Accommodation platform

An accommodation platform is an offshore platform which supports living quarters for offshore personnel.^[1] These are often associated with the petroleum industry, although other industries use them as well, such as the wind farm Horns Rev 2.^[2]

In the oil and gas industry an accommodation platform may be a flotel, providing living quarters for personnel temporarily engaged in construction or maintenance activities. It also refers to a permanent platform bridge-linked to production and wellhead platforms. It provides living quarters and a safe refuge remote from the potential hazards of the hydrocarbon plant.

Accommodation platforms may be designated 'A' (Accommodation), 'LQ' (Living Quarters), 'Q' (Quarters), 'UQ' (Utility & Quarters). Only low hazard equipment and fluids are located on the accommodation platform to reduce the risk of fire or explosion.

Accommodation platforms may comprise:^[3]

• Sleeping quarters, ideally no more than two people per cabin
• Galley for food preparation and serving
• Eating (mess) facilities
• Food storage: dry store, refrigeration and freezing facilities
• Laundry facilities, washing and drying clothes and bedding
• Sick bay and Qualified Medic
• Recreation facilities: cinema, quiet room, games
• Installation control room, including telecommunications
• Crew offices: Offshore Installation Manager; Production team leader; Maintenance team leader, Drilling team leader
• Boot/Locker room for changing between indoor and outdoor clothes, toilets
• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems
• Fire, smoke and gas detection systems
• Helideck
• Lifeboats
• Utility systems
  • Black-start and Emergency power generation
  • Firewater (seawater lift) pump(s) and fire fighting facilities
  • Instrument and plant air compression
  • Potable water plant for making and storing drinking water
  • Aviation fuel storage and refueling for helicopter
  • Sewage treatment and disposal

See also

• Deep sea habitat

References