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This document summarizes the key safety aspects and lessons learned from designing and operating the Asgard FPSO located in the Norwegian Sea. It discusses challenges with FPSOs related to positioning, cargo operations, hull design, and more. It provides data on the Asgard FPSO and field layout. The document outlines how risk analysis was used extensively in the design to address hazards from marine loads, flexible risers, wave impacts, gas dispersion, fires, and collisions. Escape routes, segregation of areas, material handling restrictions, and vessel motion limitations were incorporated. Extensive risk assessments and experience sharing between operators has helped improve FPSO safety.

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Statoil PPT On Fpso Design

This document summarizes the key safety aspects and lessons learned from designing and operating the Asgard FPSO located in the Norwegian Sea. It discusses challenges with FPSOs related to positioning, cargo operations, hull design, and more. It provides data on the Asgard FPSO and field layout. The document outlines how risk analysis was used extensively in the design to address hazards from marine loads, flexible risers, wave impacts, gas dispersion, fires, and collisions. Escape routes, segregation of areas, material handling restrictions, and vessel motion limitations were incorporated. Extensive risk assessments and experience sharing between operators has helped improve FPSO safety.

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SPE-121065

The Use of Risk Analysis in Design


Safety Aspects Related to the Design and Operation of a FPSO
Lars Tronstad, StatoilHydro

Contents
Introduction Challenges with FPSOs Risk analysis in design Safety Aspects Asgard FPSO experience

Challenges with FPSOs


Positioning Safety - Technical Telemetry Green line Tank atmosphere Safety - Operation Stability Area surveilance

Stern offtake

Swivel Green sea Sea chests Cargo system


Pumps Pump room

Pitch/roll

Cargo operation

Hull design

Ballast system
Valves Lines

Turret

Cargo system

Flexible risers

Anchoring

Asgard FPSO data


Length: 278 m Breadth: 45 m Displacement: 184.300 tonnes Storage cap.: 910.000 bbl Process cap.: 200.000 bbl/d On stream: May 1999 Estimated producing life: 20 yrs

Barents sea

Norwegian Sea
Outside MidNorway Location of Asgard
Asgard field

Tromsflaket

Harstad

Stjrdal

Bergen Stavanger

North Sea

Asgard - Schematic Field Layout


S2
J-201 N-201

S3
Template slot S4 position

Norne Gas Export 16" ~126 km

Heidrun Gas Export - 16" ~ 40 km

225

S1

M
J-102 J-101 M-101 M-201

N-101 N-102

H-201

MORVIN

K-201

O
O-201

Preferred Rig Heading

K-101

C
BC-101 B-401

HALTENPIPE, 16" HEIDRUN FIBRE CABLE

H
K-102 Morvin 10.5 20.1 km w/DEH

H-101 H-102

B
EXPORT RISER BASE sgard T AB-103 AB-102 AB-101
Norne & Heidrun Gas Export Pipelines

Y-103 X-101

L-102 L-101 L-201 Morvin 5 -15 km Gas injection G-201 STIFS

SGARD Fibre Cable B-401, Field Joint with Heidrun Fibre Cable.

Yttergryta
FSM

Y-201 Y-102 X-201 Y-101


Mikkel 3,5" MEG line + Mikkel Umbilical ca. 63 km

FLOWLINE BUNDLE AS03 : G-101, I-101, I-102

G
E-201

I AS03
HEATING MEDIUM MANIFOLD

I-201

X
10" ROV valves Y-102

Y-103

A
R-201 R-102

E
E-102 F-103 F-201

Mikkel A located 28930 m south and 2165 m east of the Midgard Z template.

AS02
R-101

Q-101 Q-102

FLOWLINE BUNDLE: E-101,F-101, F-102

Q R
P-102 42" GAS EXPORT LINE TO KRST. P-201 Q-202 S-201 S-101 S-102

MIKKEL

20" ROV valve

10" ROV valves

Z-201

Y-101

P
P-101 Q-201

Z Mikkel A
18" Mikkel LINE TO "Z" 36891 Mikkel Bmeter

12" Condensate line from Kristin (P-211)

TEMPLATE LEGEND:
Oil Production Gas Production Gas Injection Umbilical Junction

10" Gas injection to Tyrihans.

