Verification of Fixed Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms An Analysis of Need, Scope, and Alternative Verification Systems (1977) / Chapter Skim
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The document should establish that the primary goal is to enhance the orderly extension of oil and gas activities in an expeditious and efficient way by assuring the public and the Congress of the integrity of the fixed offshore platforms. The document should define the elements of the verification system and the policy by which the system is implemented.
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(4) The USGS should provide guidelines for submitting acceptable verification plans for individual projects.
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Although the board of consultants will make recommendations about the system and individual consultants may be utilized in reviewing verification plans when submitted, the USGS should not delegate its authority and responsibility for establishing environmental design and construction conditions, practices, and verification procedures. This also should apply to approvals of individual verification plans, their implementation, and appeals.
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The USGS should establish immediately the board of consultants and develop environmental design and construction practices. During a transition period, an owner or operator could continue to use existing recommended practices and applicable codes, pending the adoption of new ones by the USGS.
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(14) The USGS personnel involved in the administration and management of the verification system should be encouraged to participate in technical societies and in other groups concerned with OCS activities.
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1972. Outer Continental Shelf Resource Development Safety: A Review of Technology and Regulation for the Systematic Minimization of Environmental Intrusion from Petroleum Products.Washington, DC:National Academy of Sciences.
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Verification of Offshore Structures for Oil and Gas Development, Program Plan and Program Plan Implementation Options -- Verification 3J 3h of Offshore Structures for Oil and Gas Development.
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"The Performance of Concrete Structures in the Sea." Paper presented at the Two-Day Joint Conference on Long Service from Offshore Structures, sponsored by the Institution of Metallurgists, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology, Institute of Marine Engineers, London, England, February 19-20, 1976. American Bureau of Shipping.
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American Petroleum Institute, Dallas, Texas, 1974. API Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms.
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. "Design, Construction, and Installation of Concrete Offshore Platforms: State-ofthe-Art." Available from Marine Board, Assembly of Engineering, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1976.
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MacKay, W.B. "A Technical and Commercial Evaluation of Cathodic Protection Systems for Offshore Structures." Paper presented at the Two-Day Joint Conference on Long Service from Offshore Structures, sponsored by the Institution of Metallurgists, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology, Institute of Marine Engineers, London, England, February 19-20, 1976.
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. "Presentation on the American Bureau of Shipping." Available from Marine Board, Assembly of Engineering, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1976.
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on the Federal Aviation Administration Designee System of Aircraft Type and Airworthiness Certification, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. (Undated)
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"Mechanical Fasteners for Offshore Structures." Paper presented at the Two-Day Joint Conference on Long Service from Offshore Structures, sponsored by the Institution of Metallurgists, Institution of Corrosion Science and Technology, Institute of Marine Engineers, London, England, February 19-20, 1976.
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History of Cooperative Research The world-wide construction of offshore platforms during the last three decades constitutes a truly remarkable achievement. In terms of rapid and massive development of technology and especially of benefits to mankind, it is interesting to compare it to the conquest of outer space.
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Along with a broader base of support for the research has come more rapid and widespread dissemination of the results. With regard to fixed-platform technology, management groups in most companies have come into agreement with technical people that proprietary interests are minimal and that it is very desirable to have rapid dissemination through such vehicles as the Offshore Technology Conference.
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In view of the present state of knowledge, primary emphasis should be placed on simple and reliable check-point types of observations, and overly elaborate instrumentation schemes should be avoided. Finally, procedures must be developed to accelerate the exchange of all environmental data, research on methods, and observations of performance.
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3. Develop consistency of work to ensure design by various departments is in a standardized form best suited for use by our construction divisions and customers.
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c. The intermediate review normally is completed by an engineer in one of the three Structural Design Departments (New Orleans, Wembley, Houston)
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engineer notifies the Work Review Section via the project engineer of the following: a. A description of the project.
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7. Upon completion of his work, the reviewer forwards his review findings to the designer, project engineer, Work Review Section, and managers of the structural departments.
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Policy: The policy of the USGS shall be to institute and implement a structural verification program that: is consistently applied throughout the several OCS regions; rests on a sound technical basis recognizing differences in the environmental conditions; is flexible and adaptable to OCS frontier areas; does not hinder safe OCS resource development on a reasonable time scale; is based on performance-oriented regulations; and encourages the development and use of new technology. Approach: The approach of this document is to outline and briefly discuss the basic policy of the USGS in developing and implementing an effective program of structural verification of offshore facilities.
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These technology elements will be reviewed and updated first as necessary to assure that they conform to the USGS program policy enunciated in the preceding section, and then only when determined on sound technical bases to be necessary for improving the structural integrity of OCS oil and gas platforms. General Relationships and Responsibilities: (Policy; not detailed procedures, etc.)
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Actions and Prerogatives of Industry: Proprietary Rights; Participation in R&D and dataexchange programs; Responsibility for subcontractors; Actions and prerogatives of third parties; Access to data and records. Reference to Glossary of Terms.
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USGS Plan Approval -- include approval of third parties. Industry, USGS, and Third-party activities.
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The design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore platforms involve skills in a wide diversity of disciplines in the technical and management areas that are not presently characteristic of the USGS staff. A need exists, therefore, for a comprehensive training program in offshore technology to provide rapid transfer of knowledge in the subject to existing and new USGS personnel.
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0 Participation of USGS personnel in the relevant activities of the several technical societies, such as the SPE (AIME) , the Offshore Technology Conference, special study groups, and consulting organizations active in this field.
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The course was designed for rapid transfer of highly technical knowledge to the operating petroleum engineers who were responsible for the efficient development and operation of oil and gas reservoirs. The goal to be achieved by the reservoir engineering course was the logical and practical application of the most up-to-date research developments in reservoir engineering so that the operating engineers might apply these developments to maximize the recovery of hydrocarbons from the underground reservoirs in an efficient and economical manner.
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It might be pointed out in passing that petroleum research organizations of several oil companies and in various universities were concurrently investigating various aspects of the subject of reservoir and well performance and were publishing papers that added much to the available knowledge of this specialized technology. Thus, reservoir engineering grew in importance as a vital tool that could aid the petroleum production engineer as he put this new science to practical use in the field.
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As a consequence, the Reservoir Engineering School has been continued to the present time in concentrated fashion at annual intervals, with the class sizes enlarged to include an avarage of 30-40 technical personnel. As successive Reservoir Engineering Schools were conducted, it became possible in greater degree to utilize as instructors many of the petroleum engineers who had attended earlier schools and who had attained a high degree of competence as practicing "reservoir engineers." Of course, the initial organization continued to supply instructors in subjects in their particular areas of competence.
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Establishment of Training Programs in Other Technical Fields The success of the "Reservoir Engineering School" program exerted considerable influence among technical personnel engaged in other areas of activity throughout the company's operations. With the experience gained from the format of reservoir engineering training, the company embarked upon similar programs of instruction in the areas of Production Operations, Drilling and Well Completion Practices, Well Log Interpretation, and other facets of company operations.
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It is through these society activities and programs that a high degree of effective interchange of technical know-how is achieved. CONCLUDING REMARKS The history, planned format, practicability, and successful operation of the "Reservoir Engineering School" exemplified in the preceding discussion appear to offer considerable aid to the development of a concentrated transfer of knowledge in offshore technology to the personnel of the USGS.
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Hoffman Aerospace Corporation Dale Kroeger American Bureau of Shipping K.D. Morland American Bureau of Shipping 83
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Stiansen American Bureau of Shipping J.A. Ternet Boeing Company Joseph Vadus NOAA Office of Engineering T.R.
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