Offshore Engineering

All our offshore engineering analytical solutions are carried out in accordance with relevant industry codes and standards governing each area of study. Our analytical design are structured to observe the recommendations highlighted in the applicable codes; some of which are DNV-GL, API, ASME, BS, ISO,

Subsea Pipeline Engineering

  • Wall Thickness Design
  • On-Bottom Stability Analysis
  • Expansion Analysis;
  • Free Span and Fatigue Analysis (DNV);
  • Cathodic Protection Design (Bracelet Anode Selection);
  • Pipeline In-place / Roughness Analysis
  • Pipeline Crossing;
  • Buckling, Walking, Fault Crossing and Seismic Analysis
  • Rigid Riser and Spool Design;
  • Flexible Risers, Umbilicals and Subsea Cable Design
  • Shore Approach and Shore crossing Design
  • Trench and Backfilling Design
  • Dropped Object and Impact Protection Design
  • Right of Way Selection
  • Pre-lay and post-lay intervention design
  • Full Field Schematic Drawings
  • Pipeline Alignment Sheet Drawings
  • Detailed Pipelay Construction Drawing
  • Material Selection, Technical Specification and Datasheet Report
  • Remote systems connections and tie-in spools

Floating Structures

  • Floating structure engineering / naval architecture including new build and conversion engineering
  • Response based analysis of floating structures
  • Structural engineering
  • Mooring system design
  • Mooring and offloading buoys
  • Materials Selection, corrosion and corrosion management
  • Sea fastening design and transportation analysis
  • Float-over deck engineering
  • Cargo Integrity Studies
  • Towing Resistance Studies for complicated floating structures
  • Seakeeping and Motion Studies
  • Complex Tow System Design
  • Seafastening Design
  • Mooring Design, Analysis and Plans
  • Barge Stow Plans
  • Load and Offload Calculations and Ballast Plans
  • Salvage Engineering and On-site Support
  • Emergency Response Planning
  • Stability Analysis
  • Structural Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Floating Multibody Interactions

Marine Risers

  • Steel Catenary Risers (SCR), Lazy-wave Steel Risers, Flexibles and Top Tensioned Risers (TTR) ranging from small diameter flowline to large diameter export system
  • Hybrid risers, including freestanding riser towers and/or bundles
  • Flex joint, stress joint, keel joint, J or I-Tube and buoyancy tank concept evaluation and design
  • Dynamic, floating and seabed riser base spools
  • Risers interference analysis
  • Engineering Critically assessment (ECA)
  • Vortex-shedding induced Vibration (VIV) analysis
  • Materials Selection, fatigue evaluation, and safety factor calibration analysis
  • Development and implementation and repair strategies

Flow Assurance

  • Pipeline / Flowline sizing—steady state and transient
  • Definition of transient start-up and cooldown temperature profiles for assessment of buckling and walking
  • Insulation requirements definition type and required performance characteristics
  • Development of operations manuals
  • Hydrate prediction, prevention (inhibition) and remediation including chemical injection requirements for start-up, normal operation and shutdown—throughout the field life
  • Operational envelope development—minimum, maximum, ramp-up
  • Production chemistry issue resolution, such as wax and asphaltenes
  • Slug prediction, sizing and slug catcher sizing
  • Production system operability design

Process Engineering

  • Basis of Design
  • Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
  • Heat & Material Balances (HMB)
  • Equipment List
  • P&IDs
  • Line List
  • Tie-in Schedule
  • Process Description
  • Operation & Maintenance Manual
  • Equipment Process Datasheets (Vessels, Control Valve, Pump, Storage Tank, Flare, Filter, Heater and Relief Valve)
  • Instrumentation Process Datasheets
  • Packaged Units Duty Specifications
  • Emergency Shutdown Philosophy
  • Causes & Effects Diagrams
  • Effluent and Emission Summary
  • Process Simulation Report
  • Catalyst and Chemicals Summary
  • Process Design Calculations (Separator Sizing, Pump Calculations, Relief Valve Calculations, Line Sizing and RO Sizing)
  • Dynamic Process Simulation
  • Heat Exchangers Thermal Design & Datasheets
  • Utility Balance
  • Flare and Relief System Study/Sizing Calculations
  • Performance Guarantees Statement
  • Performance Test Procedure
  • Pre-commissioning and Commissioning Manual

Advanced & Specialist Engineering

  • Structural analysis of manifolds (PLEMs and PLETs) and associated Deepwater structures
  • Pipeline Global Buckling and walking assessment
  • Gouge analysis and solutions
  • HPHT and Pipe-in-Pipe flowline
  • Fatigue evaluation and ECA
  • Seismic and slop stability analysis
  • Fault Crossing analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis
  • Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI)
  • Systems level structural analysis
  • Local and component analysis
  • Soil / Structure interaction analysis.
  • Pipe-soil interaction analysis
  • Advanced dynamics stability engineering
  • Component design using advanced mechanics solutions such as J-lay collar, buckle arrestor, end and intermediate bulkhead design
  • Global Buckling, soil-pipe interactions and advanced mechanics
  • Crack Propagation Study
  • J-lay, S-Lay, Reel-lay and bundle installation analysis

