The research for the stationkeeping system and the mooring system for deep-water drilling device

Author

Feng, Ding ; Luo, Qiang ; Wang, Peng ; Zhang, Hong ; Yang, Cheng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. Eng., Yangtze Univ., Jinzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 July 2011

Firstpage

1793

Lastpage

1796

Abstract

Stationkeeping system of deep-water drilling device is essential for offshore drilling; the choice of positioning methods is related to the security, stability and engineering costs of the drilling. Mooring positioning system is commonly used in deepwater drilling device. How to choose the positioning means of deepwater drilling device and taut-wire mooring system which is suitable for deep-water drilling equipment as well as its characteristics are mainly introduced in this paper. In addition two kinds of new anchor widely used in mooring system of deep-water drilling device are introduced: suction anchor and vertically loaded anchor (VIA). This paper researches mooring system of a semi-submersible drilling unit and design process, analysis method are also introduced. Eventually combining the current status of deep-water drilling device and development trends of mooring system for deep-water drilling device, some suggestions are given.

Keywords

anchors; design engineering; drilling machines; offshore installations; oil drilling; position control; underwater equipment; wires; deepwater drilling device; design process; mooring positioning system; offshore drilling; semisubmersible drilling unit; stationkeeping system; suction anchor; taut-wire mooring system; vertically loaded anchor; Damping; Dynamics; Fluids; Force; Frequency domain analysis; Wires; anchor; mooring system; stationkeeping system; taut-wire mooring system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2011 Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hohhot

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9436-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2011.5987308

Filename

5987308