... One of the governing design aspects of a bottom founded structure on the Grand Banks is the impact of icebergs. A Gravity Base Structure (GBS) caisson will be designed to withstand iceberg impacts, but the platform topsides are not designed to withstand iceberg impacts. Therefore, the topsides...

... Designing offshore structures for iceberg loads in arctic and subarctic regions presents unique challenges. The ISO 19906 standard provides guidance for the calculation of design ice loads using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches. C-CORE has developed and applied a software package...

... ice type geoeye-1 image beaufort sea rubble field ice island backscatter coefficient ice feature extreme ice feature ridge height remote sensing icetech 14-102-rf zakharov page number ieee transaction iceberg Identification of Extreme Ice Features in the Canadian Arctic Igor Zakharov...

... The Bjarni Development Study (Petro-Canada, 1983) indicated a very high iceberg scour risk for gas export pipelines from the Makkovik Bank to landfall on the Labrador coast. Re-analysis of the available data identified conservative elements in the 1983 work (King, 2002). Subsequent seabed...

... Iceberg monitoring, as well as maritime surveillance in general, is an important application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and is a stated objective of the Radarsat Constellation, the next generation of Canada's Radarsat satellites. In this paper, we simulate Radarsat Constellation data...

... TRACKING icebergs provides information on their drift characteristics for iceberg drift research, iceberg drift model development and for keeping track of the icebergs during field operations. The paper provides details of a bi-directional GPS/Iridium satellite telemetry ice tracking drift...

... & offloading upstream oil & gas floating production system floating production storage and offloading bearing system horizontal load connector iceberg draft riser hull icetech12-103-rf li page number turret buoy requirement spider buoy arctic fpso iceberg arctic fpso guang equilibrium...

... discusses the overall approach and progress to date. upstream oil & gas mechanism island periphery ice island icetech12-137-rf fuglem page number ice island fragment deterioration drift trajectory iceberg probability canada heat flux Modelling Risks to Offshore Facilities Associated...

... Oil and gas exploration activities in iceberg populated waters require careful planning to ensure operations are conducted with the utmost attention to safety and environmental protection while minimizing iceberg related downtime. This paper describes a methodology for estimating downtime...

... loading iceberg foecke icetech12-149-rf arctic resource development titanic picture ian jordaan centre plenary mechanics The Titanic Disaster and Ice Mechanics: Completing the Picture Ian Jordaan Centre for Arctic Resource Development (CARD) St John s, NL, Canada [email protected] Philippa...

... A remote sensing technique, based on processing satellite altimeter data, for iceberg detection was validated and implemented for operational iceberg monitoring. Algorithms for altimeter data preprocessing and analysis were developed to efficiently detect icebergs and eliminate false detections...

... Two synthetic aperture radar (SAR) datasets with validated icebergs in sea ice were analyzed. A qualitative assessment of the data using false colour visualization methods for dual polarization SAR was conducted indicating that icebergs had an improved visually discernable signature from...

.... For these reasons, the need for frequently updated information (ice edge, icebergs, and ice floes, wind and wave conditions) has increased. This paper presents the role satellite images can play in supporting human activity in the Arctic. real time system icetech10-126-rf hall page number ship platform...

... number sealer ice condition engine vestisen seal hunting arctic commercial expedition brandal ice foot ice management iceberg ice floe ice edge steel vessel Past Experience from Arctic Commercial Expeditions. Johannes Alme Fiskarstrand Yard Norway [email protected] Ove...

... The Grand Banks Icebergs Database has been augmented recently by all the available iceberg data from the International Ice Patrol (IIP) annual bulletins prior to 1960. Transcription of all the iceberg records from the Hydrographic Bulletin (HB) of the U.S. Hydrographic Service is also underway...

... An iceberg design load methodology has been developed to address the risk of icebergs to offshore structures. The methodology is probabilistic, accounts for the range of iceberg shapes, sizes and strengths, and environmental conditions. The model is applicable to both fixed structures...

... A high-speed marine radar combined with advanced digital processing can produce high resolution images that allow the user to identify hazardous ice features and small icebergs which are nearly impossible to see with a conventional radar. The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is working in partnership...

... icebergs below accepted levels of risk. The investigation provides a framework from which intelligent decisions can be made regarding the relative benefits and costs of different protection concepts. subsea system well control risk management operational safety reserves replacement asset...

... Towing icebergs in support of exploration drilling and production facilities has minimized ice related downtime and contributed to safety when operating in harsh environments. Iceberg management operations have been conducted off Newfoundland and Labrador for over 30 years. Results...

... hydrocarbon sub sea development iceberg full well stream surface support vessel surface development drilling sub sea well sea well Sub Sea Versus Surface Developments in Arctic Waters Ove Tobias Gudmestad Affiliations: Statoil, Stavanger, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department...