Corrosion Effects on Structural Reliability of an Aging Jacket Platform in Malaysian Waters

There are much more concerns nowadays on the reliability and integrity asset management of oil and gas sector since that this industry is always being viewed as an ever-changing large scale development under complex environment. In facts, two problems have been identified in this project. Firstly, In Malaysian water where jacket structure is highly adopted as the offshore platforms, 65% these structures are found to be operating exceed its original design life. In addition to the extra loading and fatigue imposed on the jacket members, one of the biggest obstacles being faced by offshore operator is corrosion; which addresses the second problem. In facts, corrosion is a detrimental process which causes material loss and member strength degradation. Putting together these issues, this project aims to analyze corrosion effects on structural reliability of an aging jacket platform in Malaysian water.