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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
200 |
| Date of Summary |
March 31, 1995 |
| Subject |
Securing Procedures for Mobile
Drilling Units (MODU's) in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Performing Activity |
Nobel Denton and Associates |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr. Malcom Sharples |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
Investigate failures
associated with offshore mobile drilling units (MODU's) during intense Gulf of Mexico
hurricanes. The study will address jack-up units, drillships, drilling barges, and
semisubmersible drilling units. The study will also address mooring and abandonment
procedures for units exposed to hurricane wind, wave, and current forces and provide
recommendations for securing procedures for MODUs in advance and during hurricanes. The
project will use MODU failure and survival experiences form past hurricanes including
Andrew, Betsy, Camille, Carmen, Hilda, and Juan to verify the securing procedures. |
| Progress |
Complete |
Reports |
AA (35 pages)
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MODUSIM 2.0 User's Manual,
submitted by Noble Denton and Associates, Inc., December 8, 1994. |
| AB
(113 pages)
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Ying, J., Bea, R.G., Development
and Verification of a Computer Simulation Model for Evaluation of Siting Strategies for
Mobile Drilling Units in Hurricanes, Draft Report submitted by Noble Denton and
Associates, Inc., December 8, 1994. |
| AC
(187 pages)
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Evacuation of Offshore Platforms Due to
Severe Weather Conditions, Draft Report submitted
by Noble Denton and Associates, Inc., December 8, 1994. |
| AD
(86 pages)
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Christman, J., Bea, R.G.,
Evacuation of Offshore Platforms due to Severe Weather Conditions, Draft Report submitted
by Noble Denton and Associates, Inc., December 8, 1994. |
| AE
(165 pages)
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Bea, Robert G., Ying, Jun,
Development and Verification of a Computer Simulation Model for Evaluation of Siting
Strategies for Mobile Drilling Units in Hurricanes- Phase II Report, Marine Technology and
Management Group Project, Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley, August, 1995. Excel macro available. |
| AF
(236 pages)
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Bea, Robert G., Ying, Jun,
Development and Verification of a Computer Simulation Model for Evaluation of Siting
Strategies for Mobile Drilling Units in Hurricanes- Final Report, Marine Technology and
Management Group Project, Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley, May 1996. Excel macro available. |
| AG
(172 pages)
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Evaluation of Securing Procedures
for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units when Threatened by Hurricanes, Report Number
H3348/NDAI/CAC Final Report submitted by Noble Denton and Associates, Inc., February 9,
1995. |
| AH
(112 pages)
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Bea, Robert G., Ying, Jun,
Development and Verification of a Computer Simulation Model for Evaluation of Siting
Strategies for Mobile Drilling Units in Hurricanes Report to Marine Technology and
Management Group Project, Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley, December 1994. |
| AI
(33 pages)
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Ying, Jun U. C. Berkeley Project
Progress Report May 22., 1995 |
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AJ (262
kb)
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Modusim- Simulation of Program MODU’s Moving in Hurricanes, Y. Ying and RG
BEA, August 1995 |
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