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QUAD 204 PROJECT

TOPSIDES STRUCTURES DESIGN PREMISE

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 CONTENTS
FRONT PAGE & DOCUMENT REVISION RECORD
CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
HOLDS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Facilities Description

1.2 FPSO Principal Particulars

1.3 Scope

1.4 Units

1.5 Reference Codes

1.6 Module Description

1.7 Dimensional Reference

1.8 Wave Direction Terminology

1.9 Analysis Scope

2.0 TOPSIDE STRUCTURES: ANALYSIS SCOPE BASIC DATA

2.1 Field Location

2.2 Service Life

2.3 Environmental Design Data

3.0 DESIGN LOADINGS

3.1 General

3.2 Loadings

3.3 Local Design Loading

3.4 Fatigue Design

4.0 DESIGN PROCEDURES

4.1 Computer Model

4.2 Load Modelling

4.3 Allowable Stress Factors and Load Factors

4.4 Deflections

4.5 Hull Reactions

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5.0 MATERIALS SPECIFICATION

5.1 General

5.2 Steel Types

5.3 Steel Mechanical Design Properties

5.4 Minimum Thickness of Material

5.5 Passive Fire Protection

5.6 Bolting

5.7 Coatings

6.0 REFERENCES

APPENDIX A - LIFT

APPENDIX B - VESSEL CO-ORDINATES AND AXES SYSTEM

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 ABBREVIATIONS

FEED Front End Engineering and Design

FPSO Floating Production, Storage and Offloading
SURF Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers and Flow-lines
UKCS United Kingdom Continental Shelf

HOLDS
1. None

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
0B

The West of Shetland area has been under development for more than 10 years and
is one of the most challenging environments in which BP operates. Two production
facilities currently operate in the area - Schiehallion and Foinaven, both are Floating
Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facilities.

The Schiehallion field itself is one of the largest oil producing fields in the UKCS. The
objective of the Quad 204 project is to provide a new build FPSO to replace the
existing Schiehallion vessel to continue the development and exploitation of the
hydrocarbon reserves in and around the Quad 204 area.

The concept consists of a harsh water FPSO in approximately 400m of water

approximately 150km west of Shetland, utilising the existing subsea infrastructure
(SURF), with the potential for the addition of four further well heads. Conditions in this
area are amongst the harshest experienced in the UK oil and gas sector. The facilities
provided for this project must, therefore, be capable of operating in weather extremes
that can cause significant ship motion and where equipment shall be exposed to a
corrosive (wet and saliferous) environment.

The topsides facilities will consist of three-stage gas-oil separation, associated gas
compression and dehydration prior to gas export via the existing West of Shetlands
pipeline or distribution as lift gas. Produced water, supplemented by treated seawater
will be re-injected to provide reservoir pressure maintenance.

The purpose of this document is to define the design conditions, criteria, codes and
regulations to be used in the structural design of the Quad 204 Topsides Facilities
Modules and miscellaneous structures. This revision is intended to cover assumptions
and requirements for the FEED phase of the project. It is intended that subsequent
revisions will cover revised requirements for subsequent project phases.

1.1 Facilities Description

8B

The proposed FPSO is a ship-shaped vessel supporting the production facilities built
specifically for the Quad 204 development, located west of the Shetlands. The vessel
hull will be built in a Korean shipyard and towed from the shipyard to the Integration
Yard in the same area. The current base case is that the Shipyard and the Integration
yard will be run by the same company, at the same location or very close. The topside
facilities are composed of a number of modules, which will be built by the topside
fabricator (also the integration contractor) and transported to the integration site where
the hull will be berthed, and installed onto the hull using cranes. The facilities will then
be hooked-up to each other and to the hull systems. On completion, the FPSO will be
towed from the Korean yard to the Schiehallion field location, west of Shetland, via the
Cape of Good Hope. When on station, the vessel is turret moored where it will be
effectively free to weathervane in response to environmental forces. The vessel will
then be hooked up to the sub-sea facilities and commissioned ready for use.

