Orca Offshore recently completed the naval architectural analysis for the installation of three suction pile founded wellhead jackets and topsides offshore east Malaysia, for a Malaysian oil company. The jackets were transported by cargo barge, then lifted, upended and lowered onto the seabed using the Asian Hercules III, operated by Asian Lift (Boskalis), with the Perdana Emerald serving as construction support and accommodation vessel.
Our scope of work covered every stage of the operation:
- Jacket and topside marine transport analysis
- In-field mooring design and analysis for the Asian Hercules III and Perdana Emerald
- Static jacket upend analysis
- Jacket dynamic lift and upend analysis
- Topside dynamic lift analysis
All analysis were carried out in Bentley MOSES, using procedures developed in-house by Orca Offshore. Installation of all three platforms was completed in Q1 2026.
OMF in the field
For the offshore operation, our OMF system was used to verify operational limits and help the team interpret the weather forecasts in real time. Input for OMF came from the dynamic lift analysis results, the operational planning, and the live weather forecast. Bringing all of this together and presenting it live, overlaid on the operational planning, proved a great help in supporting the Go/NoGo decision.
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