Shoreline’s O&M Design™ performed simulations to examine variabilities in configurations for

• crew transfer vessels,
• service operation vessels,
• helicopters and
• living quarters.

The simulations were calibrated to include sensitivities concerning the number of technicians, vessels, shift patterns, HSE rules, and more.

Reports from the study included estimations of technical availability impact, both time- and production-based, as well as investigations into limitations and step functions in the different alternative set-ups. The simulations were able to take into about variations in the number of turbines, for example, as well as other possibilities in configurations and maintenance schedules.

Accounting for complexity and time

Using Shoreline’s O&M Design™, Equinor was able to account for the complexity (stochasticity, variability, time dependency, and interdependence) of operating and maintaining an offshore wind park as well as increase their understanding of the system’s behaviour over time.

Shoreline provides the cloud-based and integrated simulation solutions Con Design™, O&M Design™ for construction and O&M strategy development as well as ConEx™ and OMEx™ for the daily planning and work schedule optimization. Shorelines simulation solutions are being used by developers, OEMs, vessel owners, marine contractors, and consultants.