Course Overview

Why Offshore Engineering?

Offshore structure engineering is an integral and important field of engineering involved in the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of facilities or structures.

What are types of offshore structures?

Offshore structures could be in a water environment. In a very brief description, they are directly involved in construction on water environment mostly seas, rivers and ocean. They are crucial for smooth execution and productivity of oil and gas. They enhance oil and gas production through implementing various construction strategies, modern technology in design, and optimizing the cost of the structural facility through design.

This Zoe course on “Offshore Structures Design, Construction and Maintenance” is designed to integrate various aspects of offshore structure construction. The goal of the course centres on equipping the potential candidate with a comprehensive understanding of offshore design, constructions, installation, and maintenance engineering in general, the course will it will present a broad picture of ocean/sea structure design and construction as an Engineering discipline, the course will also come with a lot of case studies to learn from. The course encompasses more modern techniques of structure analysis, the doormat structural analysis, impacts of load effects on an offshore facility.

Course Objectives

• To provide the participant with a broad knowledge of the conceptual design of offshore structures
• To provide special skills for participants in offshore structure design, construction, and maintenance
• To provide a general understanding of the operational and maintenance procedures of offshore facilities.
• To provide hands-on training that will enable the participant to adapt to modern technology adopted in submarine and surface structures
• To provide participants with skills to know the cons and pros of different offshore structures
• To equip participants with knowledge of offshore facility design codes and standards, inspection requirements.
• The participant will be familiar with the offshore facility platform

Training Methodology

This collaborative Certificate in Offshore Structures Design, Construction, and Maintenance

will comprise the following training methods:

• Lectures
• Seminars & Presentations
• Group Discussions
• Assignments
• Case Studies & Functional Exercises

This Zoe course, like all our acclaimed courses, also abides by the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Organisational Benefits

• An organisation that took this course stands the chance to be well equipped with deep knowledge of Design both (conceptual and detailed) of offshore structures
• Enhance the productivity of investments by understanding current technology and how it is integrated into daily investments
• Enhance the company’s maintenance and operating costs by deploying a new maintenance strategy
• Improve in the oil and gas offshore projects efficiency as a result of high return gains from innovative ideas provided through the training

Personal Benefits

• Ability to recognize and identify different offshore structures
• Equip with skills in computer-aided designs used in offshore structure design
• A participant who took the course is prepared and ready to assume any related role in the offshore construction industries
• Stand the chance to learn different maintenance skills in oil and gas offshore facility
• The participant will have a general overview of Construction, installation of platforms, and project execution as related to offshore structures.
• Participant offshore structure design skills are enhanced

Who Should Attend?

• Design and Construction/structural Engineers
• Offshore Project directors from the energy industry, including design, construction, and installation firms and regulatory agencies.
• Entry-level Engineers in offshore structure related Construction companies
• Managers who assume a role that includes Offshore facility
• Those who want to brush up on their skills in offshore structure design and construction

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of Standards in Offshore Structures

• Types/classification of Offshore structures
• Design standards, specifications, and parameters for offshore structures
• General design considerations
• Choice of material and selection
• Design optimization

Module 2: Buoyancy and Wave

• Introduction to Wave theories
• Overview of stability and Buoyancy
• Oceanographic and Metrological data
• Wave and wind forces

Module 3: Overview of Submarine Structures

• Introduction to submarine facilities
• Modern technology in subsurface facilities

Module 4: Structural, Geotechnical, and Pile Analysis

• Geo-technical engineering as related to offshore structure
• Design of Pile for Offshore structure
• Design of Laterally-loaded piles
• Design of axially-loaded piles
• Computer-aided designs example AutoCAD, SESAM, SACS.
• Jacket and topside design

Module 5: Specialized Structural Analysis and Detailed Engineering Design

• Overview of Dynamic-analysis
• Tubular-joint and Tubular-members design
• Spectral/Vibrational Assessment
• Installation, load-out & transportation
• Seismic and earthquake analysis

Module 6: Reliability and Structural-integrity

• Principle of structural integrity
• Reliability assessment of offshore structures
• Preventive maintenance in respect of offshore facilities
• Risk management and assessment of offshore structures

Module 7: Steel Fabrication

• Introduction to steel and steel fabrication
• Introduction to welding technology

Module 8: Introduction to Health, Safety, and Environment in Offshore Facility Construction

• General overview of offshore construction HSE
• Lifting plan
• Survival at height
• Marine safety tips