Expertise in offshore

Expertise in offshore.

Compliance and assurance for fixed, floating and subsea installations.

Version 1.0, February 2018

Case studies

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Coral South: Transforming Mozambique’s economy

A flexible, bespoke approach provided through a full range of services.

The offshore industry has experienced mixed fortunes in recent years. On the one hand, offshore energy has been hit hard by a dramatic fall in world oil and gas prices; on the other, renewable energy, notably offshore wind, is enjoying a surge in interest and investment. At the same time, the world is also waking up to the potential of novel technologies such as floating nuclear power generation.

regional offices spans the world, with 8,000 consultants, surveyors and other specialists based globally.

Whichever sector within which you operate, you face a series of important, ongoing challenges. At the top of the list is managing risk – to your assets, people, business, reputation and the environment – and complying with relevant local and international regulations. Then there are the commercial pressures: to minimise costs and downtime, maximise revenue, ensure consistent production and secure the best possible return on investment. Plus, you need to be constantly seeking out the new technologies, thinking and insights that enable you to future-proof your operations and identify and exploit new opportunities.

The assets we work with are often extremely technically challenging, involving suppliers and components from all over the world, and, in the case of energy supply networks, vast scope and multiple locations. This has given us great capability in managing complex projects, and a proven ability to put together teams from across Lloyd’s Register (LR) with exactly the right mix of skills, knowledge and experience to get the job done. Equally, in dynamic situations where you need to move fast, our expertise means we can develop simple, effective solutions that can be deployed quickly at minimum cost.

The Coral South field is being developed by operator Eni and partners in Area Four of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of Mozambique. The size, quality and position of the field’s resources are set to transform Mozambique’s economy.

Coral South, which is just the first phase of development, contains approximately 450 billion cubic metres (16 TCF) of gas. We are providing classification and certification services for the Coral South floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit, which is intended to produce around 3.4 million tonnes of liquified natural gas (LNG) per year. This is the world’s first ultra-deepwater FLNG, operating at a water depth of 2,000m.

By contrast, Shell’s giant Prelude unit, which we’ve also classed, operates in a depth of around 250m. We’re contracted to Eni, Technip, JGC, Samsung Heavy Industries and SOFEC for various elements of the project, which is expected to go live in 2022.

This combination of global reach and local presence gives you access to the precise design, engineering, operational and business development support you need, wherever and whenever you need it.

Sea Lion FPSO for Premier Oil We’ve granted approval in principle (AIP) for classification for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel contracted by SBM Offshore to operator Premier Oil PLC and its partner, Rockhopper Exploration PLC. The FPSO represents the start of a phased development of Premier Oil’s discoveries in the South Atlantic. We’ve also worked with SBM Offshore and its project partners to refine the initial concept as part of a ‘value engineering’ exercise, ahead of full project approval. We expect that subsequent developments in the Sea Lion field will require additional FPSOs.

We provide compliance, performance and assurance services for a wide range of offshore assets – fixed, floating, semisubmersible and subsea – as well as associated land-based facilities. We have extensive experience in the conventional and renewable energy sectors, extending right through the supply chain and asset lifecycle. Our network of national and

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Supporting your business wherever you venture.

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When you’re planning a floating structure such as an FLNG or FPSO, you need marine knowledge for the hull and process engineering skills for the topsides. You’ll have specialists in each field within your organisation – what you might struggle with is finding people who have expertise in both and who understand how to apply their knowledge in the unique offshore context. This is critical, since the key to success is the integration between the two elements. It’s also one of the many areas in which we can help.

We provide the bridge between the two disciplines, marrying our verification and classification experience in an overarching classification plan that treats the asset as a single, unified entity. We’ll work with you at the early concept stage to help ensure effective integration is incorporated into the design from the start. But you don’t have to be dealing with a high-risk, high-value giant in an established location.

We can help you expand into areas that are perhaps more difficult to reach, but which provide scope for smaller, faster, less complex projects, such as floating power generation, crane vessels, floating storage regasification units (FSRUs) and small-scale FPSOs.

