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Oil, gas, offshore and marine
The sector that formed our engineering discipline — where a calculation is read by a certifying authority, an insurer and a client's own reviewer before anything is fabricated.
Where we have worked
Our technical director's project record in this sector runs from 2008 and includes offshore platform substructures and jacket analysis, FPSO turret and fairlead systems, mooring chain and rope spool assessment, subsea connectors and clamps, pressure vessels and separators, and lifting assemblies for offshore installation.
Geographically that work spans the United Kingdom and North Sea, the Gulf, Southeast Asia and East Asia — for operators, EPC contractors and specialist equipment manufacturers.
Typical work in this sector
Pressure equipment
Vessels, separators and their supports, assessed against the governing pressure-equipment code with nozzle, saddle and wind or seismic cases.
Offshore structures
Jackets, substructures, platforms and lift points — extreme-load and fatigue assessment to offshore structural practice.
Turret and mooring systems
External turrets, fairleads, mooring chain and connectors, including transient dynamic response.
Subsea hardware
Connectors, clamps and spool assemblies, with fatigue assessment for installation and service loading.
Dropped-object protection
Impact and penetration assessment for deck and equipment protection.
Fitness for service
Assessment of ageing equipment against current requirements, where replacement is not the preferred answer.
What this sector demands
Offshore work has a particular characteristic: the cost of being wrong is very high and the cost of being over-conservative is also very high, because weight and space are constrained.
That combination is why verification culture matters more here than almost anywhere else, and why an independent check by a qualified reviewer is standard practice rather than an unusual request.
Have offshore scope to place?
Send the component and the governing code. We will tell you what the assessment needs to cover.