Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems
A selection of the national and international projects COFS has worked on is below.
| Client | Field | Work / Research completed |
|---|---|---|
| Arup |
Equus |
Soil characterisation studies |
| Arup |
Cimatti |
Subsea development |
| Atkins Boreas |
Research |
Safebuck JIP |
| Atteris |
Wheatstone |
Rock berm stability testing |
| BP |
Mad Dog 2 |
Project interface shear box testing |
| Chevron |
Research |
PLET foundation under cyclic horizontal torsional loadings |
| Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering |
Research Research |
Spudcan-soil interaction during building a jack-up rig Numerical analysis techniques for suction caisson anchor-soil interaction |
| Delmar |
Research |
Omnimax anchor JIP |
| Fortesque Metals Group |
Solomon |
Soil characterisation studies |
| Fugro |
Reliance |
Soil characterisation studies |
| Fugro AG |
Browse Gorgon Wheatstone |
1-g axial pipe-soil interaction tests Soil characterisation studies PLET mini T-bar testing in intact tube samples |
| Iluka |
Research |
Investigating the viability of borehold mining in mineal sand deposits |
| Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology |
Research Research |
Hybrid foundation system for jack-up foundation Spudcan penetration on sand-over-clay |
| Korean Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) |
Research |
Capacity of foundations under sustained cyclic loading |
| Lloyd's Register Group |
Research |
Suction bucket foundations for offshore wind energy installations in layered soil |
| Shell |
Research |
The effect of liquid cargo motion in spherical tanks on vessel motion |
| Subsea 7 |
Research |
Friction of carbonate soils - ROV mounted data gathering |
| Technip UK |
Research |
Uplift resistance of buried pipelines with fins |
| Total E&P France |
Research |
Centrifuge modelling of suction piles used as foundations for riser towers in soft CLOV Angola clay |
| Woodside |
Vincent Enfield Research Research |
Soil characterisation studies Improvements to O-Tube facility for hydrodynamic stability of offshore pipelines STABLEpipe JIP |
| WorleyParsons |
Browse |
LNG development |
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
