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Project Number 490
Date of Summary May 1, 2007
Subject CRA for Composite Drilling and Production Risers
Performing Activity OTRC 
Principal Investigator Gilbert, Ochoa and Ward
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion Completed
Description The primary purpose of the project was to develop and document design guidance for composite production risers based upon the results of the Comparative Risk Analysis (CRA) of Steel and Composite Risers and other recent industry experiences with composite risers. Design guidance focuses on the design considerations that are unique to composite risers, while incorporating the established design and analysis procedures for metallic risers.
Progress: Completed
Report
AA  (262 KB; 42 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). Composite Riser Experience and Design Guidance, Dr. Ochoa, Texas A&M University, October, 2006.
AB  (3 MB; 342 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).

A Comparative Risk Analysis of Composite and Steel Production Risers, Dr. Ward, et al., Texas A&M University, April, 2007.   

 

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