SESSION DESCRIPTION:
This session provides an overview of the removal options of the different components of offshore platforms and the equipment involved. It also explains the transportation and offloading process of the components and highlights sea fastening issues.
SESSION OBJECTIVES:
- Describe heavy lift equipment
- Identify removal options
- Platform topsides
- Piece-small
- Single lift
- Reverse installation
- Jacket substructures
- Piece-small
- Single lift
- Buoyancy tanks
- Footings
- Gravity base substructures
- Refloat
- In situ demolition
- Leg Cutting
- Risers, steelwork/guide frames etc.
- Leave in situ
- Understand sea fastening issues
- Describe transportation and offloading options
- Understand floating facilities (FPSO, FSU, Spars etc.) requirements
SESSION OUTCOMES:
The delegates will be able to describe various platform removal and transportation options while identifying the equipment and requirements involved for each option.