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    The document discusses swivel load monitoring systems for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. These systems provide early warning of potential failures in the swivel by monitoring force levels and trends. This enables preventative maintenance to prevent failures which could cause spills and downtime. Two example projects are described where monitoring systems were installed on the FPSO Kikeh and Helix Producer 1 to detect increased loads in the swivels and provide alarms to operators.

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    The document discusses swivel load monitoring systems for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. These systems provide early warning of potential failures in the swivel by monitoring force levels and trends. This enables preventative maintenance to prevent failures which could cause spills and downtime. Two example projects are described where monitoring systems were installed on the FPSO Kikeh and Helix Producer 1 to detect increased loads in the swivels and provide alarms to operators.

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    FPSO Swivel Load Monitoring

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    The document discusses swivel load monitoring systems for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. These systems provide early warning of potential failures in the swivel by monitoring force levels and trends. This enables preventative maintenance to prevent failures which could cause spills and downtime. Two example projects are described where monitoring systems were installed on the FPSO Kikeh and Helix Producer 1 to detect increased loads in the swivels and provide alarms to operators.

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    Strainstall

    Points
    Monitoring
    Investigation
    System

    FPSO Swivel Load Monitoring

    System Benefits:
    Provides advanced warning
    of any deterioration in
    swivel function
    Easy to interpret displays
    Alarms generated in the
    event that forces exceed
    safe limits
    Enables preventative
    maintenance to take place
    Can be installed on all types
    of weathervaning FPSOs

    Swivels are a critical part of a weathervaning FPSO, and its failure can lead to
    significant spill and considerable down time while spare parts are sourced and fitted.
    A Strainstall swivel monitoring system provides details of the levels of force or
    resistance to movement in the swivel, and the monitoring of these trends and
    absolute levels can provide early warning of potential breakdown, so that orderly
    consultation with vendors and planned preventative maintenance can take place.
    Details of two such swivel monitoring projects are outlined below.
    FPSO Kikeh - Malaysian Deepwater Production Contractors
    The failure of the gas swivel meant that the vessel had to shut down for a period while a
    replacement swivel was manufactured and fitted. As a preventative measure, the new
    swivel was fitted with two Strainstall load pins in the joint between the swivel body and
    driving arms. These were wired via waterproof connectors and armoured cables to a
    local amplifier junction box. Load signals were then cabled down the turret to a nearby
    instrumentation closure where the signals were connected via isolators to spare
    analogue inputs to the vessels DCS system. A new graphical display, trends and
    alarms were set up within the DCS to provide early warning of increased loads in the
    swivel.
    Helix Producer 1 - Flexible Engineering Solutions
    When Helix took over the field in the Gulf of Mexico that had previously been operated
    by Chevron using the ill-fated Typhoon TLP, they took an innovative approach. The
    solution was the first dynamically positioned production vessel based on a converted
    ferry. The turret was mounted on the side and is detachable to allow the vessel to cut
    and run if threatened by a hurricane. Flexible Engineering Solutions was contracted
    to supply one of the disconnectable fluid transfer systems that, in addition to using a
    Strainstall bearing load monitoring system, also had monitoring on all 11 swivels. In
    this application, the single shear pins were mounted at the interface between the
    driving arm and the structure, which all wired into an amplifier enclosure and on to the
    turret control system.

    FPSO Kikeh

    Load measuring pin installed in


    swivel arm joint
    Application Note: MA100

    Strainstall Marine, 8-10 Mariners Way, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 8PD UK

    tel: +44 (0)1983 20360


    email: [email protected]
    www.strainstall.com

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