Onshore Engineering

Our onshore engineering from Conceptual Studies to FEED is supported from our full in-house multi-discipline engineering resource pool including:

  • Process Engineering (Including Flow Assurance And Dynamic Simulation)
  • Instrument Engineering (Control Systems, Field Instruments and Metering / Calibration)
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
  • Piping Layout Design
  • Piping Engineering (Including Piping Stress Analysis and Materials)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Risk, Safety & Environmental Engineering
  • Land, river and swamp pipeline engineering

Other Engineering Capabilities

Process Safety

  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Event Tree Analysis
  • Process Hazard Reviews
  • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
  • Layers of Protection Analysis
  • Hazard & Operability Studies
  • ATEX Assessments
  • Process Safety Consultancy
  • Facilities for Offsite PHA Sessions
  • Safety Design Philosophy
  • P&ID for Fire Water Ring Main
  • Fire Fighting Equipment Layout
  • Fire & Gas Cause and Effect Matrix
  • Extinguishing Systems Design of Fixed Extinguishing Systems (foam, carbon dioxide, clean agent and dry powder system)
  • Safety Equipment Schedule
  • HAZID
  • QRA
  • Hazardous Area Classifications
  • Fire Water Demand Calculations
  • Fire & Gas Detection Layout
  • Fire Water Network Layout
  • Safety Philosophy & EIA Studies

Piping and Plant Layout

  • Well flowline layout
  • Design Specification
  • Design Stress Calculations
  • Stress Critical Line List
  • Final Stress Report
  • Piping Support Drawings
  • Pipe Supports Design details
  • Special Pipe Support Register
  • Pipe Support Spring Register and Calculations
  • Hydrostatic test diagrams
  • General Specification for Piping Materials
  • Piping Classes Summary
  • Material Selection and Corrosion control Report
  • Special Piping Items Specifications
  • Fabrication and Installation of Pipe-work Specification
  • Heat Tracing/Jacketing Specification and Schedules
  • Standard Drawings
  • Piping MTO
  • Piping Routing Drawings
  • Piping Studies and Layout Drawings
  • Isometric Drawings for 2″ and above pipe-work above and below ground
  • General Plot Plan
  • Unit Plot Plan
  • 3D Model Development and Review

Civil Engineering

  • Soil Investigation Specification
  • Underground Networks Drawings
  • Design Specifications
  • Civil Works Specifications
  • Guide / Outline Drawings
  • Design Drawings
  • Calculation & Calculation Notes
  • Drainage Network Calculation
  • Concrete / Steel Standard Drawings
  • Buildings Architectural Drawings
  • Material Take-Off

Mechanical

  • Pressure Vessels, Storage Vessels and Tanks
  • Equipment Specifications
  • Equipment Mechanical Design
  • Equipment Mechanical Datasheet
  • Requisition Enquiry
  • Requisition Purchase
  • Technical Bid Tabulation
  • Vendor Follow-up

Instrumentation and Controls

  • Control System Specification
  • Instrumentation & Automation Design Specification
  • Instrument Design Data & Engineering Calculation
  • System Architectural Drawing
  • System Block Diagrams
  • Control Logic Diagrams (ISA2)
  • Systems I/O sizing
  • Relief and Safety Device Index
  • Instrument List
  • Instrument and Control System Schematics
  • Instrument Power and Utility Requirements
  • Termination Schedule/Diagram
  • Material Requisitions
  • Material Take-Off
  • Cable Schedule
  • Loop Diagrams
  • Hook-up Drawings
  • Control and Technical ROMs/Building Equipment Arrangement Drawings
  • Cable Routing Drawings

Electrical

  • One Line Diagram
  • Electrical Consumers List
  • Equipment General Specification
  • Electrical Design Calculations and Specification
  • Equipment Datasheet
  • Material Requisitions
  • Layout Standard Drawings (Grounding layouts, plant cable tray and routing layouts, plant and building lighting layouts, switchgear building equipment layout, U/G duct bank layout etc.)
  • Specification for Bulk
  • MTO
  • Cable Schedule
  • Substation Equipment Arrangement Drawings
  • Cable Routing Drawings

Flow Measurement, Calibration, Testing & Knowledge Transfer

  • Export & allocation metering
  • Heat exchangers
  • Oil-in-water monitors
  • Produced water systems
  • Oil, water and gas flow tests
  • Multiphase and wet-gas flow tests
  • Factory acceptance tests
  • Field acceptance tests
  • Flow surveys
  • Erosion testing and analysis
  • Umbilical chemical compatibility