Upstream Engineering, LLC SPECIFICATION NO. 110 REV. NO.

Afren Resources Limited STRUCTURAL STEEL SKIDS PAGE 1 OF 9

Rev. Approved By: Date: Revision Remarks:

1 RLS 1/07 Updated per Code Review
2 MLM/BWR 5/10 For Construction
3 RLS 11/12 Updated Sections 2, 4 & 6 for Code Review
4 RLS 1/13 Updated Sections 5.8 & 5.9

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION PAGE

1.0 GENERAL .........................................................................................................2

2.0 REFERENCE MATERIAL ...............................................................................2
3.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .........................................................................3
4.0 MATERIALS .....................................................................................................4
5.0 DESIGN .............................................................................................................6
6.0 FABRICATION .................................................................................................8
7.0 PAINTING .........................................................................................................9
8.0 INSPECTION ....................................................................................................9
9.0 LOADOUT AND TIE-DOWN ..........................................................................9

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1.0 GENERAL

1.1 Introduction

Within the body of this specification the following shall apply:

OWNER Client or its Authorized Representative(s)

ENGINEER Engineering Contractor as designated on CONTRACT

DOCUMENTS.

CONTRACTOR Successful bidder for fabrication of structure(s) as per

CONTRACT DRAWINGS and CONTRACT
DOCUMENTS.

INSTALLATION The contractor under hire to OWNER for transportation

CONTRACTOR of the structures from CONTRACTOR’s facility to its
offshore location and installation of the structures.

INSPECTOR OWNER’s Representative(s) designated to perform all

inspections necessary to ensure quality of work covered
by this specification.

1.2 Scope

This specification defines minimum requirements for the design, fabrication and
inspection of Structural Steel Skids for use on an offshore platform in the Gulf of
Mexico.

2.0 REFERENCE MATERIAL

Applicable sections of the following codes and standards, specifications and drawings form
part of this specification; latest editions and revisions apply.

2.1 Codes and Standards

2.1.1 American Institute of Steel Construction - AISC

AISC - “Specifications for the Design, Fabrication and Erection of

Structural Steel for Buildings”

2.1.2 American National Standards Institute - ANSI

ANSI - Specification B27-2, Type B

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ANSI - Specification B31.3

2.1.3 American Petroleum Institute - API

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

Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms.

API Spec. 2B - API Specification for Fabricated Structural Steel Pipe.

API Spec. 2H - API Specification for Carbon Manganese Steel Plate for
Offshore Platform Tubular Joints.

API RP 2X - API Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of

Offshore Structural Fabrication and Guidelines for Qualification of
Ultrasonic Technicians.

API Spec. 5L - API Specification for Line Pipe.

API RP 10E - API Recommended Practice for Application of Cement

Lining to Steel Tubular (rods, handling, installation, and joining).

2.1.4 American Society of Testing and Materials - ASTM

Standard Specifications

2.1.5 American Welding Society - AWS

AWS D1.1-2002 - Structural Welding Code - Steel

2.1.6 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement - BSEE

30 CFR Part 250, Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer
Continental Shelf, Subpart I - Platforms and Structures.

2.1.7 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

2.2 Specifications

Spec. No. 801 - Protective Coatings

3.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Any design required of the CONTRACTOR, along with his final drawings, shall be
submitted to the COMPANY for approval prior to ordering materials or starting

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fabrication. No revisions shall be issued to the shop without approval by the

COMPANY.

3.2 Any changes, modifications or revisions to this specification requested by

CONTRACTOR shall be submitted to the COMPANY for approval prior to ordering
materials or starting fabrication.

3.3 Unless otherwise specified skids shall be square or rectangular in shape, of all-welded
construction and designed for four point lift from padeyes located near the skid
extremities.

4.0 MATERIALS

4.1 Furnished by the CONTRACTOR

4.1.1 General
a. All materials furnished by the CONTRACTOR shall be new and
undamaged.

b. The OWNER representative’s prior written approval shall be obtained

on all material substitutions. Such substituted materials shall be of
equal or better quality and/or greater strength.

c. Temporary bracing, erection aids, scaffolding, and testing materials

shall be furnished by the CONTRACTOR, but need not be new if safe,
serviceable, and adequate.

d. All materials, whether purchased or fabricated, shall be stored on either

flat surfaces or skids or other similar approved supports. Materials
shall be kept free from foreign matter.
4.1.2 Structural Steel
a. All structural steel shall be reasonably free from mill scale and rust, and
free from deformations.

b. The CONTRACTOR shall furnish the OWNER’s representative one

copy of mill certificates for all pipe and structural shapes and plate
before the material is worked. Stock plate shall bear mill heat numbers
for identification.

c. CONTRACTOR shall establish a material identification plan, meeting

the requirements of API RP 2A Section 11. Each primary structural
member shall be traceable back to the original mill certificates. In
addition, all high-strength or special steels shall be color coded or

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otherwise marked upon delivery to the CONTRACTOR’s yard.

