Supplementary Specification for Concrete Offshore Structures Supplementary Specification for Concrete Offshore Structures
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Supplementary Specification for Concrete Offshore Structures
Foreword A series of Specifications (all parts of S-631) was prepared under a Joint Industry Project 35 (JIP35) by the ‘Offshore Structures Specifications Task Force’ organised by the International Oil & Gas Producers Association (IOGP) with support from the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Recent trends in oil and gas projects have demonstrated substantial budget and schedule overruns. The Oil & Gas Community within the World Economic Forum (WEF) have implemented a Capital Project Complexity (CPC) initiative which seeks to drive a reduction in upstream project costs with a focus on industry-wide, non-competitive collaboration and standardisation.
Further to the publication of the IOGP Operators’ Position and Key Messages on Standards (April 2017) and successful pilot study for IOGP JIP 33 Standardisation of Equipment Specifications for Procurement, the IOGP Offshore Structures Subcommittee discussed improving efficiency in this discipline by reducing or eliminating variation in requirements between operating companies and developing common operator requirements for offshore structures. The Offshore Structures Subcommittee established a Task Force (with administrative support funded by JIP35) to agree on the industry and/or international standard for each discipline and then develop minimum common requirements to improve efficiency and quality while reducing variation and cost.
Ten key Oil & Gas Companies from the IOGP membership participated in developing these Specifications, with the objective to leverage and improve industry level standardisation for projects globally in the oil and gas sector.
The work has developed a minimised set of supplementary requirements for the design and operation of offshore structures based on a critical review of the ten participating members’ company specifications, building on recognised industry and/or international standards.
The task covers 11 subdisciplines, each associated with one industry and/or international standard, for application in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries:
1. S-631-01 General requirements for offshore structures
A twelfth subdiscipline, floating offshore structures, was specified as part of the task but has been deferred due to the complexity of having a range of classification society rules and the volume of additional company requirements for this subdiscipline.
The expectation is that the participating and other operating and engineering companies will adopt and reference all parts of the specification series IOGP S-631 for offshore structures, with the participating companies eliminating the supplemental requirements from their in-house specifications. Tracking the adoption of the parts of this specification and of the reduction in company requirements will be managed by the IOGP Offshore Structures Subcommittee.
This series of Specifications has been developed to promote the opportunity to realise benefits from standardisation and achieve significant cost reductions for upstream project costs. The Offshore Structures Specification Task Force performed their activities in accordance with IOGP’s Competition Law Guidelines. Terminology used within this Specification is in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 and as defined in the parent standard.
This series of Specifications aims to significantly reduce waste, decrease project costs and improve schedule through pre- competitive collaboration on standardisation. These specifications define the supplementary requirements to recognised industry and/or international standards which are indispensable for the application of this specification.
Following approval by the IOGP Offshore Structures Subcommittee, IOGP has authorised the publication of this Specification. Where adopted by the individual operating companies, this Specification aims to supersede existing company documentation for the purpose of industry-harmonised standardisation.
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In the event of a conflict between these Specifications and a relevant local law or regulation, the relevant law or regulation shall be followed. If these Specifications create a higher obligation, it shall be followed as long as this also achieves full compliance with the law or regulation.
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1. Scope This specification provides supplementary requirements and recommendations to ISO 19903.
2. Normative References The following normative references shall apply:
ISO 19903: 2019 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Concrete offshore structures ISO 19901-1 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Specific requirements for offshore structures -- Part 1: Metocean design and operating considerations ISO 19901-2 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Specific requirements for offshore structures -- Part 2: Seismic design procedures and criteria ISO 19901-4 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Specific requirements for offshore structures -- Part 4: Geotechnical and foundation design considerations ISO 19901-5 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Specific requirements for offshore structures -- Part 5: Weight control during engineering and construction ISO 19904-1 Petroleum and natural gas industries -- Floating offshore structures -- Part 1: Ship-shaped, semi-submersible, spar and shallow-draught cylindrical structures ISO 1920-3 Testing of concrete — Part 3: Making and curing test specimens ISO 1920-4 Testing of concrete — Part 4: Strength of hardened concrete ISO 2394 General principles on reliability for structures EN 1991-1-6 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-6: General actions - Actions during execution
3. Supplementary Requirements for Concrete Offshore Structures
Requirements for concrete offshore structures shall be in accordance with ISO 19903: 2019 and the following amendments to the referenced Clauses in ISO 19903: 2019.
