Oil and gas

FEED

We work with our clients to progress the definition of the selected conceptual
design(s) to an agreed level of detail to confirm project viability. Our front end
capability includes greenfield projects and brownfield upgrades.

Process selection is a key feature of
project development, as all aspects
of the facilities design stem from
the selected process. Atkins bring
an understanding of the risks and
uncertainties associated with each
of these areas to the front end
engineering process and the processes
for managing these.
Our front end teams bring a depth
of experience and understanding in
working within these integrated teams
to deliver solutions that maximise the
value of our clients’ assets. Our process
selection experience spans stranded
fields and heavy oil processing through
to LNG liquefaction, LPG fractionation
and domestic gas treatment.
We have world class expertise in
early field development, project
delivery, project technical assurance,
operations, integrity management and
decommissioning.
To complement our topsides design
abilities Atkins has expertise in the
structural design of fixed and floating
offshore facilities dating back to the
1970’s. We provide all aspects of
structural design and analysis from
concept through to detail design,
including foundations and piles,
jackets, decks, clamps and blast
walls. We are at the forefront of the
naval architecture, hydrodynamics
and structural behaviour of offshore
floating systems developing cost-
effective designs of minimum facility
platforms and offshore renewable
energy developments.
Our reputation for technical excellence
is second to none and recognised
globally through numerous past
projects for major international oil
companies and contractors. We
provide independent services in both
consulting and design, from seabed to
export, with particular strengths in:
•• Multidiscipline Pre-FEED and FEED
engineering design studies for
complete onshore and offshore
systems including fixed jacket and
all floating substructure types
•• Third-party technical review and
verification
•• Specialist design analysis, including
mooring and riser analysis
•• Transportation, float-over and
installation studies
•• Design for structural integrity and
through life asset management
Solan
Field Development, North Sea
Client: Premier Oil

Atkins examined and proposed a
number of novel concepts for the
Solan field, including an articulated
tower with a seabed storage tank.
The final solution included a process
deck supported by a conventional
jacket, but the Atkins first-of-type
seabed storage tank was retained.
Seabed storage was crucial to the
field economics as a pipeline was too
expensive, and floating storage posed
additional hazards as well as costs.
To make the storage tank viable, the
design contained a number of industry
firsts. These included:
•• The first seabed tank with a piled
foundation
•• The first seabed tank that is
pressurised to offload the oil
Atkins was able to bring its experience Atkins was design contractor for the
from all over the world, in addition storage tank through concept, FEED
to its technical expertise and original and detailed design project phases.
thinking, to deliver such an innovative Atkins provided all design services and
design. also carried out specialist studies for
The design solution enabled Solan to other aspects of the development.
be a not normally manned installation, Engineering disciplines involved
which was also important to field included:
economics. Atkins also played a crucial •• Structural
role as designer – enabling a first-of-
•• Process
type design to get through project
sanction gates, regulatory approval, •• Marine and transport & installation
and to be successfully designed, engineering
fabricated and installed. •• Piping
•• Control & instrumentation
•• Materials, corrosion and cathodic
protection
•• Computational fluid dynamics
•• Dynamic process simulation

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