Oil & gas
ExxonMobil operates four offshore
platforms that are used to support facilities to extract
gas and transport it via pipeline to Goldboro for
onshore processing. The offshore structures must maintain
their structural integrity over their proposed twenty-five
year life. The “TIER I” platforms consists
of Thebaud Process, Thebaud Wellhead, Venture and
North Triumph.
Martec, in conjunction with ACCENT Engineering, was
contracted by ExxonMobil to translate the existing
FE models of the four platforms from DAMS to SACS
and to validate the models. The models were validated
by comparison to DAMS results for the in-place load
conditions.
Four validated models were delivered to ExxonMobil
for use by the engineering maintenance engineering
contractor.
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