... Abstract The North Sea has traditionally designed and operated facilities to be permanently staffed through extreme storms. With assets now operating beyond their design life and an improved understanding of the environmental hazard the transition to evacuation in severe forecast storms has...

... operations after a weather system has passed through an offshore asset is of high importance to the operators due to the commercial impacts of a production shut-in and safety considerations associated with the personnel evacuations. Year after year, more and more hurricanes, and tropical storms travel...

... Abstract After a strong earthquake occurs near an offshore platform, taking timely actions, such as evacuation of personnel and inspection of the platform structure, is important to minimize the potential for loss of lives. The objective of this paper is to present a practical framework...

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... installed on these floating systems, and is the subject of this paper. The IRMS is not a full back-up of the IMMS system. Rather, it is a back-up system with limited capabilities designed to transmit vital information onshore, in near real time, in the event of a platform evacuation during hurricane...

... to determine if the unit can be safely operated, and successfully evacuated prior to the arrival of a tropical revolving storm likely to cause the unit distress. The thrust of the paper is the life safety issue of ensuring the unit is evacuated in sufficient time: survival of the unmanned unit is not addressed...

... Abstract Evacuation system performance deteriorates as weather conditions worsen. A research program based primarily on model scale tests of several different types of evacuation system has quantified how prevailing weather affects performance. To do this, several measures of performance were...

... Abstract Marine evacuation systems used on offshore petroleum installations have been investigated using a series of model experiments in a large test facility. The performance of a conventional twin-falls davit launched lifeboat system was evaluated during launching, clearing, and sail-away...

... will cover the Coast Guard's regulating authority and objectives, the inspection process and common deficiencies found aboard regulated oil and gas production/exploration facilities. Requirements concerning CG-5432 "Annual Self Inspection Reports" and Emergency Evacuation Plans (EEPs) will also be reviewed...

... Abstract Assessment of the reliability of existing or proposed escape, evacuation, and rescue (EER) systems is a vital part of safety management for existing or new offshore installations. This paper will review the fundamental concepts of EER, present new methodologies for both deterministic...

... their original locations. In several instances there were collisions with platforms and pipelines. Also, in the case of hurricanes weather conditions can deteriorate rapidly, and timely decisions are critical to allow proper securing and evacuation of MODU's. This is particularly crucial in areas with high storm...

... and waves at the site for the nominally predicted track as well as the probabilities of exceedance of critical evacuation Thresholds of wind speed and sea slate. The ERP and forecast system were operated throughout the 1995 typhoon season and evaluated at the Yacheng development, which was seriously...

... and/or further reduce risk to As 1.OWAs Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) levels. These studies formed the basis for the specification of the dimensioning (design) accidental loads, and the design of the Heidrun escape and evacuation systems and emergency preparedness measures. Results demonstrate that the Heidrun...

... ABSTRACT Shell UK Exploration and Production, operating in the UK sector of the North Sea on behalf of Shell and Esso, haverecently installed and commissioned a Submerged Turret Loading (STL) system for oil storage and evacuation from the Auk, Fulmar, Gannet and Clyde fields. The STL...

... frequency and, with proper actions, can be avoided or the damage can be mitigated This paper describes some of the situations and possible solutions, or "what can go wrong and how to deal with it."Topics to be addressed are as follows: Shallow gas handling Deep kicks Workovers Evacuation...

... control and mitigation measures were found by assessment to provide substantial safety. However, preliminary analysis showed that additional fire protection of main structure within wellbay and process areas was necessary to ensure structural stability of the accommodation module and means of evacuation...

... evacuation fra accommodation lord cullen recommendation production platform assessment emergency system OTC 6928 Risk Analysis of MODU S Following Lord Cullen s Report J.J. Stiff, Noble Denton & Assocs. Inc.; Mike Kucharski, Santa Fe Drilling Co. (North Sea) Ltd.; and J,C. Trickey and R.L. Jack...

... of the system may likewise be depicted as shown in figure 2 Fig. 2 (Available in full paper) THE CHUTE The heart of the system and the real invention is the patented chute consisting of a series of modular cells running from the proposed evacuation deck level to sea level. Each cell, one meter long...

... only subsea equipment that is strictly indispensable for the production and evacuation of the petroleum effluent to the coast. The physicochemica1 processing of the oil and gas produced would be done economically on land. This would also guarantee reliable operating without excessively costly...

... completion. For example, an 8 calendar year old rig, will be designed with technology that is 10 or 11 years old. This lag time on technology makes the above age distribution of great concern. operator louisiana efficiency evacuation rig design pss presentedat accident drilling fluid...