CASE STUDY

Project Summary
Organization:
MOSES and SACS Simulations Help Dockwise
Dockwise Shipping B.V.
Location:
Cut Topsides Float-over Time in Half
Bay of Bengal, Myanmar Dockwise Achieves Schedule for Transport and Installation of World’s
Project Objective:
• Detailed installation design of
Heaviest Topsides Using Bentley Technology
SHWE platform jacket and topsides.
• Load-out, transportation, and Offshore Platform Record one of the heaviest topsides in the world. The state-of-the-
launch of 22,000-metric-ton jacket. Dockwise, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis art topsides was equipped with a hotel and restaurant to
• Load-out, transportation, and float- Westminster N.V., develops innovative solutions for heavy accommodate about 200 personnel, as well as apparatus for
over of 30,000-metric-ton topsides. transport and installation (T&I) in the maritime infrastructure drilling and production capabilities.
Products used: sector. With a fleet of 23 semi-submersible vessels and With a vertical center of gravity located 48.3 meters above
MicroStation two floating super pallets, Dockwise operates worldwide the keel, the topsides’ stability requirements pushed the limits
MOSES headquartered in Breda, The Netherlands. As part of the
ProjectWise of the installation barge – one of only two barges in the world
USD 1.5 billion SHWE field development project in the capable of performing this operation. The bottle-shaped barge
SACS
Bay of Bengal, Myanmar, Dockwise set a weight record made the float-over operation feasible because it satisfied
with installation of the nearly 22,000-metric ton jacket and both the stability and jacket footprint requirements. However,
30,000-metric ton topsides with deck support frame for the it created challenges for the mooring arrangement and
Fast Facts SHWE platform. Dockwise performed the engineering design transportation global strength needs. The short, fat, and heavy
• Dockwise was the T&I contractor for the T&I contract, as well as provided transportation and
selected to install the record- jacket also brought challenges to the launch operation.
launch operation of the jacket, and transportation and float-
breaking jacket and topsides in
terms of weight. over operation of the topsides, as well as operational support
for jacket and topsides load-out. Using MOSES and SACS,
• Bentley’s offshore platform analysis,
Bentley’s offshore platform analysis, design, and installation
design, and installation software
was selected for detailed design. software, helped to save 5,000 man-hours and two operation
days during the project execution.
• MicroStation and ProjectWise were
used by team members in project Alex Rodenburg, Dockwise senior project manager, noted: “The
offices located in The Netherlands, successful SHWE topsides installation and jacket launch marked
United States, and China.
a significant milestone for Dockwise. This further validates
Dockwise’s evolution into an offshore contracting partner for
ROI the transport and installation of oil and gas platforms.”
• Efficiencies achieved during detail
design saved 5,000 man-hours of Large and Heavy Structures
the 30,000 engineering hours.
Sitting in 110 meters of water in the Bay of Bengal, the
• Simulations conducted using SHWE platform is a central drilling, production, processing,
MOSES and SACS cut the
and compression facility for exporting gas to an onshore gas
estimated topsides float-over
time from four days to two days. terminal. Once onshore, the gas is distributed to the buyer’s
SACS and MOSES were used for engineering design and
pipeline. Commercial production started in August 2013. The
• Safety considerations during installation operations.
project became fully operational by mid 2014 with the production
simulations allowed the installation
of approximately 500 million cubic feet of gas per day.
to be performed without incident. Bentley Software Simulations
Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation The engineering challenges were tackled by numerous
contractor Hyundai Heavy Industry selected Dockwise as the analyses and design iterations based on MOSES and SACS
T&I subcontractor for operation, engineering, and installation simulations. MOSES is Bentley’s comprehensive suite of
of the jacket and topsides. Dockwise was given about 2.5 analysis software for the installation of offshore structures
years from the contract award to complete the operation in and the design of all types of floating offshore systems. SACS
2012. The installation involved one of the largest jackets and is an integrated suite of software for structural analysis
 “Our advanced and and design of offshore structures, including oil, gas, and ProjectWise. The full integration of MicroStation and
wind farm platforms and topsides. The ability of SACS to ProjectWise provided a natural and easy process for the
innovative use of the
dynamically iterate designs allowed the project team to drawing being transferred between different departments
SACS and MOSES perform advanced analysis, comply with offshore design including operations, engineers, and designers at different
criteria, and visualize complex results. locations. It also facilitated the workflow for the review and
simulation tools that we approval process. At the same time, ProjectWise provided
The Bentley technology improved efficiency and accuracy
have been pioneering throughout the duration of the project. The topsides float-over
better traceability among different rounds of analysis
throughout the project life.
for many years analysis was a time-consuming process that required huge
data transfer between SACS and MOSES. Information such All in all, the combination of MicroStation and ProjectWise
supports our evolution as structure stiffness and static reactions were calculated provided the information mobility solution that Dockwise
into an offshore from the SACS model and passed to MOSES. MOSES was required for such a large project executed on a global basis.
used to calculate all the time-history hydrodynamic-related
contracting partner information such as float-over impact force and motions. All
the results obtained from MOSES were fed back to SACS
for the transport and
to make sure that the structure was adequate for all of
installation of oil the load conditions during the different float-over stages,
which included stand-by, entry, mating, and exit. This whole
and gas platforms. process had to be updated for each mooring arrangement
Dockwise has for the bottle-shape barge feasibility study, until the optimal
arrangement was selected for the final design.
established the
standard procedure Efficient Data Transfer
For the jacket launch analysis, the jacket was initially
for jacket launch and modeled in SACS. The jacket model was then converted
topsides float-over to MOSES for launch analysis, which had an established
SHWE Jacket Load-out.
reputation for simulating the launch process. After the jacket
installation by taking motions and impact forces were obtained from the MOSES
hydrodynamic analysis, the data was output automatically Time-Cost Savings
advantage of using The successful field operation echoed the sound engineering
into SACS format with minimum effort. The structure strength
check then could be performed in SACS to ensure the for the SHWE jacket and topsides T&I design. SACS, MOSES,
SACS and MOSES.”
structure’s adequacy. Normally, 15-20 load steps during the and MicroStation helped the engineering and design group
– Wenjie Wu, senior launch process would be considered for each configuration, to be more efficient and, therefore, helped to facilitate
because in each step the contact point between the jacket the operation. Anything facilitating the field operations
structure engineer,
and the vessel might be different. and engineering reduced the project cost significantly. For
Dockwise example, the accurate time-window prediction provided by
With this complexity, the communication between these workability analysis with MOSES reduced the risk that the
two programs was critical, including information such as float-over operation would be delayed. The planned four-day
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could have been finished within the planned schedule. return on investment in the Bentley technology.

Safety was also a prime consideration during the T&I project.

Distributed Engineering Team
MOSES and SACS were used to simulate the float-over
Dockwise spread the design work across three office centers
procedure, which provided accurate predictions for the
in The Netherlands, United States, and China. This geographic
mooring line and equipment impact forces, and verified the
distribution allowed key team members to be available 24
mooring line arrangements. These engineering activities
hours a day to work on the pre-identified fast-track tasks and
significantly reduced the risk of a mooring line break during
unexpected urgent requests from the field.
the operation, and so contributed directly to personal and
Data access, accuracy, traceability, and workflow became operational safety. The Bentley products helped Dockwise to
a crucial challenge, especially for the final product design achieve its corporate commitment to a zero-accident policy.
drawings. The project team found a solution by producing The installation was ultimately performed without
drawings from MicroStation and managing the files in any accidents.

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