1.2 FPSO Principal Particulars

9B

FPSO principal particulars are: -

Length between Perpendiculars 270.0m

Breadth (Moulded) 52.0m

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 Depth Side Moulded 30.0m

Centreline 30.6m

Design Draught (Moulded) 20.0m

Ballasted Draught 14.0m

Transit Draught 9.00m (approx)

Oil production 130 mbd (peak approx)

Total fluids 320 mbd

1.3 Scope
10B

The topsides facilities structures shall be designed to meet the following conditions.
Analyses that will be undertaken during the FEED phase are indicated.

1.3.1 Construction & Installation

36B

Load out structures

Lift onto FPSO (Ref. Appendix A) FEED phase

Tow of FPSO to West of Shetlands FEED phase

1.3.2 In-Service
37B

Operating Case FEED phase

Extreme Case FEED phase

FPSO Damaged Condition FEED phase

Survival Case FEED phase

Fatigue

Fire and Blast

Dropped Objects

1.4 Units
1B

The ISO International System of Units (SI) shall be used.

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1.5 Reference Codes
12B

For FEED phase analysis the Topsides structures will be designed to satisfy the
requirements of the following principal codes: -

API RP 2A - WSD Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and

Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms. 21st ed

AISC - ASD Specification for Steel Buildings Edition, Allowable Stress

Design and Plastic Design, 9th ed, June 1989

AWS Structural Welding Code- Steel D1. 1. Latest Edition.

1.6 Module Description

13B

Modules within the scope of this Design Brief are as follows: -

Module Description

111 Power Generation Module - Aft

112 Power Generation Module - Fwd

113 Separation Module - Port

114 Compression Module - Port

116 Transverse Piperack Module

121 Utilities Module - Aft

122 Utilities Module - Fwd

123 Separation Module - Stbd

124 Compression Module - Stbd

131 Upper Pipe Rack Power Gen & Utilities

132 Upper Pipe Rack Power Gen & Utilities

133 Upper Pipe Rack Separation

134 Upper Pipe Rack Compression

105 Flare Tower

1.7 Dimensional Reference

14B

The structural co-ordinate system is as follows. Details of the overall co-ordinates and
vessel orientation system are contained in Appendix B.

X +ve forward from Aft Perpendicular = Platform East

Y +ve to port side from Centreline = Platform North

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 Z +ve upward, measured above moulded keel (above baseline A/B)

1.8 Wave Direction Terminology

15B

Head Sea Waves approaching FPSO bow along the centreline

Bow Quartering Sea Wave approaching from nominal ±45° of FPSO bow

Beam Sea Wave approaching from nominal ±90° of FPSO bow

1.9 Analysis Scope

16B

Brief descriptions of the analyses to be performed during the FEED phase are given
below:

Lift Structures lifted at integration site on to the FPSO. Refer to

Appendix A.

Vessel Tow Completed FPSO towed from integration site to Quad 204

In-Service Operational & Extreme- FPSO in position at Quad 204. Refer

to Section 3.2.

Damaged Condition Structures analysed for FPSO damaged condition. Refer to

Section 3.2.5.

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2.0 TOPSIDE STRUCTURES: ANALYSIS SCOPE BASIC DATA
1B

2.1 Field Location

17B

The Schiehallion FPSO is located west of the Shetland Islands in Quadrant 204 of the
UKCS. The development consists of a FPSO turret moored to receive the product
from the sub sea development of a number of fields.

Co-ordinates of FPSO Mean Position: West 4° 04’ 58.50’’

North 60° 22’ 01.20’’

2.2 Service Life

18B

The facility service life is 25 years, however, to accommodate the period the vessel is
in transit from Korea, and the installation period on station, a design fatigue life of 26
years will be adopted.

2.3 Environmental Design Data

19B

2.3.1 Source of Data

38B

The environmental data summarised in this section are extracted from the Metocean
Criteria document QD-BP-MR-TEC-0001 (Reference 2).

2.3.2 Water Levels

39B

Nominal water depth at the FPSO location is 400m.

2.3.3 Wind
40B

The Omni-directional wind speeds at 10m above mean sea level to be used in the
design are shown below. The variation of wind speed with height and duration
together with wind speeds for other return periods are given in Reference 2.

