Ras Markaz Oil Storage Terminal, Oman

Solve the installation problem of all anchor legs of SPMs by analyzation and calculation of the installation failure of mooring system.
Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Oman Oil Company, planned to build a new crude oil tank farm at Ras Markaz on the eastern Arabian Sea of Sultanate of Oman.
 
Phase 1 of the project includes basic infrastructure and a gross storage capacity of 25 million barrels (MMbbl) of crude oil. The final storage capacity will be up to 200 MMbbl. Two SPMs were designed to handle the loading and offloading of crude oil from and to the vessels of Suezmax, VLCC and ULCC.
 
China Petroleum Pipeline Co. Ltd. (CPP), the EPC contractor of the project, engaged HalcrowSea as technical consultant to help solve the installation problem of all anchor legs of SPMs.
 
HalcrowSea’s scope of work included provision of technical suggestions about alternative design & installation plan and optimization of CPP existing design & installation plan, review on all calculations, drawings, specifications of mooring systems, independent calculation of mooring line for typical scenarios and necessary technical support during legal dispute.

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