Riser & Conductor Engineering
Houston | Rio de Janeiro | Aberdeen | London | Kuala Lumpur | Perth | Beijing
About 2H Offshore
2H Offshore is a global engineering contractor specialising in the design, structural analysis and
integrity management of riser and conductor systems used in the drilling and production of
offshore oil and gas. Our capability and experience covers all types of risers, from shallow water
fixed platform conductors, to drilling and production risers used in ultra-deep water.
Intelligent Methodology Global Service
At the core of our business is the expertise and experience to Recognising the need to work closely with our clients, 2H now
calculate and understand the response of dynamic offshore has offices in a number of the major offshore oil centres of the
structures. Dynamic analysis in itself can present many complex world including London, Aberdeen, Houston, Kuala Lumpur, Rio
challenges and these challenges are further compounded by the de Janeiro and Perth. Our offices are set up to enable seamless
non-linear effects often seen in riser systems. This ability and operation across all locations, sharing resources, capability and
understanding is supported and tempered by multi-discipline experience. This provides a common resource pool of over 170
engineers through whom we deliver complete designs at both engineers, enabling us to accommodate large projects and adapt
global and component level. quickly to changes in workload.
Highly Qualified Team Proven Track Record
Engineering of riser systems requires strong analytical skills Our clients include field operators, installation contractors,
and considerable practical ability to accommodate the many drilling contractors, engineering contractors and equipment
interfaces. 2H employs a team of high quality, highly qualified vendors. We have the experience and capability to manage
engineers across a range of disciplines to meet the demands and implement major detailed design projects for operators
of our work. We are committed to training and continued
and installation contractors, while our continuing provision
professional development of our engineers to ensure they have a
of engineering support to equipment vendors is testament to
rounded capability, not just focused on risers. We have good staff
our strong understanding of riser equipment and ensures our
retention and a growing number of engineers with over 10 years
ongoing awareness of the latest equipment design challenges.
riser engineering experience, some having over 20.
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Areas of Expertise
Our business falls into two primary categories, Drilling, the work, but each area has many unique characteristics
Completion & Workover and Production & Export. Engineering requiring specific experience and knowledge of the equipment
of the risers used in each area of activity has many similarities and operations involved. The scope of each area of activity and
in terms of the skill sets and experience required to conduct overlaps that occur are illustrated below.
Drilling, Completion & Production &
Workover Export
Marine drilling risers Surface BOP drilling Steel catenary risers
risers
Jack-up risers Freestanding hybrid
FPS dry tree risers
Subsea well production risers
conductors Flexible risers
Fixed platform well
Completion & conductors Umbilicals
workover risers
Jack-up production
risers
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Drilling, Completion & Workover
Scope of Services
Our day-to-day activities in well construction and
2H provides a wide range of activities in the evaluation of fitness-
servicing cover all types of risers used in dry and wet
for-purpose and operability of drilling risers, well conductors,
tree well construction, from shallow to ultra-deepwater:
completion and workover risers:
Drilling contractor focus
Drilling Risers Riser stack-up and tension optimisation
Conventional MODU low pressure risers Operating envelopes
High pressure surface BOP Riser installation and retrieval analysis
Disconnect and recoil analysis
Well Conductors
Hang-off analysis
Fixed platform wells
DP vessel drift-off analysis
Subsea wells
Vessel mooring system analysis
Conductor supported minimum facilities
Rig move riser analysis
platforms (CoSMOS)
Completion and Workover Risers Wellhead and conductor sizing and strength assessment
Shallow water dual bore Wellhead fatigue – first order and VIV
Deepwater monobore Subsea stack-up weak point analysis
Conductor-casing interaction analysis
The responsibility for design of equipment in well
Casing and conductor installation
Operator focus
construction and servicing operations is spread
Seismic analysis
between the operator, drilling contractor and
Wear analysis
equipment vendors. 2H provides support to all of these
Completion/landing string operations analysis and
parties independently, but more importantly, ensures operating envelopes
that the interaction between all parts of the system is Riser monitoring, data processing and response
properly addressed. assessment
Operating manuals
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Challenges and Recent Developments
While 2H conducts numerous projects that support routine
operations, new challenges are continuously arising that
stretch our ability and further our experience. A selection of the
challenges and developments we are seeing in the design of the
risers used in well construction and servicing operations are
given below.
Subsea Wellhead and Conductor Systems
Wellhead and conductor system fatigue has become an increasing
concern due to extended use of existing wells, larger BOP and
LMRPs and use of risers in more diverse locations. 2H pioneered
the approach of integral riser and conductor system analysis
and routinely conduct wellhead system fatigue assessments.
