Petroleum Engineering

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Lesson 9
Floating Drilling
 Lesson 9 - Outline

Floating Drilling Vessels

Types of Motion
Types of Waves
When is Drilling Possible (WOW)
Vessel Capacities
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Drillship
- moored

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Heave
Surge
Sway

Roll
Pitch
Yaw

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 Vessel Motions
Motions restricted to the horizontal plane
SURGE: Translation fore and aft (X-axis)
SWAY: Translation port and starboard (Y-axis)
YAW: Rotation about the Z-axis (rotation about
the moonpool)

Motions that operate in vertical planes

HEAVE: Translation up and down (Z-axis)
ROLL: Rotation about the X-axis
Pitch: Rotation about the Y-axis
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 Wave Direction

Beam Waves

Quartering Waves
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 Typical Vessel Motion Limits
Criteria
Operation Wave Height Heave
ft ft

Drilling Ahead 30 10
Running and
Setting Casing 22 6
Landing BOP and Riser 15 3
Transferring Equipment 15 -

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What is lt ?
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Some Definitions

Freeboard

Draft

Beam
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G = center of gravity. B = center of buoyancy

G is
above B!

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 NOTE:
B has moved!

GZ =
righting
arm
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