Seal Engineering is experienced in the design of all elements of the production system from the mudline to the host facility hang-off, from concept screening to installation.
Field architecture
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- Facilities location
- Riser concept selection
- Flowline sizing and routing
- Subsea production drill centre layout
- Flow assurance & operating philosophy
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Subsea field development (796 KB)
Subsea production systems
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- Horizontal vs. vertical Christmas trees
- Choke sizing and location
- Flow metering and sand detection
- Manifolds - template vs. cluster wells, foundation selection, etc.
- Control system & umbilicals - network design, power and signal distribution, availability etc.
- Subsea and downhole processing - technology review
- Intervention philosophy
- Supply chain management
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Pipeline design
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- Termination mechanical design
- Pipeline route selection
- Flow assurance
- Materials, cathodic protection, coatings
- Thermal insulation, pipe-in-pipe (PiP)
- Wall thickness
- Free spans
- Pipe expansion, lateral and upheaval buckling
- Installation engineering
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Flowline end termination design (500 KB)
Riser design
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- Concept development
- Riser analysis - fatigue, clashing, VIV
- Export systems
Seal Engineering has developed a range of hybrid riser designs for
deepwater, which have been analysed for various West of Africa and
Brazilian applications:
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Installation engineering
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- SURF installation studies
- Spool tie-ins
- Pipeline laying equipment design
- Flexible / Umbilical laying equipment design
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Detailed drawing of a tensioner (418 KB)
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Seal Engineering possesses a distinctive blend of design capability
and practical offshore installation experience. This capability has
brought real benefits to our clients in terms of reduced marine spread
requirements leading to significant cost savings. |
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
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- Cryogenic PiP design and global behaviour
- PiP end manifold terminations design, including bulkhead
- LNG pipe thermal analysis
- LNG transfer terminal concept (using cryogenic flexible pipe)
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Renewable energy
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- Offshore wind farm specifications, including marine spread specification, installation, operating & maintenance philosophy
- Tidal stream energy: state-of-the-art analysis, installation philosophy and specifications
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