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Amaechi CV, Reda A, Kgosiemang IM, Ja’e IA, Oyetunji AK, Olukolajo MA, Igwe IB. Guidelines on Asset Management of Offshore Facilities for Monitoring, Sustainable Maintenance, and Safety Practices. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:7270. [PMID: 36236369 PMCID: PMC9571765 DOI: 10.3390/s22197270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Recent activities in the oil and gas industry have shown an increasing need for monitoring engagements, such as in shipping, logistics, exploration, drilling, or production. Hence, there is a need to have asset management of these offshore assets (or facilities). Much of the offshore infrastructure is currently approaching or past its operational life expectancy. The study presents an overview on asset management of offshore facilities towards monitoring, safe practices, maintenance, and sustainability. This study outlines the major considerations and the steps to take when evaluating asset life extensions for an aging offshore structure (or asset). The design and construction of offshore structures require some materials that are used to make the structural units, such as offshore platform rigs, ships, and boats. Maintaining existing assets in the field and developing new platforms that are capable of extracting future oil and gas resources are the two key issues facing the offshore sector. This paper also discusses fault diagnosis using sensors in the offshore facilities. The ocean environment is constantly corrosive, and the production activities demand extremely high levels of safety and reliability. Due to the limited space and remote location of most offshore operations, producing cost-effective, efficient, and long-lasting equipment necessitates a high level of competence. This paper presents the guidelines on asset monitoring, sustainable maintenance, and safety practices for offshore structures. In this study, the management of offshore structures were also presented with some discussions on fault monitoring using sensors. It also proposes sustainable asset management approaches as guidelines that are advised, with policy implications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chiemela Victor Amaechi
- School of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK
- Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), 52 Lome Crescent, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja 900287, Nigeria
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- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Department of Engineering, Qatar Energy, Doha 3212, Qatar
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- Department of Business Management, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), Preston PR1 2HE, UK
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskander 32610, Malaysia
- Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 810107, Nigeria
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- Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC), Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
- Department of Estate Management, University of Benin, Benin City 300287, Nigeria
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- Department Welding Engineering and Offshore Technology, National Centre for Nondestructive Testing, Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun 330102, Nigeria
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Abstract
Failures of marine propulsion components or systems can lead to serious consequences for a vessel, cargo and the people onboard a ship. These consequences can be financial losses, delay in delivery time or a threat to safety of the people onboard. This is why it is necessary to learn about marine propulsion failures in order to prevent worst-case scenarios. This paper aims to provide a review of experimental, analytical and numerical methods used in the failure analysis of ship propulsion systems. In order to achieve that, the main causes and failure mechanisms are described and summarized. Commonly used experimental, numerical and analytical tools for failure analysis are given. Most indicative case studies of ship failures describe where the origin of failure lies in the ship propulsion failures (i.e., shaft lines, crankshaft, bearings, foundations). In order to learn from such failures, a holistic engineering approach is inevitable. This paper tries to give suggestions to improve existing design procedures with a goal of producing more reliable propulsion systems and taking care of operational conditions.
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