... of a structure through its entire life cycle. SIM was first incorporated into international practice in the mid-1990s in Draft E of ISO 19902. ISO 19902 was officially published in 2007. RP2SIM incorporates sections of ISO 19902, API RP 2A 21st Ed. (Section 14 and Section 17) and API 2INT-EX as a basis...

... of purpose. The industry, including significant support from the MMS, began a series of joint industry and special projects, as well as API initiatives to develop an assessment standard for existing platforms. The result was RP2A Section 17, developed in the early 1990's and originally published in 1996...

... guidance inspection evaluation assessment category mitigation consequence consequence category upstream oil & gas subsea system requirement technology conference category platform section 17 assessment criteria rp 2sim metocean criteria wellbore design offshore platform...

... assessment presentation bias factor subsea system section 17 Copyright 2006, Offshore Technology Conference This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1 4 May 2006. This paper was selected for presentation by an OTC Program...

... offshore structure section 17 sim strategy operational safety wellbore integrity inspection sim process upstream oil & gas 1 Copyright 2005, Offshore Technology Conference This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, TX, U.S.A., 2 5 May...

... OTC 17699 Platform Assessment: Recent Section 17 Updates and Future API/Industry Developments P.E. O Connor, BP; P. Versowsky, ChevronTexaco; M. Day, Devon Energy; and H. Westlake and J. Bucknell, MSL Copyright 2005, Offshore Technology Conference This paper was prepared for presentation...

... community then established an API working group that developed the assessment approach and released it in the mid 1990's as "API RP 2A, Section 17 - Assessment of Existing Platforms." The background and assumptions of Section 17 are described in a series of 1994 OTC papers. Since then, Section 17 has...

... adequately, and results in a predictable platform design. The JIP was also used to assist in development of API RP 2A Section 17. The first part of this paper describes the general impact of Hurricane Lili on offshore fixed platforms in terms of survival, damage and collapse of platforms. Specific findings...

... 2A 20 th edition, 2 will be equal to or greater than that achieved when 19 th edition 3 loading is used; Assessing an existing platform in accordance with API RP 2A Supplement 1 Section 17 4 due to a wave hitting the cellar deck; Determining the reserve strength of a minimum, tripod structure...

...OTC 8734 Repair of a Gulf of Mexico Platform Using API RP 2A Section 17 Guidelines and Multiple Underwater Repair Techniques Kenneth P. Daniel, Vastar Resources, Inc., Jack Couch, Oceaneeringlnternational, Inc., and Frank J. Puskar, EQE International, Inc. Copyrighll998. Offshore Technology...

... 2 .This drafi will be open for review for a period of one year and contains a modlf2ed Section 14 pius two entirely new Sections, 17 and 18. This paper deals with Section 17, Assessment of Existing Platjorms (@wviously released as a Working Drajf) and describes the modlfkations incorporated...

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