This work is backed by experience gained in monitoring, often
provided by our sister company Pulse Structural Monitoring,
and data evaluation from more than 20 drilling programmes
that provide invaluable insight into the behaviour of critical
components.
HP Surface BOP Risers
High pressure surface BOP drilling offers an attractive approach documentation resulting through change of ownership. 2H
for exploration drilling in many areas where high specification provides analysis of these systems to evaluate ongoing integrity
deepwater vessel availability is limited. 2H has been responsible and, together with our sister company Claxton Engineering,
for evaluation of HP drilling riser operability for the Far East and implements remedial measures where needed.
West Africa and the design and implementation of a system in a
Completion and Workover Risers
water depth of over 2000m offshore Indonesia for Total.
2H works closely with equipment suppliers to develop workover
Jack-Up Riser Systems and completion risers to meet the demands of deeper water
Jack-ups are being developed to drill in greater water depths and and heavier completions. We have had major involvement in
for higher pressure wells than previously achieved. 2H has had the qualification of tool joint and casing couplings that meet
close involvement in the drive to use jack-ups in water depths the increased design demands and provide repeatedly reliable
of over 100m and at pressures of over 10,000psi. Together with performance long term.
sister companies Claxton Engineering and SRP, 2H has been at
Conductor Supported Minimum Facilities Platforms
the forefront of the evaluation and implementation of these new (CoSMOS)
systems. Conductor pipes used in shallow water well construction provide
Jacket Platform Conductors a means of supporting the surface equipment needed for dry tree
Extended use of fixed platforms in brownfield developments production. 2H has designed a number of conductor supported
presents the challenges of operation with equipment degradation minimum facilities platforms for use with up to 9 wells in water
(corrosion of the conductor and surface casing and loss of depths up to 38m.
centralisers), new surface equipment arrangements and limited
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Production & Export
Project Involvement
Our expertise in production and export risers includes
Our involvement with many production and export risers often
most combinations of vessel type and riser that have
begins with feasibility assessment and concept evaluation to
been implemented to date.
determine what risers work with what vessels. This extends in
Steel catenary risers (SCRs) – simple, lazy wave many cases to detailed design, construction and installation
support through to operation. Typical activities we conduct
Top tensioned risers (TTRs) – single, multistring
during the different phases of project progression include:
Freestanding/hybrid risers – single pipe, pipe-in-
pipe and bundle (FSHR, SLOR, COR) Concept Design and FEED
Riser feasibility assessment and concept evaluation
Flexible risers (bonded, unbonded), umbilicals
Riser sizing, vessel and field layout
Semisubmersible, TLP, Spar, FPSO, FDPSO, and Preliminary analysis and engineering
jack-up platforms
Detailed Engineering
Being independent of any manufacturing or Detailed design of the complete system and individual
installation capability, we can engineer production components
and export risers as a main contractor, sub-contractor, Material selection, coating and corrosion protection design
Equipment specifications and qualification
part of an integrated project team or in the capacity of
Interface management
a certification and verification agent (CVA).
Fabrication and Installation Support
Procurement management
Fracture mechanics analysis (ECA)
Fatigue qualification and testing
Installation engineering and analysis
Integrity Management and Monitoring
Inspection planning
Monitoring system design
Dynamic data processing
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Key Projects
Chevron Big Foot TLP, Top Tension and Steel Catenary Riser 8 different developments with 4 different platform types
Detailed Engineering and Procurement Management (including spar, TLP, semi) and 6 different riser types (including
The combined conditions of deep water (1600m), large number of production TTR, SCR, LP drilling, HP drilling).
risers (15 production, 2 HP drilling) and high pressure (10,000psi)
present considerable challenges in the design of this system, BP Thunder Horse Concept Evaluation and SCR Detailed
which is due for installation in 2013.
Design
Our involvement in this project began with a number of studies to
Heerema - BP Block 31 Angola PSVM FPSO Freestanding evaluate the feasibility of using TTRs with a spar and freestanding
Riser Detailed Design risers for export, as well as assessment of the fatigue response of
In water depths up to 2030m these risers are amongst the SCRs to the severe environmental conditions found in the field.
heaviest freestanding risers installed to date. 2H’s involvement During detailed design, 2H was responsible for the engineering
included the detailed design of 9 single line hybrid risers (SLORs), and analysis of the production SCRs, which include some of the
follow on engineering to resolve manufacturing and fabrication deepest and highest pressure risers of this type installed to date.
problems, and installation supervision.
