• DocumentCode
    2830034
  • Title

    Safety Features Of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, An Overview

  • Author

    Praught, M.W. ; Snyder, P.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Earl and Wright Consulting Engineers, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    Aug. 29 1983-Sept. 1 1983
  • Firstpage
    666
  • Lastpage
    670
  • Abstract
    This paper summarizes safety considerations incorporated into the design of floating offshore drilling units for worldwide service. The overview includes a discussion of safety systems and features, environmental criteria, structural integrity and operational safety, regulatory factors, and industry efforts to improve the safety aspects of working offshore.
  • Keywords
    Airplanes; Drilling; Electronic ballasts; Floods; Resists; Safety; Stability; Steel; Storms; Wind;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS '83, Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152193
  • Filename
    1152193
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2830034