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Project Number 67
Date of Summary March 31, 1986
Subject Rig Mooring Reliability
Performing Activity EG&G Washington Analytical Services
Principal Investigator Mr. David Dillon
Contracting Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The development of a handbook or guide for MMS operations personnel to assess the integrity of drill rig mooring systems. The guide will be both practical and analytical. Robert Walden of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will compile and edit the practical section which will address tests and inspections of mooring components and discuss equipment service life. David Dillon will discuss the strengths and limitations of system loadings. In addition, he will present a simplified example analysis which operations personnel can use to verify the adequacy of mooring designs.
Progress Complete. The author `walks` the operations person through the step-by-step procedures he should take in evaluating the design of a spread mooring for a floating drilling rig.
Reports
AA (140 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Dillon, D. B., Verification of Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platforms, Volume I-Methods for Mooring Review, TR 8B4-120-01, EG&G Washington Analytical Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 28, 1986.
AB (36 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Berteaux, H. O., Walden, R. G., Verification of Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platforms, Volume II-Methods for Mooring Inspection, TR 8B4-120-02 EG&G Washington Analytical Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 28, 1986.
AC (94 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Kahn, L. A., Dillon, D. B., Verification of Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platforms, Volume III-Dynamic Modeling for Spread Moorings, TR 8B4-120-03, EG&G Washington Analytical Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 28, 1986.
AD (160 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Dillon, D. B., Verification of Spread Mooring Systems for Floating Drilling Platform Volume IV-A Static Model for Mooring Review, TR 8B4-120-04, EG&G Washington Analytical Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 28, 1986.
 

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