Saipem - Exxon Kizomba Freestanding Riser Detailed
Chevron Tahiti Riser Systems Concept Evaluation and CVA Engineering
2H was involved from very early in this project to evaluate Prior to execution of the project, 2H developed the freestanding
feasibility of the production and export riser options for use single pipe and pipe-in-pipe riser arrangements through studies
with different platform types. During detailed design and for various operators and the DeepStar JIP. During project
construction, 2H acted as CVA to verify that the engineering, execution, 2H conducted detailed analysis and engineering of
fabrication and installation of the risers was carried out in the freestanding risers under contract to Saipem.
accordance with GoM design requirements. 2H also worked with
our sister company Pulse Structural Monitoring on the design of Freestanding Containment Riser Design and Procurement
an online instrumentation system for the project.
Management
2H was responsible for design and installation of 2 containment
BP GoM Riser, Flowline and Subsea Integrity Management risers deployed in the Gulf of Mexico using threaded riser pipe.
2H is responsible for the integrity management of all subsea The first riser was installed within 7 weeks of project kick-off.
equipment including trees, manifolds, flowlines and risers on
BP’s deepwater developments in the Gulf of Mexico. This includes
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Engineering Services
Analysis and Engineering
2H has a track record of delivering high quality
engineering and is continually advancing engineering Rigid Jumper Engineering
Whilst we conduct jumper engineering as part of riser design,
design and analysis methods to meet increasing design
the rigid jumpers from flowlines to manifolds and trees can
challenges. Our specialism in risers and associated
also be subject to significant dynamic excitation from current
dynamic structures means that we routinely provide a
loading, slugging and loading from the riser during workover.
range of different engineering evaluations:
Fatigue Qualification and Testing Management
Strength assessment – normal operating, extreme
We provide product development and research, devise and
and abnormal conditions
manage test programmes for the qualification of welded,
Fatigue – wave induced, vortex induced vibration threaded, flanged or any other types of mechanical connections.
(VIV), vessel induced motion (VIM)
Installation and Transportation Engineering
Component finite element analysis – strength, We design lifting equipment and installation aids, and develop
sealability and stress concentration factor (SCF) operating limitations for transportation and installation.
analysis
Coupled Vessel and Vessel Analysis
The many ways in which offshore structures are We evaluate the coupled dynamic behaviour of connected vessels
adapted for use in different locations means that many for situations such as tender assist drilling operations.
non-routine situations arise that we are called upon to Coupled Riser and Mooring System Analysis
evaluate. For smaller structures such as offloading buoys, the interaction
between riser, mooring and floating body is substantial. 2H
conduct dynamic response assessment of such systems using
an integrated approach. Similarly, we consider the interaction
between risers and mooring systems, which can be significant in
the response of drilling vessels subject to a failed mooring line.
System and Component Failure Analysis
We have conducted a number of projects to assess the response of
failed riser systems including global behaviour following failure
initiation and root cause analysis of failure in seals, connectors
and other components.
Field Measurement Data Processing
We have developed a wide range of data analysis methods to
enable reliable processing of the vast quantity of data that can
come from monitoring of dynamic offshore structures, and
provide clear explanation of response.
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Design and Analysis Tools
Current practice for response evaluation and design of
risers, conductors and other dynamic structures requires the
assessment of tens and possibly thousands of load cases. To
deliver the volume of analysis and specialist outputs needed for
complete system design, 2H has developed a suite of processors
to complement commercially available software. Some of the key
tools we use in our day-to-day activities are listed below.
FLEXCOM – riser analysis
ORCAFLEX – riser analysis
ANSYS – analysis of complex riser problems and component
finite element analysis
SACS – structural analysis and code checks
SHEAR7 – vortex induced vibration analysis
VIVA – vortex induced vibration analysis
FLUENT – computational fluid dynamics
CRACKWISE – fatigue crack growth and unstable fracture
analysis
WADAM - vessel motion analysis
SOLIDWORKS – 3D drafting
AUTOCAD – 2D drafting
2HSIZE – riser sizing to different design codes
2HFAT – spectral fatigue analysis
2HRNFLW – time domain fatigue analysis using Rainflow
cycle counting
2HCRACK – unstable fracture and fatigue crack growth
2HBUOY – buoyancy tank sizing and code checks
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Experience & Innovation
Our History
2H has been at the forefront of riser and conductor technology 2002 Detail design of deepest TTR’s (Dominion Devil’s Tower)
since 1993, identifying and developing configurations to meet
ever evolving industry demands, particularly those due to
increasing water depth and design pressures.
