Offshore - Oil & Gas Industry

Ship Dynamics can provide solutions to motion problems in large offshore facilities such as roll stabilisation for ships involved with FPSO (see custom moving mass device).

As an owner of an offshore facility where down time can add significant costs to an operation, it makes sense to investigate possible options that could reduce down time events due to motions.  Considering the dynamics of a vessel in waves can have one of the greatest impacts on a profitable operation.  A seakeeping assessment of a vessel's operating limits makes alot of sense.

Ship Dynamics can offer

• an analysis of a potential or existing vessel in waves. This will reduce the risk of adverse poor motion outcomes by allowing a more objective approach to vessel appraisal;
• monitoring and data recording of the vessel motions during its operations to provide valuable feedback;
• perform seakeeping comparison for an FPSO showing the possible improvements both with and without roll damping devices.

The potential benefit to the owner will be

• less downtime because the roll motions of the FPSO have been improved, and
• a greater commercial return on the investment through better management and planning information.