Protecting against extreme weather conditions with the Gall Thomson PetalC MBC
Certain SPMs or FPSO/FSOs terminals can be exposed to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, monsoon or freak offshore conditions.
PetalC provides a substantive safety factor in terms of Design Parting Load in such environments.
When should an MBC activate?
Within the context of managing risk provoked by weather, a Marine Breakaway Coupling should not activate due to rough or extreme weather but activate in response to an emergency event caused by weather conditions.
The emergency event is predefined as part of risk management.
For example, a Marine Breakaway Coupling should not activate due to a hurricane. The MBC should activate due to a tanker breakout caused by the hurricane.
PetalC is designed to manage rough or extreme weather, which by itself does not require activation.
Below is a typical scenario where the discipline of the MBC design and specification is critical in reacting to the correct circumstances.
The reduced installed length by 60% and the axial load reduction of up to 30% enabled by the PetalC integrated MBC/hose profile provides intelligent engineering that aligns with identified intervening events rather than a potential cause of those events - which at this stage is only a treat.
PetalC therefore provides more aligned management of risk to operations located within higher risk weather environments.
