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FPSO in the Arctic [17.05.2010]

Welcome to the website!

This site was created as a part of the course ‘Offshore Moorings’ for the Offshore Engineering master’s program at TU Delft.

Design of FPSO mooring: What it entails

Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels are among the most popular offshore options. Mooring an FPSO can be a challenging proposition and there are many variables involved therein.

The different mooring types, as spread, turret-based and dynamic positioning, are explained in this website.

Arctic Conditions: The ‘coolest' challenge

This is by far the most exciting prospect that the offshore industry is facing. Thanks to the severity of conditions and additional loading parameters to consider, Arctic-related mooring and design is a field of great present and future potential. This website touches upon ice failure mechanisms, ice loads and counter-active design.
The areas regarded on this website are the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

We hope you enjoy your stay on our site and please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Ice Engineering

Offshore & Dredging Engineering Group [11.02.2009]

Ice Cold Management [11.11.2008]

The offshore industry is moving into arctic environments and cold regions for the production of hydrocarbons due to advancing technology, high oil prices and the need to replace recoverable reserves.

FUTUREDEMANDS seeks possibilities for floating production units to operate in ice-infested areas. The performance of floating structures and their mooring systems in ice conditions is an area in which little experience exists. FUTUREDEMANDS uses an aggressive Ice Management Strategy, a wedding of science, technology, teamwork and old-fashioned seafaring skill. Information about approaching icebergs is gathered through a variety of means

Arctic Moorings [11.11.2008]

Arctic Moorings is one of the world's leading offshore mooring engineering and installation companies offering all the expertise and assets that make mooring systems for floating oil production platforms in the Arctic environment. With a multi-national workforce in excess of 1,500 personnel, the company's offshore operations are supported out of the Norway, Alaska, Russia, Canada and the Arctic Ocean.

To demonstrate our most recent successful project, the case of the Makarov field is being treated on this website. The Makarov field is a large oil reservoir some 50 km offshore northeast Sakhalin Island. The presence of ice greatly affects the choice of platform structure as well as mooring system.

Arctic Conditions [11.11.2008]

This website is made by a multi disciplinary team of Offshore student from Delft University of Technology. The disciplines included are Civil Engineering, Maritime Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
The purpose of this and the other site's on www.offshoreengineering.org is to create a database of al aspects of offshore moorings.
This website covers some aspects of offshore moorings in arctic environments. the following subjects are handled:

Map's of the arctic area's displaying ice, harbors, oil field and other information.

Material Usage and Problems which have to be handled when constructing in arctic areas.

Several Mooring solutions which are suited for arctic conditions are displayed.

The team which created this site.

A reference page which contain recommended readings and links to useful website's