Reducing Risk and Improving Weather

Window in Offshore Lifting Operation

Cranemaster Technology

Kristian Helland
Product Manager

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 Cranemaster Functionality

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Cranemaster in a nutshell

Passive heave compensator and

Shock absorber system in one self-
contained unit

Limits dynamic force in the hoist

wire or crane

Limits dynamic force and heave

motions in the load

Product Range:
o SWL 25 1400 Ton
Load Range: 1 1200 Ton
o Stroke 0,5 4,5 meter

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Applications

Transfer lifts
Lowering through the Splash Zone

Subsea heave compensation

Subsea resonance
Subsea retrieval
Overload protection

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 Offloading from supply vessel reducing DAF

No CM

With CM

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Applications

Transfer lifts
Lowering through the Splash Zone

Subsea heave compensation

Subsea resonance
Subsea retrieval
Overload protection

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 Example of Cranemaster in splash zone

With CM

No CM

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 Typical weather windows splash zone
No Cranemaster Acceptance criteria:
Tp / Hs < 1.0 m 1,0 m 1,5 m 2,0 m 2,5 m 3,0 m > 3.0 m
Crane force < X T
<4s 0,03 % 0,02 % 0,01 % 0,00 % 0,00 % 0,00 % 0,00 %
4-6 s
6-8 s
8 % probability of
0,36 %
0,72 %
1,67 %
2,93 %
1,93 %
3,73 %
1,21 %
4,01 %
0,38 %
3,27 %
0,07 %
2,11 %
0,01 %
1,71 % Short wave periods
8-10 s
conducting lift
0,51 %
10-12 s 0,12 %
3,98 %
0,89 %
6,54 %
1,97 %
6,54 %
2,37 %
5,67 %
2,51 %
5,19 % 11,59 %
2,39 % 11,25 %
typically a challenge
for splash zone
> 12 s 0,13 % 0,40 % 0,87 % 1,32 % 1,35 % 1,62 % 8,61 %
With Cranemaster
Cranemaster stroke
Tp / Hs < 1.0 m 1,0 m 1,5 m 2,0 m 2,5 m 3,0 m > 3.0 m
must be longer than
<4s
4-6 s
6-8 s
67 % probability
0,03 %
0,36 %
0,72 %
0,02 %
1,67 %
2,93 %
0,01 % 0,00 % 0,00 %
1,93 % 1,21 % 0,38 %
3,73 % 4,01 % 3,27 %
0,00 % 0,00 %
0,07 % 0,01 %
2,11 % 1,71 %
boom tip movements

8-10 s
of conducting lift
0,51 %
10-12 s 0,12 %
3,98 %
0,89 %
6,54 % 6,54 % 5,67 %
1,97 % 2,37 % 2,51 %
5,19 % 11,59 %
2,39 % 11,25 %
> 12 s 0,13 % 0,40 % 0,87 % 1,32 % 1,35 % 1,62 % 8,61 %

Weather statistics North Sea (1973-2001)

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Applications

Transfer lifts
Lowering through the Splash Zone

Subsea heave compensation

Subsea resonance
Subsea retrieval
Overload protection

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 Important principles for Subsea Heave Comp.

Without Cranemaster With Cranemaster

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Applications

Transfer lifts
Lowering through the Splash zone

Subsea heave compensation

Subsea resonance
Subsea retrieval Larger units
Overload protection Increasing depth
Wire and load as
Vertical Swing

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 When lowering, system frequency change

Example: Foundation Base Structure

Weight 205 mT, 175 mT in water,
added mass 1300T, cable stiffness 1.5x106 kN/m
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 Wave period Tz=6s: From 500-800s

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Applications

o Transfer lifts
o Lowering through the Splash zone

o Subsea heave compensation

o Subsea resonance
o Subsea retrieval
o Overload protection

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 Lift Engineering
Cranemaster Characteristics Hydrodynamic Characterization
CM Stroke vs Force

Orcaflex Simulation Orcaflex Modelling

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 EXAMPLE: 1000 T Heave Comp Lift World Record!

Gorgon & Jansz field

o Operator: Chevron
o Installation Company: Subsea 7

20 structures; Manifolds and Foundations

o Loads 200 to 1000 ton
o Depth 130 1350 meter
o Lift-off from barge
o Splash zone crossing
o Subsea landing

Engineering and Implementation support

o Orcaflex analysis for all structures
o 2 x CM4-700T-4500-A Cranemaster Units
o SWL 1400T with Parallell Rigging
o Dual Mode Configuration
Source:
Subsea 7
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 Modelling of Cranemaster properties
Splash zone down crossing
CM Stroke vs Force

Without CM (full operation)

Significant wave Peak wave period Tp, [s]
height Hs, [m] 8 10 12 14
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
With CM (full) 2.00
Significant wave Peak wave period Tp, [s]
height Hs, [m] 8 10 12 14
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
Landing
2.00 limitations

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 Reducing Risk and Improving Weather
Window in Offshore Lifting Operation

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