LOC Group Presentation

We are a leading global marine and engineering consulting group, providing critical

services to the shipping, offshore energy and marine infrastructure markets

Global Offices

Our People

■ Over 400 highly skilled engineers and marine consultants made up of:

■ Master Mariners

■ Naval Architects

■ Marine Engineers

■ Civil Engineers

■ Structural Engineers

■ Offshore Engineers

■ Subsea and Pipeline Engineers

■ All exceedingly experienced with several staff highly regarded within the industry

■ High staff and freelancer retention

■ Focused naval architecture graduate training scheme supported by a longstanding relationship with

Memorial University in Canada and UK universities including Newcastle, Southampton and Strathclyde

Company Structure

Market Segments

Service Lines

Corporate Group

EA

EA

ME

ME

Asia

Asia

Americas

Americas

Our End markets

Marine WarrantySurveys

Third party warranty of the

planning, design and execution

stages of high value marine

construction and transportation

operations on behalf of

underwriters and operators

Shipping

Offshore energy

Claims Disputes Litigation

Multi-disciplinary technical

advice and expertise at all

stages of the marine legal

claims and disputes process.

Range from evaluation of the

technical aspects to

establishment to resolution

assistance

Marine & Engineering Consultancy

Marine engineering and

consultancy relating to load-

out, transportation,

decommissioning and

installation of offshore Oil &

Gas facilities and alternative

energy, ports and harbours

Marine Casualties

Multi-disciplinary marine

casualty and marine

emergency response service,

with an international

emergency response hotline

manned 24 hours a day, 365

days a year

Surveys Inspections

Audits

Surveys, inspections and

audits of marine vessels,

offshore structures and

marine operations

Engineer’ ing Services/ Longitude

Separately branded and

located specialist design

engineering consultancy

division, which focuses on

providing marine design and

analysis services to the

marine, offshore and

renewable energy sectors

Service Lines

Engineering Services

LOC provides advanced engineering analysis and design services through its Longitude brands, and within LOC offices. We work in all of the markets within the Group, as well as a number of specialisms such as Small Craft and Defence.

Motions and Seakeeping

Mooring Design and Analysis

Marine Engineering Design

Regulatory Consultancy

Structural Design

Stability and Long. Strength

Finite Element Analysis

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Project Management

Multibody Dynamic Simulations

Safety Consultancy

3D Modelling

HVAC

Electrical and Instrumentation

Architectural

Longitude Who Are We?

• Founded by London Offshore Consultants in 2005 as a dedicated brand for Design and Analysis Engineering.

• Currently five locations around the world.

• Independent brand but able to draw on the experiences and skills from within the LOC group.

• Staffed by naval architects, structural, marine, electrical and instrumentation engineers and design draftsmen.

SECTOR

Renewables

Oil and Gas

■ Provide mission

critical services

■ Longstanding

relationships

■ Defensible

market position

Longitude UK Clients

Other

Longitude What We Do?

• Services for installation of oil and gas and renewable energy facilities, including:-

– Hydrostatic calculations for load transfer operations

– Hydrodynamic modelling and simulations of offshore operations

– Design of temporary phase structures

– Finite element analysis of structures

• Services to vessel owners, including:-

– Design of structural modifications to vessels

– Design of marine engineering systems

– Newbuilding design of vessels/jack-ups

– Advice on Flag and Class matters

Longitude Software Resources

• MOSES - Offshore marine operations simulation analysis

• ORCAFLEX - Riser and mooring design and installation engineering

• NASTRAN/FEMAP - Structural finite element analysis

• STAAD – Structural design and analysis

• SACS – Integrated Offshore Analysis and Design suite

• GHS - Hydrostatics and longitudinal strength analysis

• AUTOCAD/SOLIDWORKS - Drafting

• EXCEL,VISUAL BASIC AND OCTAVE - Numerous in-house spreadsheets for structural design and naval architecture

• First Longitude UK FEMAP analysis

• Prepare load cases to represent operational use

• Prepare global finite element analysis for assessment of operational load cases

• Optimise design for client requirements

FUGRO SEACORE NEWBUILD WALKING JACK-UP

Plated Structures

• Primary driver for investing in FEMAP • Excellent mesh control for 2D plate elements • Combination of both coarse and fine mesh possible • Automatic meshing from surfaces • Reliable solutions in minimal time scales

Plated Structures

• Offshore Wind Turbine Seafastenings

• Very High load, vessel motion and VIV to consider

Direct Transient- Main Engine Foundation Design

Global Strength Analysis- Derrick Integration

Global Strength Analysis- Derrick Integration

• Freebody analysis • Equation data Surfaces • Nastran Combination Loadcase Data Surfaces

Hydrodynamic Meshing Tool

• Mesh Sizing Tools for 3D Diffraction Analysis- Gravity Based Structure

• FPSO mesh sensitivity study in MOSES, • Response Amplitude Operator and Quadratic Transfer Function comparisons

Hydrodynamic Meshing Tool

Site Specific Analysis of Jack Up Vessels- Detailed Leg Analysis

Future

• FEMAP will continue as our primary FEA tool • Develop additional users through onsite training • Share knowledge internationally (Internal Yammer FEMAP page) • Develop custom API’s and Reporting tools to stream line work flow • Further integrate with other tools and design packages

Many thanks for listening Any Questions ?

Peter Kingsland

P.Kingsland@longitude.uk.com