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Project Title
TN Title
TN Number

N23 Jacket Salvage Bidding

N23 Jacket Salvage Feasibility Study
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Introduction
The analysis was performed at the request of field engineer for bidding of salvage works of
N23 jacket.
Objective
- To determine
- To determine
- To determine
- To determine

the
the
the
the

weight and COG of jacket for dry and submerged conditions.

maximum static sling load (SSL).
jacket structural integrity at lifting points.
upending trunnion capacity load.

Reference
1) American Institute Steel Construction (AISC), 13th Edition
2) American Petroleum Institute (API), 21st Edition.
3) Roarks Formulas for Stress & Strain.

SL
4

SL
2

SL1

SL3

Observation

1) Weight & COG

The weight, COG and SSL of the jacket lifting in different conditions are tabulated
below:
COG
Max. SSL
No
Weight
(MT)
Condition
.
(MT)
X (m) Y (m)
SL1
SL2
SL3
1 Jacket Dry Weight
32.28 -2.17
2275.39
915.37 574.76 671.70
(with pile)
2 Jacket Dry Weight
33.04 -1.94
1820.11
705.84 462.30 536.12
(without pile)
3 Jacket Submerged
29.84 -3.44
1034.87
479.76 276.75 298.52
Weight
(with pile)

in table

SL4
286.11
257.31
59.30

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Refer Attachment 1 for jacket COG origin reference

2) Jacket Integrity Check

Structural integrity check of the jacket was also carried out with DAF 2.00 and DAF 1.35.
The results are presented in table below:
No
.
1
2
3

Condition
Jacket Dry Weight
(with pile)
Jacket Dry Weight
(without pile)
Jacket Submerged
Weight
(with pile)

Max. UC Members
DAF
1.35
2.00
(other members)
(at lifting point member)
0.64
1.08
0.51

0.92

0.90

0.46

Refer Attachment 2 for jacket SACS UC plot for lifting analysis

The trunnions at EL (-) 11.00 m at leg A2 and B2 have been removed. Therefore, it is
planned to use chokers in place of the trunnions. Local check at the choke points have
been carried out using Roarks formulas.
A maximum load of 900 MT was applied at the choke point, based on the maximum SSL
obtained from lifting analysis.
From the local check carried out, it was observed that the 2336 x 63 mm jacket leg was
not able to withstand a load of 900 MT. The maximum fibre stress was 760.72 KSI. This
value is massively larger than the yield stress of the jacket leg, which is 50 KSI.
A second check was carried out by increasing the thickness of the jacket leg from 63 mm
to 189 mm. From this check, the maximum fibre stress was 49.61 KSI < 50 KSI.
Therefore is recommended to use a 126mm thk saddle plate on the jacket leg if chokers
were to be utilized.

Refer Attachment 3 for detailed calculations

3) Upending Trunnion Capacity Check

The maximum load the upending trunnion can withstand was 523.47 MT.
This value was obtained by performing a standard lifting analysis using the upending
trunnions at the top of the jacket and the lifting trunnions at the bottom of the jacket.
No DAF was considered to determine the upending trunnion capacity.
Any load greater than that considered will cause other members connected to the
upending trunnions to have a UC greater than unity..

Refer Attachment 4 for UC plot & SSL plot for upending trunnion check.

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SACS Model
The lifting jacket model provided by the client was used in this analysis. The lifting analysis
carried out in this study only includes the base case COG with the jacket tilted in seabed.
The maximum SSL was obtained from factored gravity weight. The structural integrity check
for other members and lifting point was checked with a DAF of 1.35 and 2.00, respectively.
Attachment
1)Jacket Origin Reference
2)Jacket SACS UC Plot
3)Local Check on Jacket Leg
4)UC Plot and SSL for Upending Trunnion
5)Drawing

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ATTACHMENT 1: JACKET ORIGIN REFERENCE

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ATTACHMENT 2: JACKET SACS UC PLOT

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ATTACHMENT 3: LOCAL CHECK ON JACKET LEG

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ATTACHMENT 4: UC PLOT AND SSL FOR

UPENDING TRUNNION

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ATTACHMENT 5: DRAWINGS (JACKET IN CURRENT

CONDITION)