CONTRACTOR shall submit his proposed marking plan to OWNER’s
representative for review prior to the receipt on site of any steel.

d. All structural steel that is used in the structure shall be in accordance

with one or more of the following standards unless otherwise indicated
on the drawings.

1) Structural Steel Pipe

Structural pipe shall conform to the following, as indicated on the

structural drawings:

Group I Class C ASTM A53 Gr. B or API 5L Gr. B or

A36 plate rolled to API Spec. 2B
Group I Class B ASTM A106 Gr. B (normalized)

2) Structural Steel Plate and Shapes

Structural steel plate, structural shapes, and structural shapes
fabricated from plate, shall conform to the following, as indicated
on the structural drawings:

Group I Class C ASTM A36

Group II Class C ASTM A572 Gr. 50 (Type 1, Killed,
Fine Grain Practice)
Group II Class A API 2H Gr. 42 or Gr. 50 (Supplemental
Requirements S1, S4, and S5)
Group II Class A ASTM A633 Gr. C or D

Tubular members fabricated from plate shall conform to API

Specification 2B

All plate and shapes shall conform to ASTM A6.

e. The CONTRACTOR may make welding repairs of defects in structural

steel only if they are within the limits and made according to and
repaired as defined by AWS D1.1-2002.
4.1.3 Fasteners

Structural bolts and nuts shall be heavy hex, conforming to ASTM A325 or
A490, cadmium plated, unless otherwise indicated on the drawings.

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4.1.4 Miscellaneous Materials

a. Grating

All grating shall be serrated rectangular welded steel grating with

bearing bars 1-3/16” center-to-center with bearing bar size as indicated
on the drawings. Prefabricated stair treads may be substituted with the
OWNER’s representative approval for grating as indicated on drawings.
Grating panels shall be hot dipped galvanized either prior to or after
cutting to fit.

b. Handrails

All handrail pipe, stanchions, and sockets shall be ASTM A53, Grade B
or ASTM A500 Grade B.
4.2 Furnished by the OWNER

4.2.1 All items designated as furnished by the OWNER will be delivered to the
CONTRACTOR’s yard. It shall be the CONTRACTOR’s responsibility to
receive, offload, store, protect from loss or damage, keep segregated,
maintain identity, and use in economical manner all OWNER-furnished
material.

4.2.2 The CONTRACTOR shall verify the delivery of all OWNER-furnished

material and immediately notify the OWNER’s representative of material
shortages, damages, or late deliveries.

4.2.3 All usable OWNER-furnished materials, excluding scrap or junk shall be

maintained in a segregated area. The OWNER shall arrange for removal
within thirty (30) days after completion of fabrication. If requested by the
OWNER, the CONTRACTOR shall furnish all labor, equipment, and
transportation to loadout, tie-down, and transport usable material.

5.0 DESIGN

5.1 General

The skid shall be designed and constructed so that the complete package, including all
subsequently installed equipment and piping, can be lifted by a single hook with
slings attached to four (4) padeyes. A spreader frame or bar shall be provided by
CONTRACTOR if any of the four slings contact the equipment during the lift.

5.2 The loads to be considered in the skid design shall include the weight of all materials
to be permanently affixed to the skid plus the weight of water when all vessels and

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piping are full. Deflection of primary beams and girders in skids and modules shall
be limited to L/300 where “L” is the length of the beam or girder between supports.

5.3 Design of the skid shall include consideration of the installation forces and dynamic
loads described in API RP 2A, Section 2.4.

5.4 Each padeye (lift point) shall be designed and constructed with a factor of safety of at
least two (2) based on the static weight of the package using AISC allowable stresses
without 1/3 increase. The static weight used will be based on the dry (empty but
including installed appurtenances) weight of equipment, vessels and piping. Padeyes
shall be readily accessible for rigging and oriented toward the center of gravity of the
complete package or the spreader bar eye.

