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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
538 |
| Date of Summary |
April 10, 2006 |
| Subject |
Measurement and Control Underwater Noise from Oil Drilling and Production
Operations |
| Performing Activity |
Noise
Control Engineering |
| Principal Investigator |
Jesse
Spence |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
The primary objective of this research project is to identify and measure
significant noise sources, paths and radiators generated from shallow water
drilling and production operations on a gravel island in the Alaskan
Beaufort Sea and to determine and recommend the most effective treatment for
each source type.
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Knowing the equipment currently being used
on a gravel island that is conducting drilling and production
operations, what could be done to decrease the radiated noise entering
the environment?
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What remedies could be implemented at the
front end when developing a gravel island for drilling and production
operations that could decrease the radiated noise entering the
environment? |
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| Progress |
From October 5-7, 2005, vibration and acoustical measurements were performed
on the Northstar gravel island in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea to determine the
acoustic signature of various equipment items and attempted to relate those
signatures to measured underwater noise data. Testing focused on large
machinery such as power generation equipment, in addition to smaller
equipment items normally operating such as pumps and compressors. |
| Report |
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AA
(90 pages) |
“Controlling Underwater Noise from Offshore Gravel Islands During Production
Activities”, Jesse Spence, Noise Control Engineering, Billerica, MA, 84 pp.
April 4, 2006. |
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