The conversion of wind speed to dynamic pressures shall be in accordance with API
RP2A (Ref 4).

Averaging Period Return Period

1-year 10-year 100-year 10000-yr

3 second gust m/s 41.3 50.0 59.0 77.5

I min mean m/s 36.4 43.6 51.0 65.9

10 min mean m/s 32.6 38.6 44.8 56.9

1 hour mean m/s 29.6 34.6 40.0 50.0

To adjust values to any specified averaging time or elevation, use the API RP2A wind
profile given below.

The design mean wind velocity Ut(z) at height z above sea level and for an averaging
time period t ≤ t0 = 3600s is given by:

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 U t ( z ) = U ( z ) ⋅ [1 − 0.41 ⋅ I u ( z ) ⋅ ln( tt0 )] (1)

U (z) is the 1-hour mean wind velocity in m/s at level z in m given by: -

U ( z ) = U 0 ⋅ [1 + C ⋅ ln( 10z )]
(2)
C = 5.73 ⋅ 10 − 2 ⋅ (1 + 0.15 ⋅ U 0 ) 1 / 2

U0 is the 1-hour mean wind velocity in m/s at z = 10m, and I u (z ) is the turbulence
intensity at level z m given by: -

I u ( z ) = 0.06 ⋅ [1 + 0.043 ⋅ U 0 ] ⋅ ( 10z ) −0.22 (3)

2.3.4 Waves
41B

The Omni-directional wave data are presented below. The long-term distribution of
wave heights for fatigue analysis, the scatter diagram and persistence data are given
in Reference 2, along with directional data.

Return Period

1 yr 10 yr 100 yr 10000 yr

Sig Wave Height Hs m 13.1 15.3 17.5 22.2

Max Wave Height Hmax m 23.2 27.3 31.1 40.7

Min Tp s 15.1 16.4 17.5 19.7

Max Tp s 18.2 19.7 21.1 23.7

Note: Period associated with Hmax (Tass) is the same as Tp

2.3.5 Temperature (100 yr)

42B

Minimum Air Temperature (lowest monthly average) -5.4°C

Maximum Air Temperature (highest monthly average) 21.8°C

Minimum Sea Temperature at surface (lowest monthly average) 3.0°C

Maximum Sea Temperature at surface (highest monthly average) 18.5°C

2.3.6 Environmental Criteria – FPSO Tow

43B

The delivery sea state was derived from a voyage analysis of the route from Korea to
Shetland, which identified the worst sea state to be expected as 12.6m Hs, occurring
in the Atlantic Ocean. This is almost as high as the 1-year sea state at the field, 13.1m
Hs, so the higher figure was taken for design to also cover the contingency of the
FPSO waiting on weather in the field prior to installation.

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3.0 DESIGN LOADINGS
2B

3.1 General
20B

This section defines the loads to be considered for the design of structural steel during
the construction and in-service phases. The design procedures are specified in
Section 4.

3.2 Loadings
21B

3.2.1 General
4B

The loads on the installed FPSO occurring during operational activities fall into three
main groups as follows: -

Environmental loads, from the action of waves, currents and wind on the FPSO.

Functional loads arising from the existence and use of the facilities.

Accidental loads arising from the occurrence of abnormal conditions.

3.2.2 Environmental Loads

45B

FPSO responses (motions, accelerations and deflections) were determined by the hull
designers, based on Reference 2. The design accelerations are given in Reference 9.
The operational, extreme and non-operational cases are defined below:

i. Operational

Combination - 1-year return wave, current and wind (on station)

Directionality - waves and wind from any direction

ii. Extreme

Combination - 100-year return wave, current and wind (on station|)

Directionality - waves and wind from any direction

ii. Non-Operational (Tow)

Combination – 30-day exposure wave and wind (tow criteria)

Directionality - waves and wind from any direction

The following are considered under operational, extreme and non-operational

environmental conditions.

Bending deformation of the main deck (due to wave loading and changing fluid
distribution in the tanks) may result in relative displacements between support points of
the topsides modules. Estimates of relative support deflection shall be assessed for
their effect on the topside structures. FPSO motion induces inertial loads into the
Topsides structures. The design accelerations shall include the horizontal gravity
components due to vessel heel and trim.

