Ice Technology
FEED, Davit System for Ice Breaking Emergency Evacuation Craft (IBEEC) – North Caspian Sea

Client
Agip KCO

Project Location
North Caspian Sea, Kazakh Sector

IMPaC’s Services
5,000 hours

Year
2007

IMPaC’s Scope
Front End Engineering Design (FEED)

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IMPaC has prepared the Front End Engineering Design for a Davit system for Cantilever Barge Rigs (CBR) to launch Ice Breaking Emergency Evacuation Crafts (IBEEC). The operating areas for the CBRs are Kashagan East and Kashagan West in the North Caspian Sea.

The Davit system is designed to safely launch the 200 t IBEEC in an emergency situation as well as for recovery of the vessel. The Davit system also allows a safe emergency training in accordance with Class requirements.

The design of the Davit system is based on two main hoisting devices connected to two dedicated frames of the IBEEC. The hoisting device consists of two hydraulic cylinders with wire sheaves. The wire is connected to a fixed point at the ceiling, runs down through the hoisting cylinder and back up to a set of wire sheaves. The wire then runs down to the IBEEC where it is connected to an on-load quick release hook.