Deepwater E&P

activity and fibre

rope demand

Leonardo Roncetti

TechCon Offshore
Lifting Design

www.techcon.eng.br
leonardo@techcon.eng.br Source: akersolutions.com
 Offshore Lifting Design
and Consulting
Lifting design for offshore operations
Dynamic simulation of transport and
installation for subsea operations
Seafastening design
Design of marine operations
Structural design and check
3D animation of lifting operations
Third party design review
Expert witness
Strengthening of offshore structures
with carbon fibre
Training

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 Challenges for
offshore E&P
US$ 45,00
Shale oil & gas
Unconventional oil &
gas
Global economy, short
term & long term
Alternative energy
Environment
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 What to do?
Efficiency with technology
Improve information for
designers, constructors and
operators
Increase the market share
Go subsea
Go deeper

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Offshore Magazine, January 14, 2015
 New ultra deepwater
discoveries
Subsea power distribution,
3000 m Siemens subsea power grid

Subsea processing plants for

ultra deepwater, 2927 m
New drillships, 3600 m
New heavy lift vessels

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Conventional air lifting and
subsea lifting
Fibre rope: potential to replace wire
rope in most of operations
Significant advantages over wire
rope
Siemens subsea power grid
Source: cortlandcompany.com
Minor disadvantages over wire rope
(so far...)

infinite possibilities: wind farm

installation, shipyards, slings for
equipment installation,
seafastening

FMCWind
Tordis
turbine
Field monopile.
Separator Samson s slings
 Siemens subsea power grid

Source: Seaway Heavy Lifting, HLV Oleg Strashnov, Subsea Lifting Conference, Stavanger , 2009
Pile top diam. 5,1m, length 58 m, weight 700 t FMC Tordis Field Separator
Siemens subsea power grid

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Siemens subsea power grid

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 Ultra deepwater subsea
lifting
Deepwater or ultra
deepwater: fibre rope is the
logical solution
Weight (15% of wire rope) Siemens subsea power grid

CBOS performance
Zero torque
Inspectable
Repairable

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 Siemens subsea power grid

Subsea gas compression system for the Statoil-operated sgard field. Comp. station: 4752 t. Manifold station: 865 t.
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 $17 bi
$140 bi
12% udw
$14 bi

Siemens subsea$14
powerbi
grid
$14 bi 15% udw

$55 bi
$185 bi
3% udw $70 bi $23 bi

$30 bi
Global deepwater capital
expenditure 2014-2020
Deepwater projects (> 450 m)
Ultra deepwater projects (> 1280 m)
 PETROBRAS Crisis
About 90% of investment
Federal prosecutors discovered a
bribery scheme and corruption
Public administration, contractors
and Directors involved ???
Stock price melted
23 companies suspended for new
contracts
 1st Barrier
Wire rope culture
Successful past experiences
Behavior well know by designers
and operators (feel safe to use)
Siemens subsea power grid
Easy to buy (local or import)
Consolidated standards and guides
Good over-sheave fatigue resistance
Heat and cut tolerant

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Source: www.offshore-energy.co
 2nd Barrier
Misconceptions about
fiber ropes (believe or not)

UV radiation: can be a problem for

some fibre and small diameters. HMPE
fibers are unaffected. Siemens subsea power grid

Not as strong as steel wire: high-

performance fibers (HMPE) are size-for-
size as strong as wire rope, at less than
15% of the weight.
Susceptible to cutting and abrasion
damage: can withstand considerable
abrasion and unacceptable level of
damage can be identified in inspection.

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 3rd Barrier
Technology
Standards and guides consolidation:
Definition of factors of safety.
Deployment of full load & recovery of
empty hook Siemens subsea power grid

Low stiffness of rope: load elongation

& increased natural period
More sensible than steel wire: heat,
abrasion and cut damages
Requires adequate handling and
handling system.
Low coefficient of friction
Transverse cut resistance FMC Tordis Field Separator
 Siemens subsea power grid

Not to damage the load,

wear your sling, or else,
Source: www.statoil.com
use fibre rope!!!
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