5.5 The following lift information shall be given on the padeye drawing:

5.5.1 Lift weight and center of gravity.

5.5.2 Design shackle and sling sizes.

5.5.3 Maximum static sling load.

5.6 Stairs, ladders, cages, platforms, handrails, etc. shall be provided as required and shall
conform to the following requirements as well as those of OSHA:

5.6.1 Ladders shall have a minimum width of 16 inches. Rungs shall be round
with 3/4” minimum diameter. Ladders 15 feet tall or taller shall be equipped
with cages beginning approximately 7’-6” above the skid or platform deck.

5.6.2 Platform and stairs shall be made of bar grating per Section 4.1.4. Platforms
shall have a minimum width 36 inches. All platforms shall be equipped
with two-rail handrails fabricated from 1-1/2” Sch. 40 pipe and kickplates.
All stairs shall be equipped with two-rail handrails.

5.6.3 Ladders, cages, platforms, stairs, handrails and kickplates shall be hot-
dipped galvanized after fabrication.

5.7 All skid perimeter beams shall be the same depth.

5.8 Skid Deck

The deck of the skid shall be provided with grating or 1/4” floor plate (checkered
optional) as specified on the construction drawings. All floor plate shall be seal
welded. Deck splices shall be made over skid beams or other structural supports. All
grating decks shall be installed with galvanized anchor clips and self-tapping stainless
steel bolts. No welding of galvanized grating will be allowed.
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5.9 Drain Pans

Drain pans shall be furnished under all equipment handling hydrocarbons unless
specified otherwise on the drawings. Drain pans shall be designed to collect liquids
from equipment and piping. A minimum slope of 1/4” per foot to the drain line may
be used to prevent the accumulation of liquids in the pan. The drain shall be a
minimum two (2) inch threaded coupling. The drain pan shall be constructed of 1/4”
plate, and adequate support shall be provided to minimize the formation of low spots.

5.10 Equipment and piping shall not extend beyond the skid edge unless approved by the
COMPANY.

5.11 Machined mounting pads shall be provided for all large rotating equipment (250 Hp
and larger). Mounting pads shall be welded to structural members.

6.0 FABRICATION

6.1 General

All fabrication shall be in accordance with the AISC “Specification for the Design,
Fabrication and Erection of Structural Steel for Buildings” and applicable structural
drawings.

6.2 Welding

6.2.1 All welding shall be in accordance with AWS D1.1-2002, the construction
drawings and as specified herein. The welding procedure shall be
established in accordance with AWS D1.1-2002 and be approved by
COMPANY prior to welder testing.

6.2.2 Continuous welds on both sides will be used to connect flat bar stiffeners,
webs of tees and legs of angles to plate, shapes and pipes.

6.2.3 All faying surfaces shall be seal welded to prevent the collection of moisture
in cracks.

6.3 Holes may be cut in the middle third of the web of the beam for drain penetrations. A
flat plate double is required for each hole three (3) inch and larger. Cut outs in the
flanges are not allowed.

6.4 Tolerances

6.4.1 The overall length or width of the package shall not vary more than 1/4”. A
diagonal measurement across corners shall not vary more than 3/8”.

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6.4.2 Centerline dimensions shall be held within 1/4” for dimensions involving
field tie-ins. This tolerance applies to overall dimensions and is not
cumulative.

7.0 PAINTING

Surface preparation and painting of the skid assembly shall be performed in accordance with
Spec. No. 801 - Protective Coatings.

8.0 INSPECTION

The responsibility for quality control and inspection rests with CONTRACTOR.
COMPANY reserves the right to inspect materials, equipment and work at any time to assure
they are in accordance with the specifications. All items not in accordance with the
specifications shall be replaced as required by CONTRACTOR at no additional cost to
COMPANY.

9.0 LOADOUT AND TIE-DOWN

9.1 CONTRACTOR shall load the completed package on the vehicle or vessel carrying
the assembly and shall secure the package to the vehicle or vessel to the
COMPANY’s or, if applicable, Marine Surveyor’s satisfaction. The Marine Surveyor
shall be provided by the COMPANY.

9.2 CONTRACTOR shall supply padding or other protection required to prevent damage
to equipment and paint.

9.3 CONTRACTOR shall repair all damages that occur during loadout regardless of the
cause of the damage.

9.4 Preparation for shipment is covered by the applicable equipment specification.

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