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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
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Project
Number |
216 |
| Date of Summary |
March 31, 1995 |
| Subject |
SPAR Development Model Test
Program |
| Performing Activity |
Deep Oil Technology, Inc. |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. John Halkyard |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
This is a Joint
Industry Project (JIP). The purpose of this project was to verify
engineering designs for deep water SPAR drilling, production and storage
systems. SPAR is a large, stable, deep draft, cylindrical floating caisson
designed to support drilling and production operations. The SPAR can store
produced oil if needed. Wave tank testing was done at as large a scale as
possible to verify engineering design calculations for SPAR. Emphasis was
placed on confirming the slowly varying second order responses which
dominated the global surge and pitch motions of the SPAR. |
| Progress |
Complete |
Reports |
AA
(31
pages)
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Design and Regulatory
Considerations of SPAR Buoy Based Floating Production System, Report n. OED 9550,
submitted by ABS Americas, Houston, Texas, June 1995. |
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AB
(394
pages)
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SPAR Model Test Joint Industry
Project, Final Report, Vol. 1, submitted by the Offshore Technology Research Center,
College Station, Texas, June 1995. |
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AC
(351
pages)
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Spar Model Test Joint Industry
Project-Final Report, submitted by Deep Oil Technology, Inc., Irvine, California,
September, 1995. |
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AD
(28 pages)
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Supplement to Preliminary Report:
Study into the Strength Reliability of Offshore Structures, Lloyd's Register, London, UK,
January 1994. |
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