RENEWABLES

Covering the engineering of mobile offshore units to fixed platforms, wave generators and subsea specific structures, this discipline deals with one of the most powerful nature destructive powers known to man – water in motion.

For this reason, we not only perform the overall or specific offshore engineering to the detail but, we also look into model testing and model validation every time this is achievable and desired by the Client.

Offshore engineering can cover a wide variety of aspects and as an offshore engineer you could find yourself facing challenges such as oil and gas extraction from natural reservoirs, in both an economic and an environmentally friendly way, as well as designing offshore installations and offshore drilling equipment, or devising methods to maximise productivity.

Just as an example, our subsea engineering department focuses on areas such as:

• Offshore production specifics
• Design particulars in subsea engineering
• Flow assurance
• Subsea production systems and equipment
• Production control systems
• Drilling control systems
• Umbilicals
• Cost effectiveness of subsea equipment
• Installation operations, maintenance and integrity of subsea systems
• Decommissioning subsea equipment
• New subsea technologies (R&D)

During the last years, this work has also embraced offshore wind turbines and underwater tidal turbines, these new structures posing new challenges and determining engineers to find and explore other venues.

Structural failure is the main cause of industrial catastrophes from car crashing to bridges and buildings collapsing. Optimum solution for strength, stability, viability and aesthetics will be found by our engineers with expertise ranging from civil steel structures to offshore fixed or mobile structures.

We cover a large variety of structural design from mechanical engineering to fatigue analyses, from flexibles dynamic behavior to offshore platforms survival in the heaviest seas and we are always keen to get the next challenge, the next project, the next smart solution.

Our teams are formed of Lead, Senior and Structural Designers and are flexibly adjusted so that the Client has them available at the drawing board as well as on site, whenever and whatever the requirements are.

Since the introduction of computer on large scale in the industry, Computer Aided Engineering has gradually imposed as the best choice for quick and flawless design. With the application of CAD (Computer Aided Design), FEA (Finite Element Analysis), CFD (Computed Fluid Dynamics), MBD (Multibody Dynamics) or MDO (Multidisciplinary Design Optimization), experienced engineers are solution finders on most diverse technical themes.

However, we do not take for granted this added value that the computer is, but look beyond the simulation, into the reality and try to test proof our models.

Our team is able to:

– Prepare detail designs in conjunction with engineers for offshore oil and gas projects

– Conduct site visits

– Produce work packs and drawings

– Ensure that performed work conforms to the applicable specifications, codes and standards required by the Client

– Ensure that work is checked effectively before issue

– Coordinate with other disciplines on technical issues

– Prepare bill of quantities, MTO and review the MR.

Whatever the structure, steel or concrete, fiber glass or carbon fibre we are here to help you model and build your project.

Having as source our offshore activities, the research program supported by our company aims to solve problems related to reducing times for offshore activities, optimizing space for intended construction or pointing towards more economical technical solutions.

There has never been progress without will and vision and through our partnership with renowned institutions such as “Mircea Cel Batran” Naval Academy of Constanta we bring excellence and an innovative approach into each and every design, whenever the circumstances demand it.

MOC acts as a Marine Warranty Surveyor either on behalf of the underwriters or for self-insured Clients.

Our marine surveyors have experience in a wide variety of marine environments – including deep water and shallow water projects. From single operation approvals right through to major offshore energy projects, our marine surveyors have the knowledge to ensure that risks are minimised while the workability and project efficiency remain high.

A Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) provides independent third-party review, operational monitoring that lead to approval of high value and/or high risk offshore construction and marine transportation projects, from planning to the execution stages.

In order to create a friendly and straight forward MWS understanding, we have developed our own Minimum Requirements for each operation typology while giving the liberty to our customers to follow an internationally recognized MWS requirements package of their choice (e.g. DNV-GL-Noble Denton Guidelines).

We offer support to other MWS in case of lack of capacity or extremely difficult cases where our expertise is required.

We offer our own MWS Training Course to other entities (e.g. MWS Companies, Subcontractor Management, Offshore Developers) whenever there is a need for understanding the MWS principles and concepts in detail.

 

We can cover a wide variety of MWS specific instances such as (but not limited to):

– Fixed Off-shore Platforms related operations

– Loadout, Transport & Installation of Steel Jackets, Gravity Base Structures (GBS), Topsides

– Floating Offshore Platforms related operations

– Floating Storage Offloading (FSO), Floating Production Storage, Semi-submersible Platforms, Tension-leg Platforms, off-shore mooring systems, topsides, production and injection modules, risers and umbilicals, etc.

