Index

Sr. Topic Page

No. No.
1. History of Offshore structures/ Foundations 2
2. Differences of substructures subjected to onshore Environments and 3
Marine(Offshore ) environment
3. Substructures used in Oil & Gas Industry – Petroleum Substructures 4
3.1 Pile Foundation 5
3.2 Well Foundation 6
3.3 Jack Up Platform/ Substructure 7
3.4 Skirt And Bucket Foundations 8
3.5 Tension Leg Platform (TLP) And Extended Tension leg platform (ETLP) 9
3.6 Semi Submersibles 10
3.7 Jacket Structures with Pile Sleeves 11
3.8 Substructures with Spud Can Foundations 12
3.9 Spar Substructure 13
3.9.1 Classic Spar Platform Foundation 14
3.9.2 Truss Spar Platform Foundation 15
3.9.3 Cell Spar Platform Foundation 16
3.10 Concrete Gravity Platform 17
3.11 Compliant Tower 18
3.12 Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit(FPSO) – Hull Substructure 19
3.13 Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) –Hull Substructure 20
3.14 Turret Mooring 21
4.0 Literature Review 22
5.0 Research Gap – Findings of Literature Review and Conventional Available 23
substructure
6.0 Proposed Area of Or Research – Tension Leg Platform 24
7.0 Components to study 24
7.1 Super Structure – Out of Scope of Our Work
7.2 Buoyant Leg Structure/ Buoyant Leg Configuration –Hull Configuration 25
7.3 Tensioned Risers 25
7.4 Foundation Template 25
7.5 Top End Plugged Tensioned Piles – If Applicable 26
8.0 Conclusion 26
9.0 References 27