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Project Number 95
Date of Summary June 30, 1986
Subject Structural Icing Study, St. George Basin
Performing Activity U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Principal Investigator Mr. L. David Minsk
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to assess the current knowledge of ice accretion on offshore structures in the Arctic, with emphasis on the St. George Basin. This is an adjunct project to Projects Nos. 56 and 61. Using industry sources, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) supervised the installation of sensors on two mobile drilling rigs operating in the St. George Basin. CRREL trained vessel observers to make the necessary observations during a 2 to 3 month drilling program.
Progress Complete. Instruments were installed on two offshore rigs drilling in the St. George Basin. Due to light weather, very little icing occurred. The data that was obtained was analyzed and compared with that obtained during the previous projects. The final report was prepared and distributed.
Reports
AA (22 pages, 1,286 KB) PDF Minsk, D. L., Letter Report, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 16, 1986.
 

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