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OFFS403 Syllabus 4 Students
OFFS403 Syllabus 4 Students
A course that considers offshore operations, platforms, jack-up rigs, floating systems and
dynamic positioning ship-based systems offshore environmental aspects sub-sea completions
sub-sea wellhead, manifold and riser systems servicing of sub-sea equipment product
transportation, platform operations and supply.
a) Types
i) Steel platform
b) Operations-
(1) Drilling
(2) Production
(3) construction
d) Supply
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4) Semisubmersible (Mitchell, pp. 614-616; Chak. Ch. 7.5)
8) Floating production system (FPS) & Floating production, storage, & offloading (FPSO)
(Chak. Ch. 7.4)
i) Dynamic positioning
b) Ship-based systems
i) Laying
a) Geotechnical aspects
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i) Soils of the seafloor
(4) sampling
(5) penetration
i) Waves
ii) Wind
i) Toxic discharge
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a) Drilling riser systems (Chak., ch. 9.2; Harris, ch. 12?)
Class Project
1. Select a topic from the list above and prepare a series of presentations on same:
a. Presentation 1 - Technological description characterizing particulars –due 10
February
Grading
2 tests (mid-term and final) 50%
Project
Presentation 1 5%
Presentation 2 5%
Presentation 3 5%
Presentation 4 25%
Total presentation 40%
Class participation, preparedness, attendance 10%
Sources: library books, periodicals, internet, journals, electronic on line magazines (see
librarian).
References
Arnold & Stewart, Surface Production Operations: Design of Oil-Handling Systems and
Facilities, Vol. 1, 2nd ed., 1999.
Chakrabarti, Subrata K. ed., Handbook of Offshore Engineering, 2 volumes, Elsevier Pub., 2005.
ISBN: 978-0-08-044568-7 (vol 1)
ISBN: 978-0-08-044569-4 (vol 1)
ISBN: 978-0-08-044381-2 (set comprising of vols 1 and 2)
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Gerwick, Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, 3rd ed.
Lake, Ed., Petroleum Engineering Handbook-Drilling Volume II (Mitchell, R.F., Ed.), 2008.
Nomenclature
FPS - Floating production system; FPSO - Floating production, storage, & offloading ; MODU
Mobile offshore drilling unit; VDL – variable deck load
TAD Tender assisted drilling
Lecture Plan:
1 September Offshore platform
10 Jacket launching and transport
Class01 exercise Jacket loadout, transport, and installation
2 17 History of MODU
Marine riser
Class02 exercise-rig selection (distributed)
3 Saturday Field trip to TOFCO <http://www.morrisonenergy.com/tofco.cfm> at La Brea
19rd
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Bay, Port of Spain <www.fluor.com> Fluor Tel.
624.5406
10 November 5 Lecture by Pipeline design engineer, David Vogel
11 12 Presentation #4 and brief exam ( ½ hr. covering lecture8-9-10)
Student Part 3 Enviro presentations, short lecture on Lubricity Pipelines
12 19 Lecture: Corrosion
Part 4 of Project Presentation
Mid-semester exam 1(take home) due
13 26 Spars, TLPs, Extended TLPs, Compliant towers (Last class)
November
30- Study week
December 4
7-18 Final Exam Period
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