2009/11/2

Presentation for 
Offshore Platform 
& Pipeline Installation

＜FIELD LAYOUT (PTTEP Arthit)＞

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Location Map

EPC Work Distribution (TNS‐Singapore)
1.Engineering (TNS & SOG) 2. Procurement (TNS & SOG)

3. Fabrication by TNS 4. Construction (K1 & K2)

(Bangpakon)

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INTRODUCTION

Offshore installation of oil and gas facilities 
consist of two major types, platform and 
pipeline installation.

This presentation describes the general 
aspects and essential points for platform 
and pipeline installation by NSEC’s DLB 
(KUROSHIO and KUROSHIO‐2)

CONTENTS

1. NSEC’SS Derrick Lay Barge (DLB)
1. NSEC Derrick Lay Barge (DLB)

2. PLATFORM INSTALLATION

3 PIPELINE INSTALLATION
3. PIPELINE INSTALLATION

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1. NSEC’s Derrick Lay Barge

KUROSHIO (K1) and KUROSHIO‐2 (K2)

<Kuroshio 2>
<Kuroshio‐2>

<Kuroshio>

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K1 & K2 Equipment
Kuroshio (K1) Kuroshio-II (K2)
Size 142m x 40m x 8
8.9m
9m 140m x 34m x 9
9.5m
5m
Gross Reg. Tonnage 14,552 tons 10,254 tons
Displacement 25,346 tons 24,100 tons
Galley 254 men 266 men
Main 2,268 MT 725 MT
No.1 Aux 726 MT 272 MT
Crane Capacity
No.2 Aux 272 MT -
Whip 72 MT 45 MT
Tensioner Capacity 68 MT x 1 150MT (75 MT x 2)

Stinger Hitch

Tensioner

Derrick Crane

Tie‐Back Mode

DLB Kuroshio (K1)

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Stinger Hitch

Derrick Crane
Tensioner

DLB Kuroshio‐2 (K2)

Platform Installation
0)  General Flow Chart of Platform Installation 
1)  Transportation
2)Jacket Lifting
Jacket Launching
3)Jacket Upending
4)Pile Installation
5)Jacket Leveling
6)Conductor Installation
7)Deck Installation
8)Others (Multi‐Hook Upending, Tie‐Back）

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Others : Platform Installation

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<Malaysia Project Platform>

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Jacket Installation Flow Chart 

< Jacket Installation Sequence >

Deck Installation Flow Chart 

< Deck Installation Sequence >

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1) Transportation by Cargo Barge & Tug Boat

• AA) Towing Plan
Schedule/Route/ Storage Plan / Barge Size
/ / g / g
• BB) Environmental Condition:  
Towing Route/SeasonÆ Motion Criteria/Tug Boat Capacity 
• CC) Structure integrity, Seafastening & Barge Strength
To perform Transportation Analysis (by SACS or MOSES)
• DD) Review from Installation point of view
Lifting and upending riggings to pre‐rigged.

< Transportation Layout Plan >

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< Transportation Layout Plan >

2) Jacket Lifting
Planning. 
• Lifting weight shall be less than crane capacity.
Lifting weight shall be less than crane capacity
(If not, jacket shall be launched)
・Lifting Mode/Hook shall be determined by 
lifting chart drawing. Clearance between Jacket 
and DLB (Min 2~3m).
( )
• All lifting gear shall be designed with DAF, SKL, 
COG Shift, CF, Wgt.Cont. factors (subject to spec).

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Jacket Lifting Flow Chart
1) Sea bed survey by ROV.
2) Check weather condition (min 2days)
Check weather condition (min 2days)
3) Alongside transportation barge with DLB.
4) Check all cargos / slings on barge.
5) Cut off seafastening.
6) Lift
Lift up the Jacket by derrick crane.
th J k t b d i k

< KUROSHIO‐1 (K1) Derrick Crane Lifting Chart >

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< Jacket Lifting by KUROSHIO‐1  >

< Jacket Lifting By KUROSHIO‐1 (2007 Total Indonesia, Peciko‐5 SWP‐F Jacket) >

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Jacket Launching
• Launching is a installation method of heavy jacket which 
has the bigger lift weight than the derrick crane lifting 
capacity. Launching operation is sliding jacket into the sea 
h ld k h
by tilting the launching barge (3‐5 deg) with ballasting.    
• It is important to study the stability of jacket and barge, 
the jacket sliding, and the bottom clearance from seabed 
during launching operation.
• Tilt launching barge by ballasting. Grease and wax must be 
Tilt launching barge by ballasting Grease and wax must be
applied on skid beam so that the jacket will slide easily. 

< Jacket Layout Plan (2006, PTTEP Arthit APP Jacket >

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< Jacket Launching (2006, PTTEP Arthit APP Jacket >

< Jacket Launching (2006, PTTEP Arthit APP Jacket >

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< Jacket Layout Plan (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

<  Jacket Launching (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

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<  Jacket Launching (1 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

< Jacket Launching (2 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

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< Jacket Launching (3 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

< Jacket Launching (4 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

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< Jacket Launching (5 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

< Jacket Launching (6 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

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< Jacket Launching (7 of 7), (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Jacket >

④ Jacket Upending 
• Lowering Jacket into the sea, Recover lifting 
sling, rig‐up upending sling onto crane hook at 
g, g p p g g
natural float condition, and upend jacket by 
winding up crane hook.
• Jacket (Pitch & Roll) stability shall be checked 
in advance by the analysis model considering 
th j k t lf i ht d it b
the jacket self weight and its buoyancy. 
• Jacket On bottom stability to confirm by 
analysis and weather forecast.

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< Jacket Upending Sequence >

< Jacket Upending >

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⑩ Multi‐Hook Upending
• One of the jacket upending methods.
• Multi
Multi‐hook
hook upending is for the jacket with 
upending is for the jacket with
negative buoyancy at natural float condition 
( Not enough buoyancy ). 
• It is important to check crane capacity and 
bottom clearance between seabed during 
upending operation. 
• Latest NSEC installation record;               
Premier WLWP (2006) and Total Indonesia 
Peciko‐5 (2007)

<  Multi‐Hook Upending (2007, Total Indonesia Peciko‐5, SWP‐F Jacket) >

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< Multi‐Hook Upending (2007, Total Indonesia Peciko‐5, SWP‐F Jacket) >

⑤ Pile Installation
• Pile installation shall be performed in 
accordance with followings:
d ith f ll i
1) [on bottom stability report] for P1 & P2 
(except Skirt pile).
2) [Pile installation report] for lifting
3) [ Pile Driving analysis Report] for hammering
3) [ Pile Driving analysis Report] for hammering
4) [ Welding & NDT procedure] for QC

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Skirt Pile Foundation
5000ton Jacket  
(W.D=140m)

Tokyo H.Office  Building   
(Reference only)

Pile Gripper

Long Pile (80” x 100m)

< Pile Installation (2007, Total Indonesia Peciko‐5 Project) >

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Hammers owned by NSEC
• NSEC has Steam hammers and hydraulic 
hammers.
hammers
• Steam hammer; MRBS‐850, 1800, 3000, 
2500SL, and 5000.
• Hydraulic hammer; MHU‐700T and 270T.

< Steam Hammer (MRBS‐3000)> < Hydraulic Hammer (MHU‐700T) >

< Hammer (2004 Chevron MPF IIB Project) >

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⑥ Jacket Leveling 

< Jacket Leveling >

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Conductor Pile Installation

< Conductor Installation >

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⑧ Deck Installation
• Lifting off from transportation barge and setting 
onto jacket
onto jacket.
• The deck weight, derrick crane capacity, and 
working load of sling and shackle must be 
considered in the lifting study.
• Clearance check between deck structure and 
derrick crane boom d ring deck lifting and
derrick crane boom during deck lifting and 
setting.
• Confirm deck levelness by level survey after 
deck setting.

< Deck Lifting (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi WPN2 Deck >

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<2006, Premier WLWP Project> <2004, Chevron 2004 Project>
< Deck Setting >

⑪ Tie‐Back Mode
• KUROSHIO(K1) derrick crane has the tie‐back 
mode which can increase crane lifting capacity 
d hi h i lifti it
up to 2,268 MT with work radius 40m.
• Work restrictions during tie‐back mode (no 
crane revolving, strict weather limitations).

