EP0310981A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour l'installation d'une plate forme "off shore" - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour l'installation d'une plate forme "off shore" Download PDF

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EP0310981A1
EP0310981A1 EP88116291A EP88116291A EP0310981A1 EP 0310981 A1 EP0310981 A1 EP 0310981A1 EP 88116291 A EP88116291 A EP 88116291A EP 88116291 A EP88116291 A EP 88116291A EP 0310981 A1 EP0310981 A1 EP 0310981A1
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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for erecting an offshore installation at the place of use, wherein at least one floating body is anchored to the ground with a plurality of preferably evenly distributed tension elements in such a way that the tension elements are held taut by the buoyancy forces of the floating body, and a platform is used for this Floating body is placed so that it is not flooded even in unfavorable sea conditions.
  • the platform In conventional offshore plants, the platform is built over a central column or several columns directly on the seabed.
  • Such column-supported drilling rigs or platforms with foundations in the seabed represent a not inconsiderable operational risk. They must also be arranged sufficiently high above the sea surface so that they cannot be reached even by a wave of the century.
  • changes in the seabed structure of such ground-based systems make extraordinarily costly conversion work necessary in order to keep the platform level at the intended height above the water level and within narrow tolerances in the intended position.
  • a device of the generic type is known from the journal "Ocean Industry", August 1984, pages 35 to 46, in which the actual platform is supported on a floating body anchored at a predetermined height above the sea floor.
  • the floating body itself consists of a completely in the water-immersed frame-shaped pipe hull and in its four corner areas support columns for the platform held above the water surface. Both the support columns and the fuselage tubes running at right angles to each other can be walked on and accommodate, among other things, the tensioning devices for the tension elements designed as tubes.
  • the advantage of these floating offshore plants is, above all, the expansion of production possibilities to deep-water drilling sites up to more than 500 m.
  • the assembly and maintenance costs for floating offshore plants that are to be anchored at the place of use above the drilling site are also lower than for ground-based plants.
  • the tensioning devices can only be arranged at a few locations located at a relatively large distance from one another, namely in each case in the area of one of the vertical support columns.
  • the fixed position of the floating body carrying the drilling platform via a few concentrated tension elements is not without problems and requires complex anchor structures in the subsurface.
  • the support pillars must hold the platform at a sufficient height above the sea surface so that at least the upper deck of the platform cannot be washed over and damaged in extreme sea conditions, for example in a century wave.
  • the invention has for its object to reduce the assembly and maintenance costs of float-based offshore systems and at the same time to increase operational safety for people and materials.
  • this object is achieved in that the platform is inserted into a floating pool forming the floating body, that the length of the tension elements is set so that the platform is sealed off from the surrounding side walls from the surrounding water and from swell is protected, that the pool interior is partially flooded and that the buoyancy forces transmitted by the tension elements are controlled by changing the flooding level.
  • the floating body itself forms a protective wall surrounding the platform, which keeps the surrounding water away from the pool interior receiving the platform far beyond the normal water level.
  • there is considerable space, especially below the platform which can be used by flooding and suitable selection of the flooding level to adjust the effective buoyancy forces and thus to adapt to the prevailing sea conditions.
  • the pool interior is pumped empty to a minimum level, so that maximum buoyancy forces are transmitted by the tension elements and can be used, among other things, to stabilize the pool against correspondingly increased horizontal forces.
  • a buoyancy is generated which reaches about four times the value of the forces acting horizontally on the swimming pool.
  • the overall effective buoyancy can be reduced by increasing the flooding level. This relieves the tension elements that absorb the effective buoyancy force, although the platform's offshore system is optimally protected.
  • a particularly simple and cost-saving construction of the platform is possible in a further development of the invention in that the platform is placed on a foundation in the pool interior and the maximum flooding level of the pool interior is limited so that the platform's own weight is always greater than that acting on the platform Is buoyant. This means that the platform can not float and in extreme sea conditions and accordingly low flooding levels with higher weight pressure on the Foundation is resting. Lateral securing of the platform is done, for example, with the aid of several suitable spacers, for example fenders, which are inserted between the platform and the circumferential side wall of the swimming pool.
  • the device for erecting an offshore installation on site has at least one floating body, which is anchored to the ground with several preferably evenly distributed tension elements in such a way that the tension elements are kept taut by the buoyancy forces of the floating body, and means for holding a platform on the floating body and is characterized according to the invention in that the floating body is designed as a floating basin with essentially watertight closable bottom and side walls, that the platform is inserted in a fixed position in the basin in such a way that it is surrounded by the bottom walls all around, that the tension elements such effective length between the ground anchorage and the swimming pool, that the side walls protrude upward from the surface of the water surrounding the pool and form a protective wall around the platform against swell, and means for flooding and emptying the pool interior on the floating Basins are provided.
