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Project Number 316
Date of Summary June 15, 2001
Subject Reliability Study for Synthetic Moorings
Performing Activity EQE International
Principal Investigator Andrew Wolford
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion October 1999
Description The purpose of this project is to construct a data set that integrates all relevant data on individual component reliability of polyester moorings. This will achieve an accurate rational for collecting future data with the most information value. It will also compare a polyester mooring design with a standard steel design. Since the future of deepwater Gulf of Mexico will undoubtedly consist of floating production, it is vital that the MMS develop a rational of comparison between polyester verse steel mooring systems. In doing this, the MMS can continue to achieve safe and pollution free production on the OCS.
Progress Project is complete.

Reports
AA (2,220 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . JIP-Polyester Moorings Reliability and Data Uncertainty Assessment, EQE International, Inc., December 1999.

 

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