Materials, manufacturing and testing requirements for offshore mooring steel wire ropes
The trend to produce oil at constantly deeper water has led to the development of floating production solutions for the exploitation of the energy resources in these areas. It is a fact that steel wire ropes have been used and are being proposed for use as line segments in the majority of the mooring systems of these units/ships. This paper specifies requirements for the materials, design, manufacture and testing of large diameter offshore mooring steel wire ropes and may serve as a technical reference document in contractual matters between the purchaser and the manufacturer. Typical applications covered are permanent moored floating production systems (FPS), offshore loading systems and mobile offshore units.
- OSTI ID:
- 423174
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960525-; TRN: IM9707%%481
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 28. offshore technology conference, Houston, TX (United States), 6-9 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 28. annual offshore technology conference: Proceedings. Volume 3: Construction and installation; PB: 373 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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