... Two models are being developed to assist operators quantify risks to facilities off the east coast of Canada, given initial locations and characteristics of an ice island or set of ice island fragments. The first is an ensemble model in which a specified number of possible trajectories and fates...

... The Fast Ice Drilling System (FIDS) is a concept to extend the season for Ice Island drilling and to move it into deeper water as an alternative to bottom supported drilling units, such as the Steel Drilling Caisson (SDC). As currently conceived, the FIDS can support drilling of up to four wells...

... The Northstar man-made island has been on stream for some years (since 2001) already and experienced more frequent and severe storm conditions than initially expected. As a result, its armor slope protection systems required annual maintenance. To study the possibility to improve the durability...

... Sakhalin Energy have been operating on Sakhalin Island since 1998 and have been producing oil from a caisson structure drilling rig since 1999. Production is via an undersea pipeline to a Single Anchor Leg Mooring (SALM) and then to a Floating Storage and Offtake unit (FSO). In order to maximize...

... The magnitude of ice loads imposed onto a structure located in land fast ice, such as an ice island, is usually controlled by the failure mechanism of the ice at the interface with the structure – crushing of the ice sheet or passive edge failure of the ice island. These ice loads are resisted...

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