5 General Requirements
5.4.4 Execution requirements
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The reliability of the structure to fulfil the requirement of EN 1991-1-6 shall be assessed in accordance with ISO 2394.
5.4.5 Temporary phases requirements
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Contractor shall apply a minimum 10-year return period action for any environmental event (e.g. storm, wave, seismic) or construction event (e.g. handing, prestressing, pouring) to design and build the concrete structure or parts thereof.
Construction site-specific data (e.g. seabed topography, soil conditions and environmental conditions) shall be specified in accordance with ISO 19901-1, ISO 19901-2 and ISO 19901-4.
Contractor shall provide a third-party assessment of the dry dock preparation to the Company.
Even though construction and installations phases are under full responsibility of the Contractor, Contractor shall provide all surveys and design documents to the Company for review. In cases where safety or reliability could be affected by these temporary phases, Contractor shall provide alternate methods or designs.
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6 Action and action effects
6.3.2 Variable actions
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• temperatures (including those of stored hydrocarbons);
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• dewatering of shafts (flooded by design) for inspection and condition monitoring activities.
6.3.4.8 Collisions
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1) The following minimum post damage tolerance criteria shall be demonstrated:
a. Low energy impact: No impairment of performance standard.
Note: Performance criteria may be based on business risk (i.e. the probable cost of repair over the service life based on the probability of exceeding the impact energy level that results in damage that cannot be left unrepaired versus the cost of a stronger design).
b. High energy impact: No progressive collapse in 10-year return period storm condition. Note: Performance criteria may be based on life-safety risk for L1 structures or business risk for L2 structures.
2) A collision design philosophy that limits the damage of the structure (during and post collision) shall be documented for structures located in remote and/or cold climates.
Note: In these regions, execution of a repair can be impractical or even impossible
6.3.4.10 Floating structures in damaged condition
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Structural design of the concrete hull shall follow ISO 19904-1 as applicable to a non-steel hull material.
Analyses shall be performed accounting for concrete material, reinforced with or without post tensioning and hull girder theory.
6.5 Combinations of actions
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Operating phase combinations shall include those defined below.
Contractor shall define additional action combinations to ensure integrity of the structure.
Topsides Contractor shall supply topsides loads to the Company.
1) Operating Condition (SLS) — The platform is in an operating mode with the following operational loading assumptions:
NTE weight plus coincident operating loads as defined in ISO 19901-5 Annex G with additional requirements in items (i) to (iv) below:
i) Fluid loads: Contractor Process and Mechanical experts shall supply vessel and piping fluid loads reflecting typical operating conditions.
a) Oil and water vessels shall be specified to be between 50% and 75% full.
b) Gas vessels shall be specified to reflect the maximum operating pressure and gas composition.
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c) Bulk storage tanks (e.g. water, diesel, chemical) shall be specified to be 90% full.
ii) Unoccupied Areas:
a) Global design shall include loads on unoccupied areas
b) Loads on unoccupied areas where future equipment can be installed shall be represented by uniform area loads using 60% of the values indicated in Table 1, below
Table 1: Nominal Deck Loads
Area Design Loading
Area kN/m2 psf Drilling • Wellbay (hatches) 19.1 400 Areas:t • Wellbay (access platforms) 14.4 300 • Supporting bulk storage tanks 38.3 800 • Without bulk storage tanks 23.9 500 • Containing water treating vessels, diesel and chemical 35.9 750 storage tanks, drilling mud. Includes laydown areas and porches adjacent to this area. • Supporting mud tanks, mud pumps, engines, pipe rack 52.6 1100 (assumes equipment including pipe rack supported anywhere on the floor), etc. Process and Production Areas 23.9 500 Utility Areas 14.4 300 Power Generation 14.4 300 Compression Unit Areas 19.1 400 Other Laydown Areas (not on drill deck) 19.1 400 Assembly Areas 9.6 200 Supply porches and areas for quarters 19.1 400 Walkways and Stair Landings 4.8 100 Workshops and Miscellaneous Storage 14.4 300
c) Unoccupied areas shall include laydown areas and supply porches.
iii) Platform cranes:
a) Platform cranes will be operating with live load and boom orientation(s) that will produce maximum thrust or moment to the support base.
b) Overhead cranes will also be subjected to maximum live loads.
iv) Other loads:
a) Environmental loads in Table 2 shall be based on a 1-year return period.
