Structural Reliability Assessment for Ageing Offshore Platforms, Pipeline and Onshore Facilities

An increasing number of ageing offshore platforms are passing their assigned lifetime on Malaysia Water and other parts of the world. Assigned lifetime for an offshore platform is not an exact age, but the mean age can approximately be estimated to be 30 years.

The reasons for extending the lifetime of platforms due to factors like cost savings, increased use of subsea tiebacks and technological advancements. Such technology advancements are, for example, within the extended reach of drilling.

This has led to the increased importance of life extension and structural integrity evaluation. The priority is to monitor and continuously evaluates the structural integrity characteristics of the facilities, by providing reliable and accurate data that the client may use to evaluate structural safety and associated risks.