Wind loads for global analysis are to be based on 1 minute mean wind, as noted in
API RP2A, Reference 4.

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3.2.3 Functional Loads
46B

Dead Loads

Self-weight These include the weight of structural members, including main

framework and secondary structures and plating and grating.
Protective coatings, e.g. paints and passive fire protection
materials.

Dry equipment These include the weight of equipment and bulk weights, e.g.
pressure vessels, pumps, piping, mechanical equipment, cables,
switchgear and tanks.

Mismatches These will be due to fabrication and installation out-of-tolerance.

These loads will be identified and based on the Weight Report, Reference 3.

Loads during Operation

Fluid loads, These will include the operating inventory of vessels, tanks and
pipes. based on data in the Weight Report. Some vessels and
systems will be subject to hydro-test during fabrication and possibly
on station, refer section 3.3.3.

Live loads These arise on the structures from personnel, maintenance,

temporary lay down or storage. No weight growth contingency is
applied to live loads. Refer Table 3.1 for live loads for local design
conditions.

Global live loads will be taken as 10% of the gross module

operating weight. The total tonnage arising from the imposition of
this loading allows for live loading on open areas, with an additional
allowance for the required COMPANY reserve which is specified as
1000t. The load will be applied to the truss lines and will not be
applied to cantilevers (to avoid relieving internal beam mid-span
bending moments).

Global or local live loads are not applied for lift or tow analyses.
However, it is not unusual for temporary equipment or commodities
to be carried on the modules during tow. The impact of these loads
will be assessed on a case by case basis when they can be
identified.

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 Deck Deck Plate & Stringers
Beams
(See 3.3.2 for grating)

UDL UDL CL **
Area kN/m² kN/m² kN

Maintenance routes 15.0 25.0 20.0*

Laydown & Storage 15.0 25.0 30.0*
Open Deck Areas between
5.0 5.0 30.0*
equipment
Walkways, Stairs & 5.0 (w/ways) 3.0 (w/ways)
5.0
Access Platforms 3.0 stairs 1.5 (Stairs)

** On an area 300mm x 300mm (* includes 10kN Pipe support allowance See 3.3.1)

Table 3.1 Live Loads

3.2.4 Blast and Fire Loads

47B

The modules shall be designed to resist Blast and Fire loads specified as a result of
hazard studies. The locations, intensities and duration of the various events are to be
determined in conjunction with the Safety Group.

Blast analysis and the effects of fire will not be undertaken during the FEED phase.

3.2.5 FPSO Damaged Condition

48B

Flooding the FPSO tanks will cause the FPSO to trim and heel. The maximum
calculated angles of heel and trim shall be added to the accelerations for the
corresponding intact case. Based on data from the hull designers, the following is to
be used for the damaged loading condition:

- Static heel 25 degrees

- Static trim 3 degrees

- Environmental loading: 1-year return wind + waves

The flare tower is designed for full blow down immediately following damage.
Production facilities are non-operational.

3.3 Local Design Loading

2B

3.3.1 Deck beams & stringers

49B

Deck beams and stringers are to be designed for a concentrated load of 10kN placed
anywhere within the span, over and above the general design loads. This additional
load is to allow for service supports and is already included in the relevant entry in
Table 3.1.

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3.3.2 Floor Grating
50B

Floor grating panels shall be selected from manufacturers' catalogues to satisfy two
load conditions.

UDL of 5.0kN/m² over the entire panel.

5.0kN over 300 x 300mm, placed in the most unfavourable position.

3.3.3 Test/Hydro-test Loads

51B

These are dealt with on case by case basis. In general they are a local design issue,
and global analysis is only required in unusual circumstances. Not applicable for FEED
phase.

3.3.4 Dropped & Swinging Objects

52B

Not applicable for FEED phase.

3.4 Fatigue Design

23B

From the wave height data in Reference 2 and the vessel motion responses, a fatigue
assessment is to be carried out for critical topside deck primary joints during detail
design. Fatigue analysis will not be undertaken during the FEED phase.