– Float-on / Float-out operations

– Mobile Offshore Units (including Drilling Units) related operations – positioning, relocation and towing operations

– Offshore Wind Farms related operations – Loadout, Transport and Installation of Foundations, Wind Turbine Generators, Cables, Substations, Accommodation Platforms – Tidal Turbines – Loadout, Transport and Installation

– Decommissioning of Offshore Energy Facilities related operations – Environmentally friendly removal of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms, modules and wind farms

– Pipe and Cable related operations – rigid, flexible, pipe in pipe, bundles, tie-ins, deep and shallow water specific operations, landfalls, cable jointing, umbilicals (control, communication, power cables, hydraulic connections) installation

– Subsea related operations – Manifold, Christmas Trees, flow lines and umbilicals, end sleds, assemblies, jumpers, flying leads, various subsea equipment / modules installation

– Towages and Marine Transports (self-propelled vessels) related approvals – by barge / floating modules / damages vessels

– Refineries, Power and Petro-chemical Units – Land and Marine Transport of pre-assembled modules, towers, structures and equipment

 

Addressing the offshore MWS environment, the following generic classes of operations can be covered by our experts:

– Weighing Operations – Whenever a certain Module needs to be weighed on Client’s demand or due to objective COG or mass sensitive operations, our experts can assess accept, witness and report

– Land Transportations – For high value or high risk land transports of oil and gas or renewable industry assets

– Load-outs / Off-loading Operations – Loadouts and Off-loading operations of various high value or high risk cargoes for Oil & Gas and Renewables Industry

– Float-on / Float-off Operations – relevant for dry transport of floating units

– Marine Transportations / Towages – these are specific to a very diverse and complex class of MWS operations that are mainly linked to the sea transport of high value ort high risk cargoes (related to their potential loss and subsequent impact to certain projects)

– Offshore Installation Operations (Including Subsea Operations) – this class of operations occurs in the final stage of the Off-shore Construction and it may lead (if successful) to the termination of the MWS scope

– Asset Approach and Departure – these are sets of operations generally related to moored or DP units

– Jack-up & Jack-down Operations – these are sets of operations related to jack-up units

The scope of CVA is to confirm that fabrication is according to rules and regulations applicable to the asset (e.g. American Petroleum Institute’s RP2A-WSD – Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms – Working Stress Design, American National Standard Institute’s AWS – D1.1 – Structural Welding Code – Steel) by issuing the Certificate of Approval for Fabrication.

CVA site survey Scope of Work includes observing the use of approved procedures, guiding the Client on good working practice and attending on behalf of Client at FATs (Factory Acceptance Tests).

Inspection and Test Plan is the guide for onsite presence. Welding inspection and welding procedure specification approval are part of the Scope of Work for welded structures.

Site attendances are scheduled also during major erection operations and commissioning of main equipment.

For offshore projects in German waters developers must seek the approval of BSH (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie – Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany). This Agency employs TII certification agencies like MOC to verify marine operations documentation and onsite follow up for loading transport and installation of offshore asset components.

Transport and Installation Inspection is however not restricted to German Waters and has a wide application in the offshore business sector.

Typically a Loss Adjuster is an independent survey house employed by insurance companies, governmental agencies or corporate entities to investigate, manage and adjust a claim (it is sometimes referred as “claim adjuster”). The Loss Adjuster is employed by and acts on behalf of the insurance companies, assessing large and complicated claims mostly.

As Loss Adjusters, we look at the amount of loss or damage and decide how much compensation the insurance company pays out to the policy holder.

We, as loss adjusters, compile our vast expertise gained on years of offshore experience to assist key stakeholders, insuring a fair and reasonable outcome from complex and contentious losses.

Using competent experts in analyzing, verifying and testing components and methods used in the project, our company can provide a 3^rd party compliance certification with various rules and regulations applicable in Marine, Offshore, Oil & Gas and Renewables industries.

Using MOC in the Project Certification process will grant top notch quality, stable operations and proper risk management, to achieve sustainable power in a very competitive energy sector.

For example, the soil conditions of a wind farm may be extremely varying and complex, by subjecting the farm to our certification, the owner can demonstrate an awareness of the risk involved and a acknowledgement to the challenges such as the soil conditions head on. Although suitable for both onshore and offshore wind projects, Project Certification is mostly intended for offshore wind installations, due to their inherently higher risks and more complex environmental loading conditions.

New product development is a hazardous process followed by a more challenging phase of market testing. Product certification is a process that confirms passed performance tests and quality assurance tests, giving the final user the certainty that the acquired product meets all qualification criteria specified by design requirements / specifications and relevant regulations.

We can help you reach your product certification goals whatever the product and certifier choice you opt for.

Our Company through its technical experts has extensive involvement with regulatory bodies like (but not limited to) ISO (International Standardization Organization), DNVGL (Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd), IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association) or ASRO (Romania Standardization Association). With support of internationally recognized software platforms of in-house developed applications we can insure reduced operational risks in condition of limited schedule, tight budget and strict quality requirements.

