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Anne-Marie Walters, Bentley,
explains how advanced software simulation can
aid in the transportation and installation of heavy
offshore machinery.
T
he offshore industry is driven by the need to increase
production of hydrocarbons, both oil and natural gas.
Analysis and design of offshore platforms and vessels to
meet this need are some of the greatest technical challenges in
the offshore engineering profession. Modern design and simulation
technology enables distributed engineering teams to be innovative
in meeting the challenges for delivering complex fixed and floating
projects.
Sitting in 110 m of water in the Bay of Bengal, the SHWE platform
is a central drilling, production, processing and compression facility for
exporting gas to an onshore terminal. Once onshore, the gas is distributed
to the buyer’s pipeline. Commercial production started in August 2013.
The project became fully operational by mid 2014 with the production of
approximately 500 million ft
3
/d. Engineering, procurement, construction
and installation contractor Hyundai Heavy Industry selected Dockwise as the
T&I subcontractor for operation, engineering and installation of the jacket and topsides.
Dockwise was given approximately 2.5 years from the contract award to complete the
operation in 2012. The installation involved one of the largest jackets and one of the heaviest
the load
