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OIL AND GAS PROJECTS

 

Bigler Structural Foundations, Deerpark, Texas

AIA is currently performing structural design for foundations for 2 boilers, blowers, 100 foot tall vertical stack, at grade storage tanks, silencers, duct works, economizers, pipe racks and other miscellaneous equipment. AIA reviewed geotechnical report, performed a site visit, coordinated locations of existing concrete foundations to determine conflicts with proposed construction, assisted client in coordination for civil works for this project. Project is being completed on a fast track.

 

Gulf LNG Clean Energy Project, Mississippi (Client: Gulf LNG)

Performed analysis, design and checking of N-S and E-W piperack, piperack BOG and vaporizer, LNG tank structures-platforms & stair landings, misc. pipe support, pipe bridge, sendout structure, connection and anchor design. Redesigned structures in conformation to Chinese GB codes and shapes (structures designed using Staad 2006). Prepared  technical bid package, specifications, scope of work, and steel takeoffs. Performed technical bid analysis to select successful bidders. Reviewed design of a surge protection wall for installation of 15’ light poles on top. Recommended additional rebars needed to install the pole foundation.

 

Cameron LNG Project, Louisiana (Client: Sempra LNG)

Performed analysis and design for mounting 20’ high CLNG radio tower on existing powerhouse piperack. Analyzed base plate connection details. Prepared support mechanism to install the radio tower on the piperack. Analyzed and reviewed stress ratios of an existing piperack design by lowering wind loads from 183-mph to 40-mph for fireproofing steel design. Calculated siltation rates of a channel in the jetty area utilizing survey data using Autocad. Prepared dredging quantity needed at the time, and at a later date upon project completion, utilizing proposed siltation rates.

 

DANA GAS – Cresent Petroleum Khor Mor LPG Recovery Unit

AIA designed and checked approximately 80 foundations for various equipments in the facility. AIA’s role involves checking foundations for size and details, checking for conflicts with other foundations and equipment and providing detailing services. Equipment included compressors, condensers, vertical stack, at grade storage tanks, compressor building and pipe racks.

 

Design Verification for 13-15 Stack BOP Spare Work Platform - Texas

Design verification for various components using ANSYS and STAAD PRO for Blow Off Preventors. 3 platform connections at 3 different levels were modeled and analyzed for various load conditions. AIA provided recommendations for simplified connections and resolved conflicts between various components and connections. AIA also provided recommendations for worker safety for personnel working on the BOP platforms.

Structural Evaluation for New CNG Facility - Montgomery County, Virginia

Structural evaluation for new CNG facility over existing pavement. Pavement was installed in the 90's, has been used as a bus terminal and parking and has been accessed by trucks loaded up to 80,000Ib.  Performed examination of the existing site pavement within the CNG Plant footprint and provided a brief report on the suitability of this pavement to anchor several equipment pads as an anchorage substrate to include strength, integrity, and incidence of joints and how they will affect any new foundation pads that will span over them, prepared design calculations for foundation pad for various machineries, pier cap for Compressor building, Canopy #1 & 2 verifying flexure, punching shear and beam shear, reviewed helical pier design for Compressor building, Canopy #1 & 2, followed IBC2003 code to calculate load combinations and ACI-318-02 for design of foundations.

CNG plant layout, Toreador, South Akcakoca Basin, Turkey

AIA was responsible for the design of roadway, turnarounds, drainage, foundation design for pipe racks, pigging manifolds, above ground storage tanks, as well as small buildings and miscellaneous equipment. Designed a retaining wall that would prevent flooding of the site due to a nearby hill and river.

 

Alba Field Development, Equatorial Guinea

Phase I of this project included a 10MW power generation unit and expansion of the existing oil and gas facility. Plant included gas-driven turbine generators, gas compressors, MMC control room, switchgear, PLC control, transformers and utility systems. AIA personnel assisted in the Site development, grading, drainage, foundation design, layout and design for roadway, earthwork and pipe rack foundations and identification of conflicts.

 

WAHA Well, Tunisia, Pioneer Natural Resources

Engineering services for Site layout, drainage, grading plans for oil and gas facility in Tunisia. Plant includes storage tanks, generators, compressors, MMC control room, transformers and utility systems.

 

Wind Load Analysis for Extruder Structure, Particle Drilling Technologies

Performed Wind analysis for extruder Structure for various wind loads in different regions. Provided recommendations for stability of the structure for various different regions based on wind speeds.

 

Solutia Chemical Plant Bridge Inspection and Load Rating, Texas

AIA performed bridge load rating for Railroad and Roadway timber bridges over Chocolate Bayou at Solutia Plant Entrance. Railroad bridge was load rated for Cooper E80 loading and roadway bridge was rated for AASHTO HS20 loading. The load rating was conducted for timber stringers, caps and piles on the existing bridge to carry heavy loads anticipated by the client.

 

Aerial Pipe crossings, Restrained Joints, Pipe Design, Tunnel Casing and Liner Plates

Designed several aerial steel pipe crossings for 16" to 36" waterlines with spans ranging from 30 feet to 55 feet. Performed restrained joint analysis for 24" and 42" waterlines and designed Tunnel casings and liner plates for 62" tunnel at 16 foot depth for the Surface Water Transmission Program.

 

Leedale & Leitrim Lift Station, Houston, Texas

Design and plan preparation associated with 2 - three pump lift stations, one with 21 foot inside diameter and 25 foot depth and the other with 16 foot inside diameter and a depth of 37 feet. Also designed a ringwall foundation for a 47 foot diameter, 28 foot high steel  tank.

 

Design of Structural Steel Cofferdam for depth of 40 feet of water for bridge foundation construction in Brazos River

This project was for construction of cofferdams around the main piers of Brazos River. The 27 ft X 42 ft, 71-foot-deep cofferdam was composed of Steel Sheet Piles, Whaler beams and Knee Braces. The project work also included temporary shoring for abutment of Brazos River Bridge.  AIA designed cofferdams for bent 3,4,5,6 of Brazos River Bridge by modeling it as a  space frame using STAAD Pro. AIA used L-Pile software to design the sheet piles under lateral loads, reviewed deflection, shear, bending moment, and soil response with respect to structure depth.

 

 

 


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