Engineering
From a feasibility study to the fast-track completion of an FPSO for ultra-deepwater application, SOFEC finds new and innovative ways of meeting customer requirements. SOFEC engineers are expert in developing advanced, cost-effective solutions while considering the practical requirements imposed by the fabrication, transportation, installation, and maintenance of these large mechanical systems in a complete range of ocean environments. State-of-the-art hydrodynamic analysis along with FEA and fatigue analysis based on results of both frequency and time-domain simulations are used to predict mooring system motions and environmental forces. Verification comes from in-situ results and extensive model basin testing.
SOFEC scope includes:

Conceptual Design

Concept Performance Analysis

Structural / Mechanical Component Design & Analysis

Seafloor Foundation Design & Analysis

Final Design & Classification

Fabrication

Manufacture & Assembly

Transportation

Installation & Supervision

Testing
SOFEC develops engineering designs to detect, control and mitigate health, safety & environmental risks associated with its marine terminals and floating systems:

Hazardous Area Classification and Ventilation Systems

Emergency Relief and Venting Systems

Emergency Warning and Communication Systems

Emergency Disconnect Systems

Fire, Gas and Smoke Detection Systems

Safety Interlock, Trip and Shutdown Systems

Fire Prevention and Protection Systems

Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Systems
SOFEC routinely carries out formal safety and reliability assessments to demonstrate that hazards with the potential to cause a major accident have been identified, and that the risks to people, property and the environment have been evaluated and adequately controlled:

Hazard Identification (HAZID, Hazard & Operability Studies, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis)

Risk Evaluation (consequence modeling, event frequency modeling, quantitative risk analysis)

Emergency System Survivability & Reliability

Smoke & Gas Ingress

Fire & Explosion

Escape, Evacuation, & Rescue

Safety Integrity Level