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PROJECT

KUITO FPSO INSTALLATION PROJECT – 2002

CLIENT

SCOPE OF WORK

Basic Design Stage

  • Lifting of a module on top of KUITO FPSO using Castoro 8 crane barge
  • Mooring design of the Castoro 8 alongside the FPSO. Check of offsets to validate the use of a gangway between the 2 vessels
  • Dynamic lift simulation to verify the impact loads from the module on the deck of the FPSO, for bumpers and lifting guides design

SPECIFICS

  • The model includes 3 bodies and connectors of different stiffnesses
  • Time domain simulations
  • Outputs are connector loads, relative motions between points of different bodies (gangway ends, module supports and FPSO deck), velocities and accelerations of concerned points