Offshore Systems Design and Analysis

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. explain field development, concept selection and class requirements; 2. undertake preliminary design of fixed and floating offshore structures, their design features, considerations and issues; and 3. correlate offshore facility design and the environmental forces for different return periods.

Overview of basic design concepts; environmental design considerations - wind, current and wave conditions for different return periods; field development and concept selection; design features, considerations and issues of fixed offshore structures; jacket structures, jack-up structures and compliant tower structures; design features, considerations and issues of floating offshore structures; FPSO systems, semi-submersibles, TLPs, Spars and design project.