  • a large number, for example 200 to 500, of cables which are uniformly distributed around the circumference of the basin are preferably used as tension elements.
  • the hawser acting pretensioners can both the immersion depth of the swimming pool as well as its horizontal position be adjusted or corrected.
  • the easy accessibility of such prestressing devices, for example on the outboard of the protector basin also enables a subsequent position correction if, for example, the seabed conditions change during use of the offshore installation and cause a change in the position of the floating basin.
  • the hawser can be made of aramid fibers, for example, which have proven to be particularly tensile and durable.
  • the new offshore plant is shown in its installation position above the drilling site. It has a floating body in the form of a floating basin 1 with a circular cross section, a foundation ring 3 embedded in the seabed 2, a large number of anchoring cables 5 which anchor the floating basin 1 to the foundation ring 3 and are held taut by the buoyancy forces of the floating basin.
  • a central riser 7 connects the borehole to the platform 9 supported in the interior of the swimming pool 1, which is indicated by dashed lines in FIG.
  • the riser 7 can be of conventional design, as can the platform 9 itself, which can be designed in accordance with the respective application requirements and is not subject to any particular shape or dimension restrictions.
  • the anchoring cables 5 are shown at the minimum azimuth angle ⁇ of 45 ° for anchoring arrangements of this type.
  • ⁇ azimuth angle
  • the anchoring cables in addition to the buoyancy forces in the vertical direction, approximately equally large forces occur in the horizontal direction and load the anchoring cables 5.
  • the latter should have an azimuth angle ⁇ ′ at or near 90 °, so that the tensile loads are limited to the effective buoyancy forces.
  • An anchoring system idealized in this sense with a large number of vertical tros evenly distributed over the circumference of the swimming pool 1 sen 5 is shown in Figure 2.
  • the swimming pool 1 shown in vertical section in FIG. 3 is a steel structure with a circular peripheral side wall 11 and a bottom wall 13 inclined in a funnel-like manner.
  • the riser 7 shown in broken lines in FIG. 3 passes through a central floor opening 15 and is connected to the platform 9 in a suitable manner.
  • the floating basin 1 is designed to be essentially watertight in the region of the side walls and floor walls, including the floor opening 15 serving as a passage.
  • the anchoring cables 5 are preferably made of aramid fibers or another high tensile, corrosion-resistant material.
  • Each anchoring cable 5 can be assigned its own prestressing hydraulics 15; Prestressing hydraulics can, however, also be assigned to a plurality of anchoring cables 5 together.
  • the platform 9 is placed on a foundation 17 in the interior 10 of the floating pool 1.
  • the latter is firmly connected to the swimming pool 1 or the bottom wall 13 by suitable means, not shown in the drawing.
  • the platform 9 rests on the foundation 17 only under its own weight.
  • Fenders 19 (FIG. 4) clamped between the corners of the platform 9 and the inside of the circumferential side wall 11 hold the platform 9 aligned over the central opening 15.
  • the floating basin 1 acting as a buoyancy body generates a buoyancy of approx. 2 GN in the example shown, which is approximately four times the value of the forces acting horizontally on the basin 1 (0.4-0.5 GN).
  • the buoyancy is adjustable. This is done by partially flooding the interior 10 of the swimming pool 1 in the area H between the flood levels H 1 and H 2.
  • the water exchange for flooding or emptying the interior 10 of the floating pool 1 takes place with the aid of known ballast pumps 21.
  • the diameter of the tank 1 is approximately 150 m
  • the draft of the tank 1 to the lower edge of the side wall is approximately 15 m
  • the draft to the lower edge of the floor wall is approximately 25 m
  • the freeboard dimension is approximately 20 m.
  • a multi-unit foundation ring 3 is provided in the exemplary embodiment described, the total diameter of which depends on the water depth, pool diameter and azimuth angle and is between approximately 150-900 m.
  • a section of the foundation ring 3 is shown in FIG. 5; an individual member designed as a steel pontoon 23 is shown in FIG.
  • Any box-shaped steel ponton 23 is hollow, floats per se and can be filled with sand or ash.
  • the length dimensions of each steel pontoon depend on the ring diameter. Its height and width dimensions must be selected so that they can reliably absorb the tensile forces of the anchor cables when filled with sand, for example.
  • the adjacent links 23 are connected to one another by suitable connecting elements 24 in such a way that they can be inclined to one another to a limited extent.
  • Foundation piles 25 are hammered into the floor 2, around which the foundation ring 23 with its members 23 is placed in order to hold the foundation ring in position.
  • the dead weight of the pontoons 23 filled with sand or another relatively heavy free-flowing material is generally sufficient as a bottom-side abutment for the anchoring cables 5.
  • each foundation ring member 23 hooks 26 are provided at regular intervals for hawser attachment.

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EP1826695A1 (fr) 2006-02-28 2007-08-29 Microsoft Corporation Descriptions de contenu sécurisées

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