FLNG

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Case study Husky approves West White Rose Project We’ve been appointed as the certifying authority for Husky Energy Inc.’s West White Rose project - a fixed wellhead platform designed to operate in the harsh environment off the shore of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The project consists of a gravity-base structure supporting 21,000-tonne topsides. Constructed from around 72,000 cubic metres of pre-stressed reinforced concrete, it’s effectively ‘iceberg-proof’. The new platform will be tied back to the SeaRose FPSO vessel, and will enable Husky to exploit new reserves discovered to the west of the original development.

The platform has received regulatory approval and is expected to produce its first oil in 2022.

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Putting your assets on a safe, secure footing.

From traditional lattice jackets to more exotic concretegravity-base or deep-water compliant towers, the global offshore production industry depends on a wide variety of fixed offshore assets. These structures can be found everywhere, from the tropics to the Arctic, and in all conditions, from the relatively benign to the relentlessly brutal. With our experience and technical knowledge covering standalone, bridge-linked, cantilevered, monopod, jack-up, steel, concrete and even wooden structures, we’ll ensure your assets remain compliant and suitable for their intended purpose and design life, wherever you’re operating.

One of the most important and complex aspects of any fixed offshore project is the interaction between the structure and the seabed. Our in-house geotechnical experts can perform structural analytics to ensure your chosen

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location is suitable for pile-driving. We can also assess fatigue, vertical load, and wind and wave interaction, including air gap verifications and green sea impact considerations, as well as ice-loading – all of which are crucial to long-term safety and performance. When you’re exploring new areas or innovative technologies, traditional analyses may not provide the answers you need; in these cases, we’ll use advanced computational fluid dynamics simulations and other techniques to develop bespoke solutions.

of its useful life, we’ll help ensure it can be decommissioned safely and effectively.

Whether you need a class, verification or certification solution, our independence and expertise are recognised by regulators worldwide. In fact, we work with many of them to develop and update their regulations. This gives us unique insights, which lead to pragmatic and robust solutions in which you and your regulators can have complete confidence.

For more mature assets, prolonging their service life can make a big difference to their lifetime profitability and return on investment. We’ll use advanced analytical techniques, alongside our real-world experience, to determine the best way forward and any remedial measures that may be required. Then, once the asset reaches the end

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projects worth over

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Tapping into a long-term global opportunity.

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The renewable energy sector is booming around the world, and the number of offshore wind farms is growing rapidly.

In Europe alone, almost 350 new turbines were gridconnected during 2016.

Through our dedicated certification services, we provide technical advice and assurance for fixed offshore wind turbines and support structures, from early-stage design review through detailed design, installation, commissioning and operation. We also assure vital associated infrastructures like substations, met masts and cabling.

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If you’re planning a new wind farm, we have a huge range of technical expertise in rotating machinery dynamics, fluid mechanics, vibration, acoustics and corrosion. To ensure long-term structural integrity and safety, we apply a failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to ‘design out’ potential risks in the early stages. Using specialist modelling software, developed in-house, we can provide day-to-day production forecasts for your new asset, helping you obtain the best price for the electricity you generate. We can also help you forecast, then take advantage of, periods of calm weather for routine maintenance, and the safe transfer of technicians between workboats and turbines.

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reached Final Investment Decision (FID), which is

up 39% on the 2015 figures

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Assurance and compliance for your critical land-based infrastructures.

Offshore structures often form a relatively small part of our clients’ projects. In many cases, most of the installation is on land, and we have the skills and experience to help you here as well. We’ve spent decades working right along the energy supply chain, and can provide technical advice and assurance for all types of equipment and infrastructure, from

drilling units and pipelines to storage facilities. We can also help you achieve compliance with local regulations.

In some emerging locations, such as Kazakhstan, we’ve actually been asked to help draft them, based on the strength of our experience in the global gas sector.

BP-operated Khazzan natural gas project is a game changer We provided independent verification services to BP for the Khazzan phase one development project in Oman, providing confidence that the safety-critical elements of the project were designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned in line with the performance standards agreed between BP and ourselves.

Design review teams in London and Aberdeen, combined with field survey capability in Oman and the many manufacturing and procurement locations servicing the project, worked together to provide a statement of suitability to BP. We established a project office in Muscat to provide the smooth co-ordination of activities going forward.

