... Abstract This paper focuses on the coastal engineering aspects of the Oooguruk Project, which represents the third offshore production facility to be created in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. The primary components of the project include a man-made island (" Offshore Drillsite??) constructed during...

... ABSTRACT Many geophysical and offshore drilling operations in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea must be conducted during the brief (September through October) ice free, open water season. This is the same timeframe in which the bowhead whale migrates from east to west and Alaskan Eskimo whaling...

... characterization pedestal erosion notch geological survey beaufort sea decay sea floor alaskan beaufort sea sea level prudhoe bay alaska edward kempema transmissivity river water reimnitz salinity upstream oil & gas ice pedestal us government GTC 4310 Observations on the Mode and Rate...

.... For exploration drilling offshore in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, it is important to be able to accurately evaluate alternative drill sites and plan for construction due to the present seasonal restrictions on drilling. The technology and experience gained during the exploration drill site design and construction...

... Abstract To service offshore drill sites in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, Sohio Petroleum Company has constructed a network of floating sea ice roads during the early winters of 1978-79 and 1980-81. Such construction involves the grading and leveling of bottom-founded ice in near shore regions...

... Abstract This paper describes the preliminary design of a steel production structure foruse in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. The Controlled Stiffness Steel ArcticCone(COSSAC) is designed as an enclosed and fully integrated system. To minimizeoffshore hook-up time and costs, the entire structure...

...-bonded permafrost varied from 21 feet to 190 feet below mud line. Thaw consolidation characteristics of the ice-bonded sediments were evaluated. INTRODUCTION The discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968 aroused interest in the geotechnical problems of petroleum development in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea...