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Marine Operations - Intro

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Marine operations

Some challenges

Finn Gunnar Nielsen


Norsk Hydro / NTNU
Marine operations. Themes

z Temporary duration
„ Towing
„ Lifting
„ Launching
„ Pipelaying
„ Bottom surveys
„ ROV operations
„ Spill recovery
„ ….
z Weather limitation
„ Dynamics
„ Operability

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Examples – deep water

HAMMERFEST

HARST AD

Ormen
Lange TRONDHEIM

KRISTIANSUND

STURE

BERGEN

OSLO

ST A V ANGER

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Example: Ormen Lange
Approx. 21 KM TO TOP OF SLIDE EDGE

TO SHORE
TOP OF SLIDE EDGE
WATER DEPTH = 250 m
TOP OF SLIDE EDGE
N
N WATER DEPTH = 250 m

DEVELOPMENT
AREA
WATER DEPTH = 850-900 m

EXPORT LINES: •2 x 30”


•2 x 6” MEG
DEVELOPMENT
•3” Service
AREA
•Control Umb.
WATER DEPTH = 850 m
INFIELD FLOWLINES: •2 x 12”
•2 x 4,5” MEG
•SU (2”) 10 KM
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AUV mapping of the sea bottom

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World wide deep water locations

W oS
NNS

GoM

WA

B razil

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Environmental conditions

Water Depth
1000m

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Environmental conditions
Approxim ate 100yr contourline s
22
Faroe area
20 Haltenbanken
Nortern North Sea
Significant wave height, Hmo(m)
18 GOM
W OA
16

14

12

10

4
0
2

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 -250
30 Njord
Wave peak period, Tp(s) In Troll Schiehallion

-500 ch crea Norne


Foinhaven
all sin
en g
ge
Water Depth (m)

-750 s
Orm en
-1000 Marlin 4 Ram Lange
Pow el
Ursa
-1250
Girassol
Dalia Hoover/Diana
-1500

-1750 Marlin Sul

Roncador Crazy Horse


-2000
5 8 12 18 Hs(m)
WA Brazil GoM NNS/AM
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Numerical simulation of current

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Wave conditions

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Moonpool operation. Experiments and
modelling

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Pipelaying, Semisubmersible LB200

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S-laying and J-laying

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Free spanning pipeline

9Storegga slide area, route South East


-200
30” pipeline
-300

-400
Water Depth (m)

-500

-600

-700

-800
-900
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000

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Free span distribution

R o u te S E (2000) - R O V P ro file S -L ay
E m p ty P ip e, T =1000kN , 31 km

20.5
Span Height [m]

15.5

10.5

5.5

0.5
40 140 240 340 440
D nV
S pan L en g th [m ]
G 14

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TECHNOLOGY GAPS - PIPELINES

Long free span design

Pre/Post-lay dredging equipment


Trenching equipment in hard soil
Trawling - Long spans

J-lay in deep water;


reduced radius, dynamics,
Installation software
Hydrate Prevention/Remediation
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Why is free spans a problem?
Vortex induced vibrations (VIV)

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Replacement of flexible risers

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Hybrid riser solution

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From Troll to Ormen Lange -
A step into the deep.

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Marine operations - challenges

z Deep water
z More subsea equipment
z Requirements on costs and regularity
z Harsh environment

z Needed: people with knowledge about


„ Dynamics
„ System modelling
„ Statistics
„ Current practice

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