1993 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd. founded in Woking, UK
1993 First contract won - BP/Statoil riser envelope study 400-
1500m 2003 2H Offshore Projetos Ltda founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1994 2H conducted all drilling and completion and pipeline and 2003 Largest diameter SLOR FEED (Petrobras P51/52 – 18 in.)
umbilical lay analysis for Schiehallion
2005 Awarded GoM riser integrity management contract by BP
1995 First Cameron contract - Schiehallion completion riser
2006 Awarded Cascade Chinook conception engineering
1997 STRIDE SCR JIP commenced (4yrs, $4M)
2006 Grouped SLOR™ developed
2006 Chevron Tahiti on-line riser and flowline monitoring system
awarded
2007 Total HP drilling riser design for Donggala, Indonesia (Sedco
601, 2000m)
2007 First HP drilling riser for a FPDSO (Murphy Azurite)
1998 2H Offshore Inc. founded in Houston, USA
1998 2H awarded Girassol riser bundle detailed analysis
1998 BP awarded 2H technical achievement award for bundled
hybrid riser design development
1998 First 2H INTEGRIpod™ riser motion sensor developed and
deployed on Allegheny 2008 2H Offshore Engineering Sdn Bhd founded in Kuala Lumpur,
1999 Spar riser tensioner technology study, later used on Holstein Malaysia
1999 2H Offshore acquired by UWG (now Acteon) 2008 UWG combined into 2H Offshore bringing shallow water
conductor and CoSMOS capability
2000 Pipe-in-pipe riser JIP (RIPIPE) established
2008 Heerema BP Block 31 Angola PSVM freestanding riser
2000 Threaded Riser and Flowline (TRF) JIP started – led to SLOR
detailed design
and COR freestanding risers
2009 Chevron Tahiti riser and flowline monitoring system comes
2000 Awarded Thunder Horse HPHT SCR detailed design
online and OTC Spotlight Award received
2009 MOORASSURE mooring line monitoring system installed for
SBM
2010 Aberdeen office opened
2010 2H developed an innovative containment riser for GoM oil
spill
2000 2H wrote AMJIG deepwater drilling riser guidelines 2010 2H Offshore Engineering Pty founded in Perth, Australia
2001 Awarded Kizomba A & B SLOR detailed analysis with Saipem 2011 Chevron Big Foot TLP riser design and procurement
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Technical Papers
A measure of the technical challenges that 2H have met 2H Offshore is a member of Acteon, a group of 17
successfully is the many papers that have been written by companies providing a range of subsea services in
2H engineers. We have published over 150 technical papers moorings, foundations, risers, conductors, flowlines,
on subjects including novel riser concepts, analysis methods marine electronics and instrumentation. Being a part
and field monitoring and data evaluation. Our papers can be of this group provides us with extended support for
downloaded at www.2hoffshore.com. the execution of projects in non core disciplines as and
when the need arises. Acteon also provides the necessary
financial resources to ensure that we can take on larger
workscopes.
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Houston
2H Offshore Inc.
15990 North Barkers Landing, Suite 200
Houston, TX 77079, USA
T: +1 281 258 2000
London
2H Offshore Engineering Ltd.
Hollywood House
Church Street East
Woking, Surrey, GU21 6HJ, UK
T: +44 1483 774900
Aberdeen
2H Offshore Engineering Ltd.
Tern Place House, Tern Place, Bridge of Don
Aberdeen, AB23 8JX, UK
T: +44 1224 452380
Rio de Janeiro
2H Offshore Projetos Ltda.
Praça Floriano, 19-22° andar,
Centro, RJ, 20031-924, Brasil
www.2hoffshore.com T: +55 21 2510 7300
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Kuala Lumpur
2H Offshore Engineering SDN BHD
Suite 31-1, 31st Floor
Wisma UOA II 21 Jalan Pinang
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
T: +60 3 2726 0500
Perth
2H Offshore Engineering Pty. Ltd.
Level 8, 1008 Hay Street
Perth, 6000, Australia
T: +61 (0) 8 9222 5000
Mailing Address:
PO Box 7322, Cloisters Square PO
WA 6850, Australia
Beijing
2H Offshore Beijing Representative Office
9D Xinzhong Building
No.2 Xinzhong West Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, 100027
T: +86-10-64165160
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