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Fire Safety Design

Website
www.computit.no
Email Address
computit@computit.no
Address
Havnegata 9c,
Pirsenteret, Trondheim,
Other,
Norway
Phone
+47 73 89 59 00
Fax Number
+47 73 89 59 01
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It is important for every company to use the most advanced technology available for fire safety design to safeguard personnel and facilities. Computational Industry Technologies (ComputIT) has worked for more than three decades to make significant contributions to improve safety in the industry, to reduce the negative impacts on the environment from oil and gas activity, and to contribute to large cost savings through the use of advanced and accurate methods for design.

ComputIT is a specialist company working internationally in the field of environmental and reactive flows. Our focus is on CFD-based turbulent flow and combustion using Kameleon FireEx KFX® for both analysis and design. KFX is probably the most advanced CFD code for gas dispersion, flare and fire simulation, and is gradually becoming an industry standard in this area.

Fire safety consultancy

Our fire safety approach is unique and our utilization of the most modern CFD and FE technologies for practical purposes has proven very useful for the industry. Visualisation is regarded as very important and is strongly emphasized in our analyses. We offer consultancy services in the areas of fire safety, combustion, environment and flares for all kinds of oil and gas platforms, FPSOs, onshore process plants and combustion devices in general. Our services include:

  • Fire safety design – simulation of all kind of fires and gas dispersion by KFX for personnel safety, escape route analysis / design, etc.
  • Fire safety design – fire simulations for safe and optimum design, including structural fire response analysis and optimum design of passive fire protection for facility integrity
  • Active fire protection system design – simulation, analysis and design of active fire protection systems for fire mitigation by deluge, mist, monitors, etc
  • Flare analysis – flare simulation by KFX, also including ignition, start up, radiation, soot and noise analysis
  • Environment – simulation and analysis of combustion in burner equipment / flare tips for optimum and environmentally friendly design
  • Ventilation / HVAC – turbulent flow impact on, for instance, helicopter operation, applied thermodynamics

KFX handles all kinds of hydrocarbon fires; jet fires, spray fires and pool fires, as well as LNG dispersion and fires. KFX is commercialized by ComputIT.

Fire safety design is critical for safeguarding both personnel and facilities offshore.
ComputIT, specialising in the field of environmental and reactive flows, has worked for more than three decades to improve safety in the industry.
ComputIT utilizes the most modern CFD and FE technologies to offer consultancy services in the areas of fire safety, combustion, environment and flares.
Kameleon FireEx KFX is developed in collaboration with StatoilHydro, Total, ENI-group, ConocoPhillips, Gaz de France, BP and Sandia National Laboratories.

Structural fire response analysis

ComputIT also works in close cooperation with Aker Solutions for structural fire response analysis and the streamlined interface between KFX and the finite element code USFOS provides a unique feature for optimum and safe design.

Offshore fire safety design experience

The main market of ComputIT is the international oil and gas industry, and in particular the offshore sector that we have been working closely with for about 30 years. We have been involved in most offshore fields in the Norwegian sector, in a lot of Gulf of Mexico projects, as well as for installations in Africa, in Middle East and in the Newfoundland area. Similar analyses have been carried out for onshore plants in several European countries, in Korea and in Taiwan.

Both the development and industrialization of KFX are done in collaboration with StatoilHydro, Total, ENI-group, ConocoPhillips, Gaz de France, BP, Sandia National Laboratories, engineering companies, risk management companies and universities worldwide. ComputIT has also been engaged by governmental bodies for the investigation of fire accidents. For instance, Professor Bjørn F Magnussen of ComputIT was engaged as a technical fire expert witness after the Piper Alpha accident.

Press Releases

  • KFX: Next-Generation Fire-Simulation Technology

    ComputIT has been awarded a NOK20m R&D contract from Norwegian authorities, through the Research Council of Norway, Statoil, Total, ENI, ConocoPhillips and Gassco, for the development of next-generation advanced fire-simulation technology for the oil and gas industry.