2) Storm Condition (ULS) — The platform is subjected to extreme storm with the following loading assumptions:
i) NTE weight plus coincident operating loads as defined in ISO 19901-5 Annex G
Dead and live loads (except for drilling and crane live load) shall be the same as the operating condition.
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ii) Environmental loads – wind, wave, current, and sea ice loads with a 100-year return period shall be used.
3) Minimum Deck Load Condition (ALS) —The platform is subjected to extreme storm conditions with the following loading assumptions:
ii) Drilling rig is without rig live loads (set-back, pipe rack and drilling fluids) and without hook load.
Note: If the rig is to be removed after drilling, then the entire drilling load is removed.
iii) No crane loads given all cranes are secured.
4) If the platform is located in a seismically active area (refer to ISO 19901-2), then another two basic load conditions shall be required:
a) Seismic Design Strength Condition —The platform is subjected to ELE with dead, live, drilling and crane loads, as specified for the operating condition.
b) Seismic Ductility Condition —The platform is subjected to a rare intensity earthquake ALE for ductility analysis with dead, live, drilling and crane loads, as specified for the storm condition.
7 Structural Analyses
7.3.5 Actions
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For permanent actions:
1) Design Not-to-Exceed Gravity Loads shall be developed for all the global analyses.
2) Not-to-Exceed Gravity Loads shall be developed for each relevant phase (e.g. transportation, operations) and shall include dead loads and live loads relevant to that phase. These loads shall be submitted for Company approval before structural analysis begins.
3) The Not-to-Exceed Loads combined with the Center of Gravity (CoG) Envelope shall govern the structural design. (NTE load and CoG envelope are defined in ISO 19901-5).
4) All structural and design requirements shall be satisfied for the Not-to-Exceed Load applied anywhere within and on the boundaries of the CoG Envelope.
5) Topsides Not-to-Exceed Loads and CoG Envelope shall be obtained from the Topsides Contractor.
7.4.6 Discontinuity region analysis
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1) Specialised forms of analysis shall be required for discontinuity regions such as joints, transitions, etc.
a. Discontinuity region analysis shall include the strut and tie approach, which can be coupled with a local elastic analysis of the associated detail.
b. Nonlinear finite element analysis, including cracking and crushing models, may alternatively be applied for discontinuity regions.
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c. When specialised discontinuity analysis is employed, verification of the analysis shall be based on either (i) conformance with recognised industry practice or (ii) comparisons with experimental data that shall be provided by Contractor.
2) Contractor shall supply, for Company approval, calculations for all significant discontinuity regions, including joints, thickness transitions, concentrated support areas, embedment, penetrations, prestress anchorages and deviations.
Discontinuity regions may be grouped and standardised during the design phase.
3) In cases of unusually complex or critical components, model testing at either full or reduced scale shall be performed, unless otherwise directed by Company.
4) Contractor shall provide, for Company approval, the design brief documenting the plan for analyses of each discontinuity region.
8 Concrete Works
8.3.4.1 Concrete production
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Concrete sampling and testing shall comply with ISO 1920-3, ISO 1920-4 and relevant national and regional standards.
9 Foundation Design
9.6.7 Differential Settlement
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Site soil borings and cone penetration tests shall be submitted for Company review.
When calculated tilt from differential settlement exceeds platform tolerance, then means to correct the situation shall be specified, e.g. differential ballasting.
Variations of settlement with time shall also be included in the analysis.
Note: Lateral variations in soil stratigraphy within the foundation set-down area, structure length, and preferred directions of environmental forces can contribute to differential settlements.
9.8 Soil reactions on structures
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Positive contact stress shall be assured when the structure is subjected to unfactored design level loads.
Any base separation during cyclic environmental loading (i.e. "platform rocking") shall be prevented. Underbase "pumping" and progressive erosion beneath the base shall be prohibited.
The foundation design shall account for the levelness of the site, including both the initial slope and surface undulations.
Deviations from the seafloor levelness shall be specified in calculating the tolerance of the GBS base design. The tolerance of the GBS design to these deviations shall be provided for Company review.
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10 Mechanical Systems
10.2.13 Risers and J-tubes
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Risers and conductors shall be positioned to minimise exposure to accidental damage.
Sufficient clearance shall be provided in the impact zone to alleviate contact forces from deforming structural elements.
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