Services

Using state of the art design & analysis tools we can provide general and specialised structural engineering services with particular focus on the onshore, offshore and subsea structures for the oil & gas industry.  

Structural Analysis & Design

•  Conceptual, Front End Engineering & Detailed Design of steel structures (computer analysis & hand calculations, Working Stress Design & Limit States Design methods)
•  Structural design according to international regulations: BS, AISC, DnV, API, NORSOK, ISO & Eurocode codes & standards
•  Use of GT-STRUDL & STAAD-Pro design & analysis software  and MathCAD engineering tool

Advanced Analysis

•  Global & detailed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for the design  of structures, structural components & systems
•  Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering
•  Research & Development (R&D)
•  Use of ABAQUS, ANSYS & LS-DYNA Finite Element Analysis packages (Linear/Nonlinear, Static/Dynamic Analyses)

Projects

Following many years of general research and consultancy work, we established our company to provide specialist structural engineering services for the Oil & Gas industry. Here are some examples of the projects we have been involved in over the years.  

Subsea 7 Projects

Design of subsea structures, including PLEMs, PLETs, ILTs, SIVs, Manifolds, & Trawling protections, Riggings/Instllation Aids, Seafastenings, Pipeline sleepers & Suction piles.

Equinor Bacalhau Project - Brasil
BP Alligin Project - North Sea
Cooper Energy Sole Project - Australia
BP West Nile Delta GFR Project - Egypt
BP West Nile Delta Taurus & Libra Project - Egypt
Tullow TEN Project - Ghana
BP Block 31 GES Project - Angola

Saipem Projects

Support in design of subsea structures. Design of seafastening and lift rigging for transportation and installation of subsea structures, spools and equipments. Design of modifications to barges and vessels for transportation and pipelaying.   

Projects involved in included: Halfdan Development, Ormen Lange, Balgzand-Bacton Pipeline (BBL), Skinfaks/Rimfaks, Dunbar Pipeline, Medgaz Marine Pipeline, Malongo Terminal Oil Export Pipeline, Morvin Field Development, Balearic Submarine Pipeline and Nord Stream.

KBR Projects

Design of FPSO topsides module - BP Block 18 Greater Plutonio Project - Angola.

Design of Oil Export Fixed Offshore Ice-Resistant Offloading Terminal - Varnadey Offshore Project, Russia.

Design of oil platform, a gravity base caisson supporting the Hutton topside structure situated in the Barents Sea - Prirazlomnoye Offshore Project, Russia.


Whessoe Projects

Design of jetty head platform structures and pipe support modules. Technical auditing of structural analysis and design reports - Dragon LNG Import Terminal Project, Milford Haven, Wales.

Structural Analysis and FEA of Propane and Butane tank models - RLPG Tanks Life Extension Integrity Project, BP Grangemouth Refinery, Scotland.

Miscellaneous Projects

Research into the dynamic response of a wide range of Coriolis Mass Flowmeters to improve their design using FEA - DTI sponsored Project.

Calibration of torque measurement transducers using FEA - Crane Electronics Project.

Investigation into the the dynamic de-bonding of large tendons for structural integrity  assessment  of post-tensioned bridges during demolition using FEA - DoT sponsored Project.