Compliant tower

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A compliant tower (CT) is a fixed rig structure normally used for the offshore
production of oil or gas. The rig consists of narrow, flexible (compliant) towers and
a piled foundation supporting a conventional deck for drilling and production
operations. Compliant towers are designed to sustain significant lateral deflections
and forces, and are typically used in water depths ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 feet
(450 to 900 m). These structures are considered freestanding but media supported
(by water). They demonstrates static stability but have a much greater degree of
lateral deformation/flexibility vs land-base structures, up to 2.5% vs 0.5%[1] and are
partially supported by buoyancy.[2] It is unknown if these structures could support
themselves as built if they were constructed on land. At present the deepest is
the Chevron Petronius tower located in water 623m deep.
With the use of flex elements such as flex legs or axial tubes, resonance is reduced
and wave forces are de-amplified. This type of rig structure can be configured to
adapt to existing fabrication and installation equipment. Compared with floating
systems, such as tension-leg platforms and SPARs, the production risers are
conventional and are subjected to less structural demands and flexing. [3] However,
because of cost, it becomes uneconomical to build compliant towers in depths
greater than 1,000 meters. In such a case a floating production system is more
appropriate, even with the increased cost of risers and mooring. Despite its flexibility,
the compliant tower system is strong enough to withstand hurricane conditions. [4]
The first tower emerged in the early 1980s with the installation of Exxon's Lena oil
platform.

Contents

• 1Launching of Benguela Belize Base Tower

o 1.1Image gallery
• 2See also
• 3References

Launching of Benguela Belize Base Tower[edit]

On April 15, 2005 the Base Tower of Benguela Belize was launched from
the barge H-851. The Base Tower makes up the first 250 metres of the more than
400 metre high tower. The crane vessel that is partly visible is the Thialf. This is the
heaviest compliant tower installed to date and the first outside of the Gulf of Mexico.
Image gallery[edit]
 See also[edit]
• Oil platform
• List of tallest oil platforms
• List of tallest freestanding steel structures
• Petronius Compliant Tower
• Baldpate (oil platform)
• Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform

References[edit]
1. ^ http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23522
2. ^ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/compliant-tower
3. ^ "portal.mustangeng.com "Compliant Towers: The Next Generation"" (PDF). Archived from the
original (PDF) on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-12. (81 KiB)
4. ^ "www.naturalgas.org "Compliant Towers"". Archived from the original on February 18, 2008.
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