Once the second phase of the Khazzan development is fully up and running, production is expected to rise to 1.5 bcf/d. In total, approximately 300 wells are expected to be drilled over the estimated lifetime of the Khazzan field. Phases one and two will together develop an estimated 10.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources.

Khazzan phase one was BP’s largest project start-up in 2017 and was a technically and logistically challenging undertaking, with innovative drilling and well-stimulation techniques being necessary to achieve production from the tight gas reserves at depths of up to 5km.

Phase one of the Khazzan development is made up of 200 wells feeding into a two-train central processing facility via an extensive pipeline transportation and gathering infrastructure.

Phase one production is expected to plateau at 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day (bcf/d).

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Keeping your products and profits flowing.

We’ve been involved in offshore gas extraction since the first North Sea discoveries. Fifty years on, we’re still helping to ensure safe, efficient operation on floating and jack-up production units, FPSOs, FLNGs, mobile offshore drilling units and other assets here and on fields across the world.

As a leading class society, we provide Rules that ensure your offshore assets’ design, construction and maintenance comply with the regulations wherever you’re operating.

But our assurance services extend beyond class to include the entire supply chain.

Our supply chain assurance services help you with what can often be complex supply chains. We help you to overcome the challenges of projects spanning numerous countries and hundreds of suppliers – all of whom are required to meet legal obligations and quality expectations – by providing expert assistance across the entire supply chain, from engineering and design consulting to certification and verification. We also provide assurance and inspection services to help you manage and reduce project risk, delays and costs.

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Supporting the delivery of safe, efficient and sustainable gas operations

Production and liquefaction

Transportation

Storage and regasification

Distribution

End use

Experienced programme management, helping you meet your potential on time and on budget.

Classification, risk management and engineering expertise to achieve safety, compliance and efficiency.

Assurance and technical services to develop safe and reliable floating assets.

Expert guidance to safely deliver gas bunkering capability.

Experience and innovation to enable the safe adoption of gas as an energy source.

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SUBS E A IN F RAST RUCT URE

Whether as part of a fixed, floating, tie-back or standalone development, subsea assets and infrastructure are vital to any offshore production system. Wellheads, umbilicals, pipelines, risers and flowlines and their associated structures, foundations, anchors and control systems are highly sophisticated, and a whole range of manned and automated technology is evolving to allow the installation, inspection and maintenance of these inaccessible but extremely valuable assets.

Effective management of critical links in the supply chain.

Our certification, verification, type approval and technology qualification services can all be specially tailored to address the unique challenges presented by subsea systems and equipment. Our pipeline, pressure system, geotechnical, structural, lifting and electrical and instrumentation

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specialists have the deep knowledge and practical outlook to help you solve the most complex technical problems. From fatigue issues in composite flexible riser systems to using advanced analytical techniques in pipeline span assessment and remediation, we have the people, processes and systems to help you get the most from your investment.

As the industry moves into ever deeper and more remote waters, subsea engineering is advancing rapidly and becoming increasingly critical to success. We’re conducting Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) and original research in emerging fields like subsea processing, deep-ocean mining and remote sensing and inspection technologies, keeping us and our clients at the forefront of technology.

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Shaping the future through partnership and development.

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Securing the future We believe that the best way to ensure a secure, sustainable future for our clients, and our industry, is to take responsibility and shape it ourselves. Through our global technology centres and joint industry projects (JIPs) with manufacturers and academics, we’re conducting world-class research and development into design, construction and operation for the future.

Supporting development Our activity engages in supporting the innovative companies developing the materials, methods, tools and techniques of the future. Our technology qualification services can help you get your ideas from the drawing board and into commercial success.

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Assurance Around the world, our name assures investors, insurers, regulators and potential clients that new technology is fit for purpose and complies with all the relevant safety and quality standards.

Cost effective solutions Across the traditional and renewable energy sectors, we’ll help you build and operate assets that are safe, efficient and cost-effective today, with the resilience and flexibility to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Lifecycle We are constantly looking at how new technologies and insights that can extend an assets service life to increase your overall return on investment whilst also being able to offer expert advice on planning for safe, compliant decommissioning and eventual recycling.

Offshore data centres

Converting drill ships for deep-sea mining

Floating football stadia

Large-scale fish farming

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DEL IVE R IN G T HRO UGH INNOVAT IO N

Cyber and digital transformation

Reducing CO2

New thinking and transformative technologies.

