MOSES Minimizes Redundant Steel in ORCA Offshore's Analysis of Self-installing Platform

摘要

When Centrica acquired the F3-FA field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, it planned to develop the field for four years of production and then relocate to another field. A EUR 200 million reusable platform was crucial to the project's success. ORCA Offshore joined a team of design, fabrication, and installation contractors to provide the naval architectural analysis for transport and installation of the nearly 9,000-ton, self-installing platform. ORCA Offshore provided motion and stability analysis, multibody dynamic analysis, structural spectral analysis, and scale model testing. Bentley's MOSES offshore platform design and installation software simulated and analyzed the transportation and installation of the unique production platform.