LIFE EXTENSION

CERTIFICATION FOR
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS

Eng. Waleed Altamimi

Oct 2017
 INTRODUCTION
Tasneef & RINA offers classification
services for design, construction and
installation of offshore platforms aimed
to oil and gas production from the
offshore reservoir.
Certification is aimed to ensure the
compliance of the structure and
equipment with internationally
recognized industrial standards (such as
API or ISO) or Applicable National
Regulations
 WHY CERTIFICATION?

To ensure,
by a third party independent review,
that the industrial plant going to be installed or
operating, in a socially sensitive scenario, will respect
objective parameters of safety in order to reduce the
risk to human life and environment, eventually
allowing the owner to be facilitated in the permission
and insurance processes.
 UAE OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS

The Upper Zakum

Oilfield field is the
second-largest
offshore oilfield
and fourth-largest
oilfield in the
world.

Production
expanding to
750,000 bbl/d in
2017, then 1
million bbl/d by
2024
BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The number of existing fixed Most of the time the HC field on

offshore platforms nearing which they are installed have still
the end of their design life reserves and the Oil Companies
(typically 20-25 years) needs to proceed further with the
is increasing production

THE ASSESSMENT OF THE OFFSHORE

INSTALLATION & THE LIFE EXTENSION
CERTIFICATION IS BORN TO FIT IN THIS
SCENARIO WITH THE MAIN PURPOSE OF
GUARANTEE:
The Asset Structure
The Asset Facilities
The Safety during Operations
 EXTENDED USE vs NEW - REUSE
Due to a change in economic conditions operators often want to continue
exploiting platforms beyond their 20-25-year designed lifecycle instead of
investing in a new platform
Approximately half (47%) of the worlds oil and gas companies are actively
planning for far longer asset life spans than before, a survey found earlier
this year. This is a particularly pressing issue in the Middle East.
The challenge is to continue to use, or even REUSE, in safety
conditions, offshore platforms that have reached the end of their
designed lifetime and have this extended use approved by
statutory authorities.

The existing structure is fit- Key benefits

for-purpose when the risk of
structural failure leading to
unacceptable consequences is
adequately low, given specific
site conditions and targets
Reduction in amount of repairs
and reinforcements required;
Confidence for the operator,
regulatory agencies and
surrounding community that
the platform is safe and reliable

NEW DEDICATED RULES

 DEDICATED RULES
In 2015 Rules were updated for Classification and Certification of Fixed
Offshore Platforms
Design, fabrication, installation, life extension assessment and de-
commissioning of the platform are all covered
Platform designers and operators can choose from and mix three
approaches:
1. Classification: allows the platform to be built and maintained
against a set of rules covering the whole service life
2. Certification: measures the platform structure and topside
process against set of international or local standards
3. Verification: is the new risk-based Safety Case, regulatory system
to the entire EU from 2015, in increasing use globally, with the
aim of significantly reducing the risk of accidents and
environmental damage
 RULES STRUCTURE
PART A PART C
1. APPLICATION AND GENERAL 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
2. CLASSIFICATION CERTIFICATION 2. PRODUCTION, PROCESS AND
AND INDIPENDENT VERIFICATION ANCILLARY PIPING
3. MAINTENANCE OF CLASS OR 3. SYSTEMS
EXTENSION OF THE PART D
CERTIFICATION 1. MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURES
PART B 2. MATERIALS FOR PROCESS PIPING
1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES SYSTEMS
2. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 3. STRUCTURE FABRICATION
3. DESIGN LOADS 4. PIPING FABRICATION
4. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 5. QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY
5. FOUNDATIONS CONTROL
6. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING 6. PROTECTION AGAINST
STRUCTURES CORROSION
PART E
1. MARINE OPERATIONS
 Rules for the Classification or Certification
of Steel Fixed Offshore Platforms 2015 Ed.
PART B CHAPTER 6 ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING STRUCTURES
1 General
2 Assessment Process
2.1 Assessment data gathering
2.2 Inspection on the current platform status
2.2.1 General requirements
2.2.2 Requirements for submarine survey
2.2.3 Level I
2.2.4 Level II
2.2.5 Level III
2.2.6 Level IV
2.2.7 Survey Specification
2.2.8 Survey Procedure
2.3 Definition of the up-to-date platform model
2.4 Definition of the loads
2.5 Verification of the platform structure
2.5.1 Resistance assessment
2.5.2 Fatigue assessment
2.5.3 System assessment
2.5.4 Reference values for the Reserve Strength Ratio
 LIFE EXTENSION ASSESSMENT
When the platform is planned to remain in service longer than its
original design lifetime, a comprehensive reassessment of the platform
conditions is to be carried out before any life extension certification.

