DREDGING with particular emphasis on Oil and Gas activities in Canada
Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location. In Holland dredging and land reclamation has been ongoing for centuries, ever since the Frieslanders first settled there. GOD CREATED THE WORLD BUT THE DUTCH CONSTRUCTED HOLLAND
Dredger categories Construction of sacrificial beach islands and sub-sea berms Channel and harbour dredging Land reclamation and coastal protection Tailings transfer, MFT reclamation & mud farming (Oil Sands) Excavation of glory holes Trenching for pipelines Pipe and cable laying and intervention Placement of protection/pipeline intervention Platform and wellhead intervention Land falls and shore approaches Environmental clean up and disposal Decommissioning Innovation, Engineering and Development Equipment past present and future
DREDGING - CATEGORIES MECHANICAL BUCKET DREDGERS CLAMSHELL DREDGERS BACK HOE DREDGERS HYDRAULIC CUTTER SUCTION DREDGERS SUCTION DREDGERS TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGERS SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT FALL PIPE VESSELS ROCK PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT DEEP WATER GRAB SYSTEMS
Construction of sacrificial beach (artificial) islands
Construction of sacrificial beach (artificial) islands Construction by pump ashore suction dredge and bow discharge from trailer suction hopper dredgers
Construction of artificial islands Trailer Suction Hopper Dredge Stage 1 bottom dumping Stage 2 - rainbowing Stage 3 pump ashore
Construction of sub-sea berms for caisson deployment
Channel and Harbour Dredging
Rainbowing
Land Reclamation
Reclamation
Coastal protection design and installation
Tailings transfer, MFT reclamation & mud farming (Oil Sands)
Tailings transfer, MFT reclamation & mud farming (Oil Sands)
Excavation of Glory Holes Glory hole dredging has been achieved using trailer suction hopper dredgers with extended suction pipes and mechanical Grab Excavating Systems
DREDGING -for OIL and GAS activities in Canada Excavation of Glory Holes
Trenching for Pipelines Modern plough design Conventional excavation with a draghead
Pipe and Cable laying
Placement of protection
Placement of protection
Platform & Well Head intervention Material placed mechanically Material placed with a fall pipe
Landfalls and Shore Approaches
Environmental cleanup and disposal Pollution Recovery System Designed to remove oil and chemicals from vessels lying on the sea bed in very deep water without using divers. Currently depths of 500 meters can be obtained and greater depths down to 4000 meters are envisaged. Artificial island constructed to place environmentally sensitive materials. Disc cutter developed for removing polluted materials. Trailer suction hopper dredge with modified suction pipe arms for collecting surface oil.
So what is new in the dredging business since our days in the Canadian Beaufort? HEALTH & SAFETY PROGRAMS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRAINING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INNOVATION, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FLEET REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS
DREDGING - GOING DEEPER Innovation, Engineering & Development Concept designs are currently being engineered to excavate material and place protection at depths of more than 250 meters below sea level
DREDGING EXCAVATING HARDER MATERIALS Innovation, Engineering &Development Pipeline trenching is now possible in seabed soils with UCS values up to 30 MPa in harsh metocean conditions and environmentally sensitive areas. Hard soil is normally dredged by means of a Cutter Suction Dredger. Special drag heads (ripper drag heads) are developed for large Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers for the dredging of harder soil.
DREDGING - EQUIPMENT PAST D Artagan 28200 kw Cornelius Zanen 8000 M3 J.F.J DeNul 27240 kw Cristobal Colon 46000 M3 W. D. Gateway 6000 M3 Leif Eriksson 46000 M3 Ham 318 37293 M3 Beaver Mackenzie Geopotes X 10000 M3
DREDGING EQUIPMENT PRESENT D Artagan 28200 kw Cristobal Colon 46000 M3 J.F.J DeNul 27240 kw Leif Eriksson 46000 M3 Ham 318 37293 M3
DREDGING - FLEET REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS A new generation Willem van Oranje Gateway
DREDGING - Innovation, Engineering and Development Dynamically Positioned Fallpipe Vessel (DPFV) Carrying capacity 24,000 ton Under Construction
DREDGING - Innovation, Engineering and Development Multi-purpose vessels for offshore project support Side stone dumping Cable laying Diving Support Salvage Heavy lift & transport Pipeline shore approach construction (pipe-pull)
DREDGING - Innovation, Engineering and Development Development of remote controlled sub-sea excavating equipment
DREDGING - Innovation, Engineering and Development Under development special equipment for shallow water pipe laying
DREDGING when SIZE MATTERS D Artagan 28200 kw Cristobal Colon 46000 M3 J.F.J DeNul 27240 kw Leif Eriksson 46000 M3 Ham 318 37293 M3