  • ComputIT to Hold Oil and Gas Fire Seminar in Trondheim

    ComputIT is happy to inform you that together with Scandpower and SINTEF NBL, it will hold a seminar entitled 'Educational seminar on oil- and gas fires – frontline knowledge on experience and calculation tools' on 31 October – 1 November 2011. ComputIT, Scandpower and SINTEF NBL are the

  • ComputIT Establishes New Branch Office in Texas, US

    It is a pleasure to announce that ComputIT has opened a new branch office in Houston, Texas, US. The office was officially opened on 1 July 2010 to support increased activities in the North America and South America regions, and we believe that ComputIT's presence in Houston will benefit our cust

  • ComputIT Announces Addition of New Employees

    Dr. Kristen Opstad and MSc Petter Aune have joined ComputIT. They are both specialists in fire development and fire mitigation, and have long and broad experience from fire research. ComputIT is pleased to announce the engagements of Dr. Kristen Opstad and MSc Petter Aune. Dr. O

Projects

  • Al Shaheen Oil Field

    The Dukhan field, operated by Qatar Petroleum (QP), is one of the largest producing oil fields on the west coast of the Qatar peninsula.

  • Valhall Oilfield, North Sea

    The Valhall field was discovered in 1975 and came online in 1982. It is operated by BP, which holds a 35.95% interest while the remaining 64.05% interest is held by Hess Norge.

  • Kvitebjørn Field

    Kvitebjørn field is situated in block 34/11 of the Tampen area in the North Sea, Norway. The gas and condensate field lies at a water depth of 190m.

  • Ekofisk II

    The original Ekofisk area development consisted of eight oil and gas fields, namely Cod, Ekofisk, West Ekofisk, Tor, Albuskjell, Eldfisk, Edda and Embla.

  • Ula Oil Field

    Ula oil field lies in block 7/12 (PL019A) in the southern Norwegian section of the North Sea. It lies at a water depth

  • Vincent Field

    Vincent oil field lies in production licence WA-28-L, 50km offshore Exmouth in Western Australia. Operated by Woodside E

  • Brage Field, North Sea

    The Brage field lies in the northern part of the North Sea at a depth of 140m. The field is situated in blocks 31/4, 3

  • Varg Field, North Sea

    Varg field is situated at a depth of 84m in block 15/15 in the North Sea, Norway. The field was discovered in 1984 an

  • Tupi Oil Field, Brazil

    In late 2007 Petrobras discovered a new offshore province crossing the Espírito Santo, Campos and Santos basins. Th

  • Mad Dog Field

    The Mad Dog field is located in Western Atwater Foldbelt, Gulf of Mexico, approximately 190 miles south of New Orleans,

  • Alvheim Field, Norway

    The Alvheim field lies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, west of Heimdal, in production licence PL 203.

  • Snøhvit Gas Field

    The Snøhvit development comprises three fields – Snøhvit, Albatross and Askeladd. These lie in the Baren

  • Magnus EOR

    Magnus - the UK's most northerly oilfield - was discovered in 1974 by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 703. It li

  • Petro-Canada oilfield project

    The Terra Nova field is located 350km east-south-east (ESE) of St John's Newfoundland and 35km south-east of Hibernia.

  • Jotun Oil and Gas Field Project

    The Jotun field is located on the Utsira High, between the Balder and Heimdal fields, approximately 200km west of Stavanger, Norway.

  • Balder Oil and Gas Field Project, Norway

    Balder is located in blocks 25 / 10 and 25 / 11, 165km west of Haugesund, in a water depth of 125m. The field was discovered in 1967, but it was only during the appraisal drilling in 1974 that the major part of the field was discovered.

Address
USA Office
ComputIT USA
3410 W. Dallas St
Houston, TX 77019
Other
United States of America

Email address
vebjorn.nilsen@computit.no
Phone
+1 281 536 1074
Fax Number
Address
Stavanger Office
Haugåsstubben 3
N-4016 Stavanger
Other
United Kingdom

Email address
Phone
+47 97 73 27 48
Fax Number
+47 51 82 59 01
Address
Computational Industry Technologies AS
Havnegata 9c
Pirsenteret, Trondheim
Other
Norway

Email address
computit@computit.no
Phone
+47 73 89 59 00
Fax Number
+47 73 89 59 01
www.computit.no