LIFETIME EXTENSION OF AGEING OFFSHORE STRUCTURES BY GLOBAL ULTIMATE STRENGTH ASSESSMENT (GUSA)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v30.15724Keywords:
Alternative fuel, Ammonia, Global warming, Life-cycle assessment, Nonrenewable energy consumption, Risk-Based Assessment, probabilistic model, reliability engineering, reserve strength ratio, probability of failure.Abstract
Malaysia is the second largest oil and gas producer in Southeast Asia. Majority of
jacket platforms in Malaysia have exceeded their design life with various types of underwater
structure irregularities. Therefore, it is essential to address the reliability of the jacket platforms
in Malaysia due to ageing, increasing environmental loading and demand to prolong the
production for a further 25 years. The main purpose of this analyses is to determine the
structure’s risk level over its remaining service life which is a vital information in managing
ageing facilities to cater for the demand of continuous production. Global Ultimate Strength
Assessment (GUSA) methodology was used to support detailed reassessment applied in
managing safety, integrity analyses and reliability by evaluating the existing platform’s loading.
It is a tool for high-end analysis of structures for Risk-based Assessment (RBA). In this paper,
the reassessment of an ageing platform over 30-year-old, still in production is presented to
demonstrate GUSA capability to perform the platform’s life extension evaluation. The outcome
from these analyses can effectively assist in understanding the structure platform’s failure
mechanism and correctly identify mitigation actions required. As part of the analyses, non-linear
analysis and probabilistic model as practiced in the industry were used in order to get Reserve
Strength Ratio (RSR) and Annual Probability of Failure (POF) results. The accuracy and
comprehensiveness of this method will assist the industry, especially oil and gas fields’ operators,
in decision-making, specifically in identifying problem-oriented-solutions as part of their
business risk management in managing ageing facilities.
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