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4.0 DESIGN PROCEDURES
3B

4.1 Computer Model

24B

Global analyses, modelling the primary steel and major secondary steel members, will
be carried out using proprietary structural analysis software. Secondary steelwork
shall be designed for local conditions using a combination of hand calculations and the
analysis software as is appropriate.

Critical primary node properties and joint eccentricities shall be included in the model,
and where appropriate, rigid links may be introduced to represent the stiffness of the
primary elements. Deck plate modelling elements should only be introduced to
prevent unrealistic distortion of the primary frame girders about the minor axis. Plate
elements may be introduced to represent plate action. Grating is assumed to have no
stiffness. Sketches shall be produced for each module.

Significant joint eccentricities shall be modelled either as distinct separate joints or by

means of rigid offsets. Local support stiffness (i.e. interface of columns and Main
Deck) shall be modelled. Major equipment should be modelled to represent the
stiffness and to facilitate load input.

Effective length factors, "K", shall be calculated and where appropriate Cm factors. Cm
shall be set to 0.85 for members whose ends are restrained and are loaded along their
length

During the FEED phase the support stool supplied by the Hull shall be modelled, down
to Upper Deck level, taking account of the deck camber. The effect of vertical spring
stiffness, at the module supports, provided by the Hull designer, shall be assessed.
During later phases of the project full FE models of the topsides and hull structures will
be required to fully evaluate the interaction between the different structures.

4.2 Load Modelling

25B

Equipment and secondary structural steel loads shall be based on the latest layouts
and weight information. Bulk loads shall be based on the latest weight estimates and
be distributed evenly over the appropriate areas.

Equipment weights shall be hand coded as concentrated loads where their weight is
greater than 10 tonnes. The remaining equipment shall be considered as bulks and
applied as distributed loads over the appropriate areas. Modelling is to be introduced
to allow equipment loads to be applied at the correct centre of gravity. The dead
weight of secondary steelwork (such as grating, stringers and equipment supports)
should be input as uniformly distributed bulk loads. All gross weights shall be
reconciled to the latest Weight Report.

Wind loads on the Topsides should be applied as a series of hand coded loads at
major nodes. Wind loads will be combined with inertial loading. Wind load on the
modules is as follows: -

Operating 1 minute mean with 1-year return period.

Extreme Storm 1 minute mean with 100-year return period.

The FPSO motion responses for all design conditions are taken from the motions
analysis (Ref 9). Responses are applied at the module centre of gravity. The analysis
software inertial loading capability should be used to model the effect of FPSO
accelerations. Bending deformation of the main deck, due to wave induced hull
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 bending and movement of stored fluids, introduces relative displacements between
support points. The relative displacements are calculated from the hull global bending
moments and included as part of load modelling. Hogging and sagging cases are
considered. Live load distribution for the global design analysis is presented in Table
3.1.

4.3 Allowable Stress Factors and Load Factors

26B

4.3.1 Allowable Stress Factors

53B

The following factors will be applied to AISC and API basic allowable stresses:

Inservice Operating Storm 1.0

Inservice Extreme Storm 1.33

Inservice Damaged 1.7

Transit (maximum storm) 1.33

Lift 1.0

4.3.2 Lift Design

54B

The following factors shall be applied to the gross module lift weight.

Factor Load Factor

Dynamic Amplification Factor (DAF)

1000t to 2500t 1.05

100t to 1000t 1.10

C of G Shift 1.03 (Note 2)

Tilt 1.03

Yaw 1.05

Skew Load 1.10 (Note 1)

Consequence Factor Members framing into lift points

1.15
Notes

1. The skew factor is taken as 1.10, assuming, tandem, multi-hook & spreader bar lifts.

2. In addition to the 1.03 factor a CoG shift to the extremes of the design envelope will
be applied. The size and centre of the envelope are given in section 4.5.

The local factor is applied as an additional load factor. Reference 4, Section C 5.4.

4.4 Deflections
27B

For In-service conditions, the deflections shall be within the following limits.