Cyber safety We guide you through a non-prescriptive, fully integrated, risk-based approach to assuring the safety of cyber-enabled ships from concept to operation.

We’ve developed technical guidance and the first ShipRight procedure for autonomous ships and autonomy levels that allow you to adopt cyber technology safely.

Gas as a fuel Being the world’s leading class society for liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers has enabled us to produce definitive Rules for gas-fuelled ships that provide you with a robust basis for technology selection to meet your current and future business needs.

Cyber security From guidance and training to vulnerability and impact assessments, we can help you develop a cyber security strategy that will work for your business now and in the future. We can help you keep your connected assets secure from cyber-attack and compliant with any forthcoming regulation.

Gas bunkering While gas-fuelled ships are regulated by the International Maritime Organization IGF Code, ports have their own regulatory regimes for such vessels to conduct bunkering while in their waters. We can provide robust, impartial advice on gas bunkering.

Cyber performance We apply our knowledge and expertise to extract value for you from your data, enabling you to make informed, actionable decisions to improve performance and efficiency.

Batteries We are continuously looking at new technologies and our experience with large battery installations is captured in a guidance document aimed at facilitating a risk-based approach to battery use.

We use your data to co-create digital twins of your systems or assets in operation.

We use these digital models to optimise performance by identifying improvements through advanced algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Hydrogen as a fuel Our leading technical knowledge in the safe transportation of gases means that we are uniquely positioned to develop the safety requirements to enable hydrogen as a viable alternative energy source. We can work with you to identify and mitigate hydrogenspecific risks throughout the supply chain.

New technologies

Service innovation

Additive manufacturing Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is set to revolutionise our approach to components. We have issued guidance on additive manufacturing and are working with clients to advance this technology and its applicability to the marine environment.

Concept designs We want to ensure that our customers are satisfied with the vessel that they build.

We help you achieve your goals by working with you at the concept stage to develop innovative design solutions that work for you, your operations and your customers.

Blockchain technologies Blockchain technologies can provide a secure, auditable record of activities across distributed networks. We are working with a range of partners to explore where such technologies could be used to address marine challenges.

3D plan approval We are always trying to make our approval process as efficient as possible and offer you a responsive and competitive service during design. We are developing a 3D plan approval capability that allows for faster approval, which is of particular advantage during early design iterations.

Drones for increased safety and operational efficiencies We are testing drones in order to decrease the frequency of humans operating at risk, such as when entering confined spaces or working at heights. The use of drones could reduce the risk of human incidents, accidents and injuries. We are also exploring how drones can be used to deliver alternative, more flexible compliance services.

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One constant, wherever and whenever you need us.

Adding value to every stage

LR’s network of 300 national and regional offices, spread across six operating areas, puts our customers around the world first, giving you access to our advice and expert service delivery from Åalesund to Zhoushan.

And, wherever you are, you can be confident that our entire team of over 8,000 specialists is never more than a phone call or email away.

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Innovation

Design

Build and commissioning

Operation

Life extension

Decommissioning and recycling

We are conducting world-class research and development into design, construction and operation for the next 20 years and beyond.

At the design stage, our appraisal services and software give you confidence that your asset will comply with all class and statutory requirements.

At the build and commissioning stage, we help you ensure that assets are delivered to meet all contractual requirements.

In service, we help you keep your assets compliant, safe and performing reliably, enabling you to deliver business as usual and minimise downtime.

We can help you best manage the operational life of your assets. By assessing their condition, we provide you and your clients with assurance of their integrity.

If you are developing novel technology, we can qualify its compliance and performance, helping you attract investment, prove your business case and find a route to market.

We can also work with you to optimise your design so it achieves the best possible performance and return on investment.

We can also help you implement the latest technologies, and understand what return on investment to expect, so that you can increase performance and be more competitive in the market.

We can also work with you to extend the life of your assets.

At the end of your asset’s life, our services help you comply with recycling requirements and provide added confidence that you are conducting a safe and sustainable decommissioning process.

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We also help you make the right decisions when investing in designs and technologies.

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In line with your business needs, we can identify any remedial work or renovations that are required.

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