Heidrun

Asgard
Draugen

Midgard

42

Tjeldbergodden

Statfjord

Gullfaks Tr oll Kollsnes Heimdal Krst

Norway

Frigg

Sleipner St. Fergus

Draupner

Ekofisk Eur opipe Norpipe Norfra Zeepipe Emden Etzel

UK
Zeebrgge Dunkerque

Germany

Asgard Field

Layout - Marine loads

FPSO - Turret loads


Jumper

Load overview: Turret weight Mooring loads Riser loads Boyancy load Dynamic loads Added mass with vessel motion
Bunn EV

Swivel
Stigerr oppheng Ankervinsj

Ship

Turret

Bearings

Anchorline
Riser

Fairleads

Flexible Risers - Critical Areas

End connection area (Coflon)

Cr

g ck

th w o

Fat igu e

Bend stiffener area (armour) Boyancy elements Riser base


Hyd r oly

sis

Sag bend area (Rilsan)

FPSO - Load Calculator


Input: Updated light ship condition, loads from anchor lines, risers, variable weights, tank levels, draught for and aft, wind loads Output: Stability data, stability margins, hull bending moment and shear loads with limit curves

Wave impacts - Lessons


High forecastle Strong windows Solid design fwd

Green sea protection

Panels Cargo deck (tank top)

"Green sea" Protection panels design: panels


prevent green sea damages maintain good ventilation minimize explosion risk CFD analyses

Gas dispersion and Explosion modelling


- All areas modelled for optimized layout!

Subsea gas plume Buoyancy?

355 kg/s subsea riser rupture (5 m/s wind 15 deg. on port side)

Layout - Segregation

Fire walls/deck
Fire wall/deck

Escape tunnel

Escape tunnel

Escape tunnel

Turret / Swivel area


Risers inside guide tubes Riser ESV fireprotecti on
2 hrs jet fire

ESV

Open layout

Material handling
Laydown areas Storage areas Crane operations Crash barriers Lifting restrictions

Vessel motions

20m high waves Large difference in heave; semi/fpso

Weather limitations
Helideck: Heave Pitch Roll Night flights

Sea fastening

Offloading

Offloading arrangement
20 hose 8000 m3/h

Offloading arrangement

Offloading arrangement
Challenges: Working env. issues Simpler handling needed

Preferred system

Shuttle tanker Collision risk


Flare stack location Aft arrangement Tandem operation

Shuttle Tanker Collision aft

Collision aft Flare stack

Collision avoidance
FPSO Shuttle tanker

ESD I ESD II

Alarm

zones Longer offloading hose Strict requirements to the shuttle tankers

Collision avoidance
Strict technical and operative requirements to the shuttle tankers:
All shuttle tankers DP2-class Several DP reference systems Early warning systems - manual takeover At least two DP operators at all times DP operator competence requirements Simulator training for tandem loading

Long list of risk/safety analyses:

Concept Risk & Emergency Preparedness Analysis Design Accidental Load Specification Leaks inside guide tubes FMECA of riser system Gas dispersion study Explosion evaluation report Fire risk assessment Risk related to material handling Qualitative assessment of escape and evac. Safety eval. of essential diesel engines Safety eval. of compass thrusters Safety review of emergency power system Risk analysis of pedestal cranes Qualitative analysis of ballast system Tank explosion frequency assessment Quantitative fire and explosion study of oil storage systems Reliability analysis of instrumented overpressure protection for cargo tanks Passive fire protection optimization DP-operations of tankers offloading Asgard Technical and operational requirements to shuttle tankers serving Asgard Environmental Impact Assessment Emergency Preparedness Analysis Quantitative Risk Assessment, QRA Total Risk Assessment, TRA

Safe Design - Summary


Good segregation between HC areas and safe areas LQ, evacuation means and HVAC intake upwind Escape tunnel along the whole ship Process area segregated from cargo deck by plated H-0 deck No high pressure HC equipment on cargo deck

Safe Design - Summary (contd.)


Water ballast tanks around the cargo tanks, double barrier (double hull) Open layout in modules; reduced explosion risk Design the aft for shuttle tanker collision Include measures for collision avoidance Large helideck

Ship movements must be considered for all material


handling and storage

Safe Design Summary (contd.)

Dropped/ swinging load barriers Lifting above pressurized equipment prohibited One must expect green sea in bad weather condition;
Personnel should not be present at cargo deck in such conditions

FPSO - Experience transfer


Workgroup between the FPSO operators in Norwegian and UK:
Improve FPSO operation and design for future projects Web-site: http://fpso.olf.no/lesson

OGP: Guideline for Managing Marine Risks Associated with FPSOs

Conclusions
Assess risk and safety
Early In all phases

Gather experience Identify all hazards Define safety strategies and standards Follow up with control and documentation

Conclusions There are challenges with FPSOs, but if properly designed and operated, a FPSO is a very safe concept!

Thank You for listening! Questions?

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