Bayu Undan Topsides
Facts & Figures
FROM: Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea
TO: Bayu Undan gas recycle field, Timor Sea
CLIENT: Clough Aker Joint Venture (CAJV), Perth, Australia
The transportation part included two consecutive shipments from the HHI yard in Ulsan to the Timor Sea. First the CUQ topside was loaded by using a skid-on loading operation over Blue Marlin’s port side. Subsequently the unit was transported to the Bayu Undan Field. The second shipment, the DPP topside, was loaded and transported in exactly the same way. The installation comprised a float-over and mating operation using the vessel’s ballast system and different types of shock absorbers between the stabbing cones and jacket legs and between the topside and its supporting DSS (Deck Support Structure) units.
Transportation period
June – August 2003
Cargo particulars
Type: CUQ Topside DPP Topside
Weight: 11,500 tons 13,900 tons
Length: 72.0 m 65,0 m
Width: 80.0 m 64,0 m
Height: 31 m 41,0 m
Load-out operation
Loading: Skid-on over the side
Discharging: Float-over & Deck-mating operation
Blue Marlin
| LENGTH O.A. | 224.80 m |
| LENGTH B.P. | 206.50 m |
| BREADTH (mld.) | 63.00 m |
| DEPTH (mld.) | 13.30 m |
| SUMMER DRAFT (B-100) | 10.24 m |
| SUBMERGE DRAFT (fr.15) | 28.40 m |
| SUBMERGE DRAFT (fr.103) | 24.72 m |
| DEADWEIGHT | 76,292 metric tons |
| FREE DECK SPACE (l x b)* | 178.20 x 63.00 m |
| AVERAGE SERVICE SPEED | 12 knots |
| CLASS NOTATION | LR +1A1 General Cargo Carrier E0 LCS(IS) DK (+)PWDK |
| * Equipped with fixed casing at starboard | |
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