The reassessment takes into account:

Actual conditions of the structure
Recent metocean data and updated calculation methods for the re-
analysis
Platform history data

Reassessment is possible by taking into account the new information

and measurements due to the actual behaviour of the platform and its
history
=> Platform as its own Full Scale Model
=> Reduced Uncertainties w.r.t. Design stage
=> MARGIN FOR DESIGN LIFE EXTENSION
 REASSESSMENT PROCESS
1 DATA GATHERING

General information
Original design data
Drawings, material Specs, Design Code
Construction and fabrication data
Fabrication, Welding Specifications, Piles records
Platform history data
Environmental/Operational Loadings, Repairs and
modifications
 REASSESSMENT PROCESS
2 Survey on Current Platform Conditions
Aimed to integrate and complete the required information
by specific field inspections and on-site measurements
Topside survey
Deck actual size, clearance, location, existing loading
and equipment arrangement;
Wells-number, size and location of existing conductors;
Underwater survey
GVI of the jacket and seabed
CVI and NDE (e.g. by MPI/ACFM/FMD) of a selected
(limited) number of nodes
WTM of several members, CPM (potential
measurements, anodes volumes), MGM
 REASSESSMENT PROCESS
3 Updated Platform Model
Geometric and material data revised as per the inspection results.
Proper representation of any damage and modification occurred
Fatigue and corrosion conditions
 REASSESSMENT PROCESS
4 REVIEW OF THE LOADS
Dead and Live loads based on updated
info on actual jacket weight (from
installation) and topside layout
Extreme and operational
environmental loads are to be defined
in accordance with the recognized
standard methods, given the data
collected
Environmental loads (extreme values
and distribution) predictions made at
design stage can be revised according
to
Measurements at the site
Measurements at nearby sites, or
New hindcast studies based on
updated databases
 REASSESSMENT PROCESS
5 STRENGTH ASSESSMENT
STATIC
DYNAMIC
FATIGUE
SEISMIC
SYSTEM
PUSH OVER
SYSTEM RELIABILITY
Dedicated Software: SACS, OCEANOS
Static analysis for extreme and
operational loads
Jacket structural safety checks
against API/ISO/RINA Rules for
D+L+E loading conditions
Verification of tubular members
(C+B+H, etc.) and tubular joints
(punching shear)
Pile foundation assessment
 STRENGTH ASSESSMENT
THE SYSTEM APPROACH

For existing structures, limited failures of individual

components are accepted if the reserve against overall system
failure remains acceptable.
The platform has shown appropriate performance via full-scale
model, i.e. the platform itself.

Yielding or failure of individual components is acceptable, if

the remaining parts of the structural system have sufficient
reserve strength to redistribute the action

A pushover analysis is used to demonstrate that the

safety factor against failure of the whole structural
system meets acceptable levels (RSR target).
 THE SYSTEM APPROACH Level 4 ISO
Ultimate strength analysis by elasto-plastic analysis.
Environmental loads increased up to the whole system collapse. The verification is
considered satisfied when the collapse load will result appropriately greater than the
design load.

Non-linear push-over
Loads are applied in
sequence:
Dead and live loads are
applied to their
nominal value.
100-year environmental
load vector (wave,
current and wind) is
applied and increased
until the structural
collapse of the whole
platform.
RSR: ratio between
base shear resistance
and design load
(Rd/F100)
THE SYSTEM APPROACH Level 5 ISO

When it is not possible to show that the structure is

acceptable even by RSR
decreased reliability of the overall system could be
acceptable, provided that the consequences of
failure are acceptable for both the life and the
environment
e.g. de-manning the platform and provide for
safety system to close the wells in case of
foreseen extreme environmental event
Notional yearly probability of failure evaluation by
SRA to determine maximum extreme wave (return
period) and relevant residual life
 FATIGUE ASSESSMENT

A Spectral Fatigue Assessment is normally carried out for existing

jackets:
Stress range transfer function determination
Environmental load spectrum definition
Stress range response spectrum calculaton
Fatigue damage evaluation
Capable to implement monitoring outcomes
To calibrate frequency response
 MAINTENACE OPTIMIZATION EXAMPLE
RELIABILITY BASED FATIGUE APPROACH

By adopting a reliability based fatigue

approach it is possible to account for a
new possibility, which is of paramount b
importance to the management of
structural safety:
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The results of the in situ inspections
can be utilized to update, in
quantitative terms, the structural bup
reliability evaluation
The reliability index is evaluated as a bt
function of the time passed since
installation, the expected endurance
of the node at the design stage and
the results of the node inspection

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 REASSESSMENT PROCESS
FINAL STEP: IMR PLAN
Management decisions are required for the identification of remedial
measures, in case that the structure does not meet the assessment
requirements
Mitigation actions (Repairs, Straightening measures) are defined as
modifications or operational procedures that reduce loads, increase
capacities, or reduce consequences
In order to keep the structural reliability over an acceptable limit, it is
necessary to provide for an inspection plan to carry out NDE (Non
Destructive Examination) of the most critical nodes.
In addition to engineering assessment, the life extension of the jacket
is subject to the provision of an updated IMR Plan set by using:
the newly performed fatigue analysis
The outcomes of the inspections actually carried out
CVI of selected joints (MPI + FMD)
WTM, CPM, MG Cleaning
Thank You