Relative horizontal deck deflections shall be limited to 1/300 of the height between
decks. Vertical deflections shall be limited as follows:
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 Component Deflection/Span

dmax/span d2:span

Internal floor beams 1:200 1:300

Equipment supports * 1:500

Runway beams 1:500

Deflection dmax

Deck plate between stringers t

where

t = plate thickness

d1 = the value of deflection from permanent loads

d2 = the value of deflection from variable loads

dmax = d1 + d2

* indicates that this criteria will be satisfied for rotating machinery skids
supported at 4 points. Skids supported on 3 points only, will meet the
criteria for internal floor beams.

For cantilevers the span shall be taken as twice the projecting length of the cantilever.

The use of pre-cambered beams is not envisaged.

4.5 Hull Reactions

28B

All in-place and tow conditions have the topside structures supported on the FPSO
hull. The Hull designers need reactions for these cases. To provide these reactions,
un-factored analyses shall be performed. For in-place cases, minimum live loads (See
Table 3.1) will be included. In addition a CoG shift shall be accounted for in the
reactions supplied, for FEED phase it is proposed to use +/-0.5m for the CoG
envelope.

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5.0 MATERIALS SPECIFICATION
4B

5.1 General
29B

Structural steel shall be designated on the design drawings by Type as defined below.
The substitution of higher-grade material for lower grades in primary structures shall
be subject to design office approval.

5.2 Steel Types

30B

Structural steel Types are defined in the Steel Specification, Appendix I (Ref 10). For
ease of reference, usage requirements by steel type (extracted from the Steel Spec)
are repeated below:

Material Material Typical Usage

Category Type
Main Module 1 Primary Special High Strength Structural members
Special High- which are fracture critical and require improved
Strength Steel through thickness properties; including but not
Extra properties limited to module support legs, deck leg joint cans,
Plate truss joints.
Main Module 2 Primary Special High Strength Structural members;
Special High- including but not limited to module support legs,
Strength Steel truss chords, verticals and braces.
Plate
Primary High 3, 4, 7 & Primary Steelwork (excluding the truss members
Strength Steel 9 noted above) in the main modules comprises the
main deck girders and beams. These shall in
general comprise members fabricated from plate in
either, box or ‘I’/’H’ cross section. They shall also
include any plan stability bracing in deck areas
covered by grating.
The complete primary steel work for the following
structures deemed to be included in this definition
are:
• Main Central Topside Pipe racks
• Main installation lift points.
• Main module support/hull connection
details.
• Flare Tower main legs, plan and vertical
diagonal braces

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 Material Material Typical Usage
Category Type
Secondary Steel 5,6,7,8,9, In the main modules this steel comprises the
& 10 steelwork that frames into the primary deck
steelwork and carries the loads from the equipment,
services, access and facilities into the primary steel.
Typically the members shall be rolled sections
weighing less than 100kg/m, but in some instances
this may be more.
Typically these members shall included the deck
stringers, equipment and services supports,
strengthening for installation aids, mechanical
handling elements, deck plate layouts and grating
layouts. Typically it shall include all members within
the decks, other than the primary steel.
Included in this definition are also large secondary
structures sitting outside the decks such as :-
• Exhaust Support Structures
• Large Access platforms greater than 4.0
sq m.
• Secondary Pipe Racks
• Access Stair towers
Larger members within these structures will utilise
High Strength Steels, types 5, 7 and 9 and the
smaller ones Standard strength steels, types 6, 8
and 10.
Deck Plate < 10mm Type 6
Deck Plate ≥ 10mm Type 5
Tertiary Steel 6, 8, 10 This steel comprises the steelwork that sits on or is
suspended from the primary steel or secondary in-
deck steel. Typically the section size of the
members shall be rolled sections weighing less than
50kg/m.
Typically the members shall form steelwork such as
grating, handrails, ladders, stairs and elevated
walkways and maintenance access platforms of less
than 4.0 sq.m.

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5.3 Steel Mechanical Design Properties
31B

Minimum Yield Minimum UTS

Steel Type Thickness Range (mm)
(N/mm²) (N/mm²)

Plates

Type 1 16 < t ≤ 75 414 517

Type 2 16 < t ≤ 75 414 517

63.5 < t ≤ 80 324 483

Type 3
t ≤ 63.5 345 483

63.5 < t ≤ 75 324 483

Type 4
t ≤ 63.5 345 483

Type 5 10 < t ≤ 50 345 450

Type 6 t ≤ 40 250 400

Seamless Tubulars

Type 7 t ≤ 40 358 455

Type 8 t ≤ 40 241 414

Rolled Sections UB, UC, SHS, etc.

