Case Study - BP Quad 204 & Clair Ridge

Case Study – BP Clair Ridge

The Clair Ridge Platform, along with its neighbour Quad 204 FPSO, was built by BP to service fields in the North Sea, west of Shetland, Scotland. Clair Ridge is now on station where hook up works continue. This project is expected to increase the Clair field’s life until 2050 and deliver up to 120,000 b/d at peak. 

BP specified FibaClad as a result of poor experience with another non-metallic cladding system. FTI’s factories in the UK and Korea then combined to supply 50,000 pairs of fittings and 55,000 linear metres of straights to the projects, which were built by HHI in South Korea. The scope of the work included insulation cladding for hot, cold and acoustic service.

BP had specified Armacell and Foamglas insulation, so testing and design of the complete system was carried out at FTI in the UK and, for acoustics, in independent test houses. A number of FTI’s bespoke design options were adopted by BP, including channeled end caps to accommodate trace heating, boxes to cover clamps which protruded through cladding and drain holes at low points in the FibaClad cladding.

BP also specified technical support from FTI to ensure insulation contractors were trained and followed agreed installation procedures for both projects. This technical operation was led by FTI UK personnel with local Korean labour making up an important part of the Technical Services Team.

The installation manuals for these projects were available in both English and Korean, and more than 560 Korean contractors were trained for the Clair Ridge and Quad 204 projects.