Abstract:
A self-installing offshore platform (100) includes a top deck (102) that supports an offshore facility, a column (108) having a top end and a bottom end, the top end connected to the top deck, the column that supports the top deck to maintain the top deck above water in a water body in both the deployed state and the undeployed state of the self-installing offshore platform, a skirt (110) connected to the bottom end of the column, the skirt residing above a floor of the water body in the undeployed state of the self-installing offshore platform and residing on the floor of the water body in the deployed state of the self-installing offshore platform, and a ballastable float (106) positioned between the top deck and the skirt, the ballastable float floating in the water when the self-installing offshore platform transitions from the undeployed state to the deployed state.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of building an offshore windmill (100) on a windmill pedestal (50) that is located offshore. The method comprises: i) providing a floating vessel (900) comprising a 3D-heave-compensated crane (910) on a deck (901) thereof; ii) providing at least one offshore windmill assembly (110, 120, 130) and a lifting jack (90), wherein the offshore windmill assembly comprises a windmill generator (120), a plurality of wind- mill blades (130, 130-1..130-3) and at least two windmill column parts (110, 110-1..110-3) for forming a windmill column at a later stage, wherein the lifting jack (90) is configured for receiving the windmill column (110-1..110-3) in a receiving region thereof; iii) moving said floating vessel (900), the lifting jack (90) and the at least one offshore windmill assembly (110, 120, 130) in proximity of the windmill pedestal (50); iv) placing the lifting jack (90) directly on the windmill pedestal (50) using the 3D-heave-compensated crane (910) and fixing the lifting jack (90) to the windmill pedestal (50) such that it can be later removed, and wherein the lifting jack (90) is fixed to the windmill pedestal (50) such that the windmill column (110-1..110-3) can be placed within the receiving region directly on the windmill pedestal (50); v) installing the windmill generator (120) using the 3D-heave-compensated crane (910); vi) partially erecting the windmill column (110-1..110-3) on the windmill pedestal (50) using the 3D-heave-compensated crane (910) and the lifting jack (90); vii) installing the windmill blades (130, 130-1..130-3) on the windmill generator (120) using the 3D-heave-compensated crane (910) at a stage where the windmill column (110-1..110-3) has been partially erected; viii) fully erecting the windmill column (110-1..110-3) on the windmill pedestal (50) using at least the lifting jack (90), and ix) removing the lifting jack (90) from the windmill pedestal (50) using the 3D-heave-compensated crane (910). The invention provides for a further improved retrofit method of building offshore windmills.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for removing fixed offshore platforms using a semi-submersible marine vessel are described. The semi-submersible marine vessel may comprise a main body, a mooring system, a lifting system, and a gate disposed at the second end. The main body may have an extended shape sized to house a fixed offshore platform oriented in a prone position. The main body may have a first end opposing a second end and a first side opposing a second side, the first end and the second end having dimensions that exceed dimensions of a footprint of the fixed offshore platform, the first side and the second side having dimensions that exceed dimensions of the fixed offshore platform oriented in a prone position. The lifting system may have a plurality of strand jacks and plurality of strand jack cables.
Abstract:
A positioning device (30) and an arrangement (30) for installing a mono-column platform (3) in the seabed (5) of the sea. The device is arranged at a first floating structure (10) and the platform is extending between the first floating structure and a second floating structure (12) so that a first end portion (20) of the platform is held by the first floating structure and a second end portion (22) of the platform (3) is held by the second floating structure (12). The device comprises attachment means (32) for holding the first end portion (20) of platform, and a first pivot (50) for pivoting the first end portion of platform so that the first end portion is reoriented towards the surface of the sea after that the second end portion of the platform has been released from the second floating structure.
Abstract:
A measurement system that comprises at least one horizontal load measuring unit, that is preferably arranged on the leg guide is provided. The horizontal load measuring device measures or determines horizontal load on the position of the leg where the device is placed, which gives a more accurate indication of the leg bending moment than the rack phase differential measurement. Advantageously, multiple load measuring units can be provided along the leg guide.
Abstract:
A platform arrangement (1) for offshore energy exploitation comprising an elongated structure (3) with a base portion (5) and a top portion (7). The base portion is adapted to be anchored in the seabed of the sea so that the elongated structure extends away from the seabed towards the surface of the sea. The top portion is adapted to hold process equipment (11) for said exploitation. The arrangement further comprises a plurality of pipes (12) for the operation of the exploitation extending from the base portion to the top portion of the structure. The structure comprises an outer casing (50) and an inner casing (52) arranged so that an outer space (54) is formed between the outer casing and the inner casing. The plurality of pipes are arranged so that they extend in said outer space from the base portion to the top portion of the structure.
Abstract:
An offshore platform for use in combination with an offshore rig comprises an upper deck defining an upper deck aperture which is alignable with a rig aperture of the offshore rig, when said offshore rig extends over the upper deck, to permit objects to extend between the offshore rig and through the upper deck. The offshore platform further includes a sheath arrangement aligned with the upper deck aperture and extending upwardly relative to the upper deck to be alignable with the rig aperture, wherein the sheath arrangement defines a confinement zone for confining objects which pass downwardly from the offshore rig through the rig aperture.
Abstract:
A jackup rig is described. The jackup rig comprises a hull, a plurality of legs mounted for vertical movement relative to the hull, and an assembly movable between a retracted position overlying the hull and an extended position cantilevered from the hull. The assembly comprises a pair of cantilever beams mounted on a deck of the hull, the beams being movable between the retracted position and the extended position, and a primary skid platform mounted to the cantilever beams and movable with respect to the beams.
Abstract:
A jacket system (10) enables construction and installation of multiple jackets Ji utilising a small number of modularised jacket portions. A method is also disclosed for installing a jacket provided with suction piles using a jack up rig where the jacket has a footprint greater than a drillable area of the jack up. A method of delivering the jacket with suction piles to an installation location involves holding a volume of their in the suction piles to provide buoyancy and wet towing the jacket to the installation location.
Abstract:
Method for moving a cantilever with respect to a deck of an offshore structure in longitudinal and rotational direction, around a predetermined virtual vertical axis, without providing a fixed vertical rotation shaft, comprising providing an offshore structure with a cantilever movable with respect to a deck of the offshore structure, providing cantilever rails on the bottom side of the cantilever and providing a supporting member or a skid shoe to support the cantilever on the deck, wherein the supporting member or the skid shoe has a top part configured for allowing the cantilever rail to have an angle deviating from the centerline of the skid shoe during rotation of the cantilever.