Our specialized personnel is capable to deliver high quality personalized products for marine purposes and offshore operations. Aided by our extensive internal engineering department, fabrication shall be delivered beyond your expectations; we deliver tailored products for marine operations mobilization (frames, grillages, railings, chutes, quadrants, goose necks, etc.) oversized marine transports (cantilever supports, WIV shedders, internal framing) or subsea auxiliaries (eruption head protection domes, cable joint steel protection frames).

Purpose built installations and systems are fabricated according to internationally recognized standards and either installed using Constanta Harbor facilities or delivered in containerized form to the desired address by sea, road or air. Essentially, we fabricate systems for offshore works like (but not limited to) trenching ploughs, backfilling systems, submarine cable turntables, etc.

Recognizing the specificity of each operation our dedicated project managers are experienced in project coordination, resources & budget management, communication and troubleshooting being driven by the commitment to excellence and the desire to meet client expectations, ensuring your projects are finished on schedule and within budget and saving both time and money.

As Project Managers we take over the responsibility of leading the project team and ensuring the successful completion of a project within time and budget.

Among our Project Managers duties:

– Lead the team and execute the project within the Client’s safety rules and Quality standards

– Will be the first point of contact for the Client

– Come up with creative technical solutions that enable a successfully project completion

– Integration of team, equipment, third party involvement and procurement for the project

– Provide regular reports maintain contacts with the supporting departments at the head office

With a holistic approach our teams of construction supervision inspectors are suitably trained to oversee quality, schedule and budget in your project. With a deep knowledge of the most important rules and regulations, construction standards and authorities requirements, we can insure a transparent, streamlined and professional service.

Construction supervision is taken in two directions in our company, one for the naval projects and the other for the offshore developments. They are both very well represented and sustained by our experienced inspectors.

Our senior experts with internationally recognized work and research are in possession of the newest techniques to achieve the ALARP level of risk for your asset, personnel, equipment and environment. Providing from generic risk assessments and HAZID / HAZOP facilitation, to dynamic risk profiling of activities and FMEA of your newly designed products, our Risk Engineers are surely going to add consistent value to your project in terms of Risk Management.

Quality of our services has been proven in by TUV certified Integrated Quality Management System (ISO 9001 & ISO 14001). The testimonials of our clients and their solid loyalty are the proof that what we offer is beyond a business relationship, it is a fresh approach emulated onto your needs.

The success of our business is mainly due to the care we give to our employees and the concern for their health, safety and wellbeing. Our main goals are zero HSE incidents and continuous improvement of our processes quality.

Working with the above targets, we have specialized inspectors overseeing the activities to provide for the same excellent results offshore as well as onshore.

Whenever you consider selling or buying an asset or infrastructure we are here for you. We can inspect, assess and report, carrying out from purpose tailored to very complex surveys, making sure that the “unknown” are brought down to a minimum.

Capital and Operational Expenditures (CAPEX / OPEX) may be included in the assessment.

Risks are assessed by our experts to transparently depict the investment risk profile.

Our Due Diligence services (depending on the approached business stream) cover the following:

– Wind Farms

– Tidal Turbines

– Subsea Equipment & Assets

– Cables

Whenever a Client desires to check a complex or simple asset (e.g. vessel, plant, terminal, crane, mooring winch, etc) against a certain set of rules or standards, we can provide your company with such assessments.

Our experienced personnel will make sure that your asset is in compliance with the relevant rules or standards applicable for that particular industry depending on the particularities and geographical location of the development.

Feasibility studies for development of offshore fields (O&G / Wind, etc) must satisfy both technical capability and economic capabilities. To accomplish these objectives, feasibility studies are subdivided into a number of specific tasks to provide a systematic, sequential approach to developing an optimum design. The primary tasks to be performed are selection of a project team, selection of criteria, performed are selection of a project team, selection of criteria, description and evaluation of alternative concepts, preliminary design of the selected conceptual costing and economic evaluations. The method of approach to such studies, the requirements for each task and its objective are tackled by our team of experts so that an realistic model is built, commented, optimized and engineered in order to achieve a very realistic simulation.

In order to optimize installation windows for different assets and by different methods, plausibility checks are more and more sought by the Clients. We take all input data, analyze it and create plausibility profiles. All findings and the base of our findings are then compiled in a Plausibility Study.

Our experts take the technical inputs, geological and environmental data, analyze and process them, offering to our Clients the scenarios and probabilistic data related to a certain e.g. installation, marine transport, marine operation, in a structured and usable form.

Our Company is able to offer state of the art Risk Management Technical Audits able to expose the eventual criticalities in your system and allowing you to mitigate them.

For over twenty years, our Experts have provided Marine and Risk support to the European and International Oil & Gas and more recently, the Renewables industry. Our team is formed of risk professionals, engineers, mathematicians, master mariners and marine and renewables personnel.

During the past years, our team members have provided their extensive knowledge to various majors, in response to the demand for quality, dependable support and excellence in this field.