OFFSHORE MOORINGS

Proceedings of a conference organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in East Kilbride on 10 March 1982

T H O M A S T E L F O R D LTD, L O N D O N ,

1982

Published for the Institution of Civil Engineers by T h o m a s Telford Limited, P O B o x 101, 26-34 Old Street, London E C 1 P 1 J H First published 1982 Organizing Committee: D. G . O w e n , S . M . A b d i , G . Elliott, T. Ridley, E. A . Ross and R. G . Standing

Offshore moorings. 1 . Oil well drilling, submarineCongresses 2. Oil well drilling rigsCongresses 3. Offshore structuresCongresses 4. Deep-sea mooringsCongresses 627' 98 TN863 I S B N : 0 7277 0158 4 Institution of Civil Engineers, 1982, unless otherwise stated All rights, including translation, reserved. Except for fair copying, no part of this publication m a y be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without t h e prior written permission of the publisher. Requests should be directed to t h e Managing Editor at the above address T h e Institution of Civil Engineers a s a body does not accept responsibility for the statements made or for the opinions expressed in the following pages Printed in Great Britain by T h e Thetford Press Limited, Thetford, Norfolk

Contents

SESSION 1 1. 2. Environmental loading and response. E. C. B O W E R S and

R.G.STAN DING 1

A system for reduction of ship motions and hawser loads during offshore loading. O . R O P S T A D and H.-R. S 0 R H E I M

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Discussion on Papers 1 and 2 SESSION 2 3. M o o r e d production and loading facilities as experienced at the Argyll Field. R. J . C O C K R I L L 4. Offshore catenary moorings. P. A J O R D A N and R. W . B R E W E R T O N

67 95 115

Discussion on Papers 3 and 4 SESSION 3 5. State-of-the-art assessment of high capacity sea floor
anchors. N. D. A L B E R T S E N and R. M . B E A R D

129 143

6. Offshore mooring system approval for insurance purposes.

S. M . TAIT

Discussion on Papers 5 and 6

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