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Agenda
Geohazards
What are they?
What risks do they pose to offshore developments?
Conclusions
Submarine cables
Power (Utilities)
Telecoms (Providers / JVs)
Dredging Companies
Example Users
Project Managers
Design Engineers
Drilling Engineers
Facilities Engineers
Installation Engineers
Mariners
QHS&E Personnel
Environmentalists
Geologists
Explorationists
Surveyors
Accountants
Lawyers
Etc.
A Few Definitions
Site Survey
The ART/SCIENCE of investigation of submarine soils, shallow geology and geohazards using high
frequency sound and other non-seismic geophysical remote sensing methods
(Geophysics)
Site Investigation
The ACT of acquiring quantitative and non-quantitative, intrusive data about the seabed, sub-seabed
(Geotechnics)
Engineering Geophysics
The SCIENCE/ART of analysing geophysical data to allow the identification and description of
submarine soils, shallow geology and geohazards
Geotechnical & Foundation Engineering
The ANALYSES of integrated data on submarine soils and shallow geology for the purposes of
engineering design for foundations design, trenching etc.
Geohazards
Actual geohazards
Engineering geohazards
Drilling geohazards
Environmental geohazards
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Desk Study
Contractor Selection
Offshore Operations
Geophysical Survey
Geotechnical Survey
Integration of Data
Desk Study #1
A good desk study should add huge value to the project and inform Operational, Planning and
Technical Requirements
Operational Requirements
Permits / permissions / notice periods
Vessel and equipment availability (and budget costs)
Weather and environmental conditions
Other seasonal restrictions (e.g. herring spawning / whale migration / ice)
Expected seabed and sub-seabed conditions potential engineering issues?
Proposed spud date
Consent and project milestones
Exploration licence requirements
Planning Requirements
Make use of information in public domain, in-house or in consultant databases
Admiralty charts water depth, tides, currents, wrecks, cables, UXO, shipping lanes etc.
Potential fishing activity or other users of the sea (e.g. firing ranges, dumping areas etc.)
Other development activity in the area (e.g. seismic, construction etc.)
Desk Study #2
Technical Requirements
The end point is a desk study that collates all relevant information about the site and what the project
is trying to do
Pre-Fieldwork Considerations #1
Design the survey and site investigation programme to meet the requirements of the project
Pipeline, structures
Requirements may be competing
What information do you need and when?
What is essential and what is nice to have?
Scope of Work
To meet project requirements
What do you need to know?
Independent advice
Regulatory requirements?
Rig owner requirements? (e.g. Maersk Drilling)
Marine Warranty Surveyor
Stakeholder requirements?
Information in public domain (OSIG etc.)
Expert consultants can help
Cost versus risk
there is a point of diminishing returns
How is the residual risk being managed
(engineering contingency?)
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Pre-Fieldwork Considerations #2
In certain situations (e.g. jack-up installation in the UKCS) there is an established procedure for not
doing geotechnical boreholes (UK HSE OIS3/2008)
But (and its a big but) geophysical data should only be used for the prognosis of general soil
lithology and not geotechnical conditions
On its own, the geophysical survey data cannot provide quantitative data for engineering
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Pre-Fieldwork Considerations #3
To Review:
We now know what we want to do (Scope of Work)
We know how we want to do it (Technical Specification)
We know when we want to do it (cost/benefit analysis and schedule?)
So you now need to select a contractor to do the work
But in reality Clients often want to control this process and have preferred contractors and Term
Agreements in place
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Geophysical Surveys
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Geotechnical Surveys
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Offshore Operations
Real-time engineering?
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Post-Offshore Operations
QC of all reporting
Integration of data
Lessons learned
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They are very good value and can add significant value to your project
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