≤ 20 345 485
Type 9
20 < t ≤ 50 345 450

Type 10 t ≤ 40 250 400

Steel design properties will be taken as:

Young's Modulus 205,000 N/mm²

Shear Modulus 78,850 N/mm²

Poisson's Ratio 0.3

Density 7,850 kg/m³

Coefficient of thermal expansion 12.0 x 10-6/ºC

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5.4 Minimum Thickness of Material
32B

The minimum thickness of steel section materials shall be as follows: -

Floor Deck Plates 8mm

40t Trolley Route 12mm
Laydown Areas & Trolley Route 10mm
Primary Members Webs 10mm
Flanges 10mm
Secondary Members in exposed areas Webs 6mm
Flanges 8mm
Tubular Members 5mm
Handrailing 4mm
Seal Plates 4mm

No corrosion allowances will be assumed in the design calculations for the topsides
structures.

5.5 Passive Fire Protection

3B

The requirement for, and the determination of extent of, passive fire protection; will be
decided following the performing of a Fire Risk Assessment Study.

Materials shall assumed to be equivalent to Chartek VII in performance

5.6 Bolting
34B

Refer to the bolting specification QD-BR-ST-SPE-0004 (Ref 8).

5.7 Coatings
35B

Coatings will be applied in accordance with the relevant project specifications.

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6.0 REFERENCES
5B

1 Facilities Basis of Design QD-BP-PE-BOD-0001

2 Quad 204 Project -Metocean QD-BP-MR-TEC-0001

Criteria – Vol1 Design Criteria

3 Quad 204 FPSO Topsides Weight QD-BR-WC-REP-0001

Report

4 Recommended practice for API RP 2A - WSD

planning, designing and
constructing fixed offshore
platforms

5 Manual of steel construction,– AISC – 9th Edition

Specification for structural steel
buildings

6 Fatigue Strength Analysis for DnV Classification Note 30.2, August

Mobile Offshore Units 1984

7 Tow Route Preliminary Metocean DNV Rules for the Planning & Execution
Criteria of Marine Operations Pt.1 General
Requirements Ch.3 Design Loads

8 Specification for Bolts for Topsides QD-BR-ST-SPE-0004

Structures

9. Design Accelerations for Topside QD-BR-NA-REP-0019

Structures, Facilities and
Equipment

10 Quad 204 FPSO Project, Steel QD-BR-MT-SPE-0001

Specification

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APPENDIX A - LIFT
6B

A1
5B General
Lift of the Modules shall be carried out using either a single or tandem hook
configuration with a floating crane vessel. The analysis should assume four slings per
Module. Suitable spreader bar configurations should be allowed in calculating the lift
point forces. Slings may not be modelled directly. It is assumed that lifts shall occur in
an inshore location.

A2
56B Geometry Modelling
The in-service analysis model may be used, with appropriate additions, deletions and
modifications for the padeyes and slings. Eccentricities shall be modelled. The
computer model should include translation restraints to prevent instability of the model.
A check shall be made to verify that the forces in the ‘dummy’ restraints are very small
[typically < 20kN each].

A3
57B Load Modelling
Gross lift weights (as per the Weight Report) shall be considered, with no live load.

Sling forces shall be applied at the lift points, in equilibrium with the applied loads. At
least 5% of sling force is to be applied at centre of padears in the transverse (out of
plane) direction. For a rigid spreader frame, this percentage may need to be
increased, typically not exceeding 10%.

A skew factor of not less than 1.10 is to be used based on the use of spreader bars.

The model C of G is to be shifted to agree closely with the Project Weight Report by
applying global moments by means of concentrated loads at suitable locations. A full
set of analyses (nominal + skew loads) shall be performed for the Weight Report
centre of gravity and for the extremes of the centre of gravity envelope.

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APPENDIX B - VESSEL CO-ORDINATES AND AXES SYSTEM
7B

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