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< Deck layout Plan (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Deck >

< Deck Lifting in Tie‐back Mode (2007, Total Indonesia Sisi‐Nubi MWPS Deck >

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Tie‐Back. 
Sheave block disconnect 
from Crane‐Frame and 
connect to A‐Frame 

A‐Frame

< Deck Lifting in Tie‐back Mode (2005, Malaysia TLO Charter, SSB E11K‐A, Module‐2) >

< Deck Installation by Float‐over (2001, Philippine, Malampaya Project) >

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Pipeline Installation
① Start‐up Operation
(Deploying dead man anchor (DMA), Tension 
Test, Setting stinger)
② Normal Laying
(Welding, NDT)
③ Lay‐down Operation
(Lay‐down pipeline, Recovering stinger)

Normal Pipelaying Method

KUROSHIO

PIPELINE

Water Depth (-)80m

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Normal Pipelay method

Tensioner 14”x 12m pipe weld

Piggy Back Pipelaying

Piggy Saddle

2” Piggy Line
(for Chemical )

14” Main Gas

Pipe

Piggy Back Layout

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Piggy Back Method

< Pipeline Normal Laying >

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What is Stinger ?
• Stinger is additional support to reduce the 
pipe stress during pipe laying.  
• Stinger has some support rollers and pipeline 
will pass on the rollers.
• Stinger is consisted of the bulkhead steel tanks. 
Stinger angle can be adjusted by 
b ll i /d b ll i
ballasting/de‐ballasting the tanks.  
h k
• It is important to pay continuous attention to 
maintain the stinger angle within the planed 
angle during pipe laying.

< Stinger (2003, Unit‐1 & 2) >

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<  Stinger Setting >

What is Tensioner ?
• Tensioner is a DLB facility to pull and fix the pipeline. 
• Without applying tension to pipeline,  the pipeline 
Without applying tension to pipeline, the pipeline
might be buckling due to over bending stress. 
Therefore the designed tension shall be applied to 
pipeline to prevent from the buckling by pulling 
pipeline and shift forward of DLB.
• Usually bigger tension is required for heavy weight 
y gg q y g
pipeline, with concrete coating and deeper water 
depth. 
• Tension control is important operation in pipeline 
installation.  

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< K1 Tensioner (2006, Premier WLWP Project) >

Crossing Sleeper Installation

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Detail of SPP Area / Crossing Sleeper Position

Scale: 350m (approx)

Tie-off Point Last

Crossing Sleeper

Check Points of Pipeline Installation

• Welding and Non destructive testing (NDT）
• Eliminate welding defect
• Control tension
• Control stinger angle
• DLB movement by anchor relocation

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< Anchor Handling during Pipeline Installation >

Pipeline Buckling
• If loss the required tension,  the pipe might be buckling.
• Pipeline Buckling is classified into  Dry/Wet Buckling
Pipeline Buckling is classified into Dry/Wet Buckling
• Dry Buckling; No flooding into pipeline after buckling. 
The pipeline will be recovered, then cut the buckling 
portion and weld new pipe.
• Wed Buckling; Flooding into pipeline after buckling. The 
pipeline will be temporary stored onto seabed, 
dewatered kept in dry condition and recovered Pipe
dewatered, kept in dry condition and recovered. Pipe 
laying operation to be resumed by same procedure of dry 
buckling.

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Other Pipeline Technique
• Start‐up operation by tie‐off wire method 
• Automatic welding system (Mechanized 
welding ) for pipeline welding

Tie‐Off Wire
• Tie‐off wire is one of the start‐up methods of 
pipe laying, the reaction wire is connected to 
i l i th ti i i t dt
existing jacket leg for pipe laying. 

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< Tie‐off Wire Start‐up >

Automatic Welding System
(Mechanized Welding)
• The manual welding is normally used for sweet 
gas pipeline installation. however automatic 
welding is used for the long length pipeline, big 
ldi i df h l l h i li bi
outside diameter pipeline, and thick wall 
thickness pipeline.
• For gas sour service pipeline, copper backing 
plate can not be used.
• NSEC will use “CERAMIC” backing plate to use 
Automatic welding in 3H4A project
Automatic welding in 3H4A project.    
• NSEC’s automatic welding system has “Automatic 
seam trackling system” which was used in SSWJ 
project (2006).

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S Pipe Lay Barge

ｔ.1
Sｔ.2

Sｔ.3

S
ｔ.4 溶接ヘッド

Wire Feeder
Control Panel

Multi Torch Arc
GMAW Welding Machine

Automatic Welding System
Pipeline

< Pipeline Automatic Welding System (2006, Indonesia SSWJ Project) >

< Automatic Ultrasonic Testing Machine (2005, Indonesia SSWJ Project) >

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Field Joint Coating Service

Others: Riser & Dogleg Installation

Dogleg Riser Lifting

SPP Concrete Protector

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