Dynamic Risers for Floating Production System API Standard 2RD, 2nd Edition ABSTRACT: Since the first edition of API RP 2RD, Recommended Practice for Design of Risers for Floating Production Systems (FPSs) and Tensioned-Leg...Go To Paper
Assessing Uncertainties in Wellhead System Fatigue Life Prediction ABSTRACT: This paper examines sources of uncertainty in present analysis methodologies used for the prediction of wellhead system fatigue...Go To Paper
Exploring the Benefits of Wellhead Fatigue Monitoring ABSTRACT: This paper examines the benefits achieved through fatigue monitoring of wellheads. As an introduction, conservatisms in analytical...Go To Paper
Iceberg Ice Constitutive Modeling and FEA Validation ABSTRACT: A constitutive model for iceberg ice is implemented into an explicit finite element analysis. The focus of this effort was to establish a...Go To Paper
Improved Modeling of Iceberg Ice Constitutive Properties Using a Multi-scale Approach ABSTRACT: Iceberg ice is complex to model as properties tend to vary with a wide range of parameters (temperature, strain rate, bubbles, etc.)...Go To Paper
Key Considerations in the Assessment of Pipeline Spans ABSTRACT: Operators are often faced with the challenge of operating pipelines having unintended free spans. These free spans may be discovered during...Go To Paper
Topsides Analysis for Damage Assessment and Repair ABSTRACT: During Hurricane Ike, the drilling rig on the Mad Dog Spar was lost. When the rig was lost, the rig exited the platform to the west,...Go To Paper
Testing Results: Erosion Testing Confirms the Reliability of the Fluidic Diode Type Autonomous Inflow Control Device ABSTRACT: Inflow Control Devices (ICDs) have become a common technology in horizontal completions for balancing oil influx and delaying water and...Go To Paper
Intentional Destructive Testing: A Means for Establishing Mechanical Integrity ABSTRACT: Pipeline operators have at their disposal multiple resources for evaluating the integrity of identified features and anomalies. With...Go To Paper
Advanced Techniques for Establishing Long-term Performance of Composite Repair Systems ABSTRACT: Although composite materials are used to repair and reinforce a variety of anomalies in high pressure transmission gas and liquid...Go To Paper
Pipeline Repair of Corrosion and Dents: A Comparison of Composite Repairs and Steel Sleeves ABSTRACT: When pipeline repairs are made on high pressure onshore transmission pipelines, in modern times repairs typically involve steel sleeves...Go To Paper
Detecting and Describing a Notch in a Pipe Using Singularities ABSTRACT: A hybrid Semi-Analytical Finite Element (SAFE) and standard finite element procedure is adopted to simulate ultrasonically generated...Go To Paper
