Cables Geoscience Services
OWC’s dedicated team of subsea cable experts provides a comprehensive service offering to support the optimisation of subsea cable infrastructure and grid connection solutions, reducing risk of cable failure and damage, and maximising efficiency and long-term project profit.
Our services cover technical support for all types of subsea cables throughout a project and asset’s lifecycle, with expertise across the full supply chain. We offer experience in cable design (electrical and mechanical), supply, transportation, installation, and commissioning of cables and cable protection systems. The team works closely with our geoscience specialists to provide effective cable burial and route risk assessments and installation analysis. We also offer detailed custom cable routing analysis including unusual installation conditions, dynamic cable fatigue analysis, cable stability analysis, cable pulling calculations and cable lay advice.
With our in-depth knowledge, practical experience across the offshore wind farm value chain, and multi-disciplined engineering and project management expertise, OWC has significant experience as owner’s engineer on subsea cable projects, whether just for the cables scope of work or as part of the wider owner’s engineer scope of work for an entire wind farm project.
Our experience covers more than 80 projects all over the world in varying environmental conditions.
Market Challenges
As demand for renewable energy grows, so too does the demand on subsea cabling and grid infrastructure. Effective energy transmission back to shore is a critical component of a project’s long-term commercial viability.
Preparation and analysis of grid connectivity plans increasingly play a vital role in tendering and permitting processes. So too does advanced analysis and understanding of cable design and route planning to mitigate risks early on. As projects multiply, and go further and deeper out to sea, risk profiles change, and turnkey solutions for optimised subsea infrastructure are key.
Our Solutions
Our solutions support clients in addressing the increasing challenges and changing risk profile facing cable projects today. The wide range of technical services enables us to provide turnkey solutions to help clients achieve permitting success through to development, engineering and construction, and in the optimised operations & maintenance of their assets, having a direct result on the bottom line of a project.
Planning & Feasibility
- Site investigation
- Preliminary cable route analysis & design
- Ground modelling & GIS
- Permitting & stakeholder management support
- Technical due diligence
Development
- Cable route feasibility studies
- Cable burial risk assessment
- CAPEX and OPEX estimation
- Cable design parameter estimation
- Market & technology assessment
- RFI campaign and pre-procurement engagement
- Electrical concept design pre-FEED
- Burial assessment study
- Crossing design
- Cable protection design
- Cable stabilization
Engineering & FEED
- Geoscience survey
- Dynamic cables analyses
- Owner’s engineering, package management, PM support and design review & validation
- Freespan analysis
- Burial tool configuration
Installation
- Cable lay and shore pull-in analysis
- Transportation & installation engineering
- Client reps
Operations & Maintenance
- Mooring analysis
- Cable protection studies
- Emergency cable repair
- Scour remediation
ABL Group-wide Cables Approach
OWC’s parent company ABL Group, combines energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to support subsea cables throughout the life-cycle of a project and its value chain.
The shared knowledge and expertise of our sister companies enable OWC to add value to our projects by possessing a complete understanding of the risk profile impacting cables at various stages of a project and applying lessons learnt to early phases for optimum results.
The value we bring
Market leaders in subsea cable engineering and consultancy.
Multi-disciplined experts, with in-house geotechnical specialists for seabed analysis and CBRAs.
Global presence with teams across 70+ offices and 40+ countries.
Combined projects involving both mechanical and electrical design advisory services.
60+ Interconnector projects completed worldwide.
Services and expertise to supply at every stage of a cable project life-cycle.
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