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Castor WHP Jacket floatation and upending analysis


  • Timeline: 2009
  • Location: N/A
  • Water Depth: 197ft
  • Operator: Escal UGS
  • Client: Oil field development engineering LLC.

Project Description:

For the Oil field development, ODL designed the Castor WHP Jacket and is performing the floatation and upending analysis.

ODL Scope of Work:

ODL performed the free floatation and upending analysis with intact and damage cases.

Key Details:

Free floatation analysis of intact base case and intact cases with consideration of the CG shift;

Free floatation analysis of damage cases with consideration of the CG shift;

Upending analysis in intact base case and intact cases with consideration of the CG shift;

Upending analysis in damage cases with consideration of the CG shift;

Produced ballasting sequences of jacket upending, and proved that the jacket meets bottom clearance and is within the crane capacity.