Smooth load-out for ADMA-OPCO platform decks

Sept. 3, 2014
Lift & Shift Engineering Middle East (LSEME) has completed multiple load-outs in Oman of decks for ADMA-OPCO’s Umm Lulu/Umm Kaasar project offshore Abu Dhabi.

Offshore staff

HEILBRONN, Germany – Lift & Shift Engineering Middle East (LSEME) has completed multiple load-outs in Oman of decks for ADMA-OPCO’s Umm Lulu/Umm Kaasar project offshore Abu Dhabi.

Challenges including a high center of gravity were addressed through use of self-propelled, electronically steered NICOLAS MHD SPE trailer vehicles, known for their high bending moment. LSEME says the MHD additionally provides the lowest driving height available when loaded.

L&T MF Oman contracted LSEME to transport and load out five offshore decks and one bridge at the fabrication yard in Sohar, Oman. These comprise:

  • Module WHT 1 – 27 x 30 x 23 m (88.5 x 98.4 x 75.5 ft) – 2,250 tons
  • Module WHT 2 – 37 x 24 x 24 m (121 x 79 x 79 ft) – 3,050 tons
  • Module WHT 4 – 35 x 43 x 33 m (115 x 141 x 108 ft) – 2,900 tons
  • Module WHT 6 – 47 x 27 x 37 m (154 x 88.5 x 121 ft) – 3,600 tons
  • Module MFT 1 – 37 x 37 x 15 m (121 x 121 x 49 ft) – 2,600 tons
  • Bridge – 85 x 6 x 6 m (279 x 19.7 x 19.7 ft) – 570 tons.

Engineering for this exercise started in 2012 and was completed earlier this year. LSEME was responsible for engineering of transport schematics for trailer arrangements, marine analysis to identify the suitability of barges, and devising a final ballasting and loading plan for the load out of the modules.

It employed 152 NICOLAS MHD SPE axle lines, driven by seven PowerPacks. LSEME mobilized technicians and engineers fromOman, India, and the UAE to manage operations. The WHT 6, the heaviest of the decks, had to be moved during fading evening light. However, there were no incidents during the entire load-out program, LSEME says.

09/03/2014