Onshore & Offshore Structures & Systems

Onshore Structures and Systems

 

Exponent is actively involved in providing risk assessment services for owners and operators of onshore petrochemical process facilities. These assessments focus on naturally occurring hazards such as hurricanes and earthquakes, and also on man-made hazards like vapor-cloud explosions. The scope of services provided by Exponent includes probabilistic and deterministic hazard definitions, onsite inspections, structural and material load and stress analyses using advanced modeling tools, vulnerability determinations, probable maximum loss estimations for property and business, and mitigation planning. The broad range of expertise among our staff enables us to conduct such assessments in a thorough and timely manner. The benefits of our multidisciplinary approach include better understanding of employee exposures to potentially hazardous situations, improved knowledge of asset vulnerabilities, identification of opportunities for cost-effective mitigation measures to reduce potential losses, and more thorough assessment of loss exposures from an insurance perspective.

Offshore Structures and Systems 

 

Exponent can assist offshore oil and gas operators with determination of load capacities and performance levels for a range of fixed and floating production or storage systems. These services include using advanced modeling tools to conduct structural analyses of platform systems or components, from caisson wellheads to drilling derricks, in accordance with the latest American Petroleum Institute best practices and specifications. Our analytical expertise and capabilities also include pipelines and well completion (casing and tubing). We have extensive expertise in materials testing, modeling, and thermal load analysis, which are important considerations when dealing with the extreme operating environments often encountered by oil and gas operators. Several of Exponent’s senior technical staff have previous work experience with major energy companies, and therefore are familiar with the needs and challenges faced by the offshore industry.