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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
67 |
| Date of Summary |
March 31, 1986 |
| Subject |
Rig Mooring Reliability |
| Performing Activity |
EG&G Washington Analytical
Services |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. David Dillon |
| Contracting Agency |
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Geological Survey |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
The development of a handbook or
guide for MMS operations personnel to assess the integrity of drill rig mooring systems.
The guide will be both practical and analytical. Robert Walden of Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution will compile and edit the practical section which will address tests and
inspections of mooring components and discuss equipment service life. David Dillon will
discuss the strengths and limitations of system loadings. In addition, he will present a
simplified example analysis which operations personnel can use to verify the adequacy of
mooring designs. |
| Progress |
Complete. The author `walks` the
operations person through the step-by-step procedures he should take in evaluating the
design of a spread mooring for a floating drilling rig. |
| Reports |
AA (140 pages)
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Dillon, D. B., Verification of
Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platforms, Volume I-Methods for Mooring
Review, TR 8B4-120-01, EG&G Washington Analytical Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland,
February 28, 1986. |
| AB (36 pages)
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Berteaux, H. O., Walden, R. G.,
Verification of Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platforms, Volume II-Methods
for Mooring Inspection, TR 8B4-120-02 EG&G Washington Analytical Services,
Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 28, 1986. |
| AC (94 pages)
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Kahn, L. A., Dillon, D. B.,
Verification of Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platforms, Volume III-Dynamic
Modeling for Spread Moorings, TR 8B4-120-03, EG&G Washington Analytical Services,
Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 28, 1986. |
| AD (160 pages)
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Dillon, D. B., Verification of
Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platform Volume IV-A Static Model for Mooring
Review, TR 8B4-120-04, EG&G Washington Analytical Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland,
February 28, 1986. |
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