Swivel on discharge to
improve the free motions of
the skimmerhead in water
Oil-cut / water-cut monitoring
locally on skimmerhead – to
get a feedback as close to the
pump as possible
Oil thickness meter on
skimmerhead for low visibility
operation
Flowmeter capacity
 Oil recovery from sea surface

Radio remote control

Oil recovery from sea surface
 Oil recovery from sea surface

Skimmerhead
including thrusters
Handling of equipment on deck
Discharge of oil - from the vessel
Cargo pump for discharge of
oil - from oil recovery vessel
FRAMO Cargo heat
exchanger
Discharge of oil - from the vessel
Discharge of oil - from the vessel
Transfer of recovered oil
and emergency off loading
operations in open sea by
TransRec umbilical
 WINDOW FOR TOP HATCH FOR
ASPIRATION AIR POSITIONING CONTROL FILLING ENGINE
INTAKE LOUVER OF RE-SET LATCH COOLING WATER
COOLING AIR CONTROL PANEL
INLET LOUVER ENGINE AND
HYDRAULIC PRESSURE

COOLING AIR
OUTLET LOUVER

HYDRAULIC
OIL LEVEL

EXTERNAL FUEL OIL HYDRAULIC

FUEL OIL QUICK COUPLING QUICK COUPLING
LEVEL STATION STATION
FUEL OIL BALL START
VALVES HAND PUMP VALVE HAND PUMP
LEVER
HYDR.PRESSURE
SETTING

STOP HANDLE
PULL TO STOP

RE-SET KNOB
PUL TO RE-SET ENGINE SPEED
CONTROL LEVER
TransRec 100 (200) 20 ft.
with containertop
 Driverless offloading of sunken vessels

Why do we need to empty sunken vessels?

• Oil will come to the surface sooner or later
• We must not leave the environment polluted
• It is possible to cleanup after our mistakes
• It is a question of attitude and priorities
 How do we do this

• We will use the same tool, TransRec, as for

the emergency offloading and oil skimming
operation
• The umbilical will be connected to a ROLS
unit, which will cut hole in the vessels tank
and discharge the oil to the surface vessel
• The ROLS may also be used for injection of
compressed air into tanks and for steam
injection as well (heating)
Our target is to empty oil from sunken
vessels in a safe and cost effective
solution

1. Survey of wreck 4. Technical

2. Identify the potential challenges
3. For pollution conclusion
4. Plan the discharging 5. Safety during
of oil operation
6. Cost of operation
 Survey of wreck
• Identify damage of wreck
• How many tanks that may contain oil
• How to attack the tanks, plan of the
wreck
• Meassure the thickness of the hull
plates
Identify the volume of oil in the tanks

• Measure difference in
pressure in tanks
Poil • Take oil samples of oil
H
• Identify specific gravity
Pwater • Calculate ullage

Pwater - Poil
H
SGwater - SGoil
Cleaning
of
hull
FRAMO Oil
Sampling Tool
FRAMO Oil Sampling Tool
Oil Sampling
Tool
The ROLS Operation

Remote Off Loading System

ROLS deployed
for
vertical access
ROLS deployed
for
horizontal access
CARGO

SE
AW
AT
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Heating of cargo riser
ROLS with needle
 FRAMO respond 3000

• Capacity 3000 l
• Spray capacity 900 l/ min
• Self filling from supply vessel tank
• Spray from helicopter do not stir the oil into
the water when spraying
• Vessel bow waves disturbs the oil surface
before applying chemicals
Dispersant Spray Systems

• Air-plane
• Helicopter
• Boat
Helicopter-borne Dispersant tool
Helicopter-borne Dispersant tool
Refilling in air
Dispersant tool, stored in 10’ container
 Dispersant

• This is for cleanup of small oil slicks drifting

towards sensitive areas
• Limitations
• This is only effective within the first 24 to 48
hours
• The emulsion will become too viscous for the
dispersant to mix
TransRec 100 (200) 20 ft. Containerised
system
TransRec 100 (200) 20 ft. container
basement
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Polar Seas Oceanography – An integrated case study of the Kara Sea
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
Skimming of oil in ice conditions
FRAMO subsea experience – Remote Operated offloading system - ROLS
FRAMO subsea experience – Remote Operated Offloading System - ROLS
FRAMO subsea experience – Remote Operated Trenching System - ROTS
FRAMO subsea experience – Remote Operated Trenching System - ROTS
FRAMO subsea experience – Suchtion Anchor Installation
 Conclusion
• Technology today can recover oil from sea
surface as long as there is oil on the sea
surface, independent of weather and waves
• Skimmer tools are available for all
viscosities
• All functions should be remotely -
Safety on deck, no people on deck
 Conclusion

Cost in US$/ton
• Emergency transfer 20 - 200

• Oil skimming from sea 40 - 400

• Dispersant 400 - 500

• Offloading of sunken vessel 500 - 1000

• Cleaning of beaches 3000 - 6000