Due to the rapid growth of the offshore oil and gas exploration and development, offshore science and engineering is seeing a phenomal advancement. This advanced knowledge is not readily available for use by the practioners in a single reference. This handbook is an attempt to fill this gap. It covers all important aspects of offshore structure design, installation and operation. One of the unique strengths of the book is the impressive and encompassing presentation of curent functional operational offshore development for all those involved with offshore structures. It includes liberal reference to codes and standards that are important building blocks for any offshore project. It is tailored as a handy reference book for the designer and practising engineer of offshore structures. It should equally serve to educate young offshore engineering sturdents to take on the deepwater challenge of today.
Preface
Abbreviations
Conversion Factors
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 : Historical Development of Offshore Structures
Chapter 2 : Novel and Small Field Offshore Structures
Chapter 3 : Ocean Environment
Chapter 4 : Loads and Responses
Chapter 5 : Probabilistic Design of Offshore Structures
Chapter 6 : Fixed Offshore Platform Design
Chapter 7 : Floating Offshore Platform Design
Chapter 8 : Mooring Systems
Chapter 9 : Drilling and Production Risers
Chapter 10 : Topside Facilities Layout Development
Chapter 11 : Design and Construction of Offshore Pipelines
Chapter 12 : Design for Reliability:Human and Organisational Factors
Chapter 13 : Physical Modelling of Offshore Structures
Chapter 14 : Offshore Installation
Chapter 15 : Materials for Offshore Applications
Chapter 16 : Geophysical and Geotechnical Design
Index