Tarsiut winter alert monitoring

Conference · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5473049

Wright, B D; Weaver, J S

Tarsiut Island is the first caisson retained island that has been built for drilling operations in the Arctic Offshore. Because of its novelty, a real time monitoring program involving the predicted and observed performance of the island under ice loading was established to ensure safe and efficient drilling operations and to satisfy government requirements. To accomplish this program, an extensive state of the art instrumentation, data acquisition and monitoring system was developed and utilized to collect ice action and island response information. The data was used in real time to assess island stability and provide an alert warning to drilling personnel. The alert levels were related to drilling activities to ensure the integrity of the operation. This paper describes the methodology, procedures and experiences associated with the Tarsiut winter monitoring program.

• Research Organization: Gulf Canada Resources, Inc.
• OSTI ID: 5473049
• Report Number(s): CONF-830514-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420206* -- Engineering-- Mining & Drilling Equipment & Facilities-- (1980-1989)
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CANADA
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DRILLING
HAZARDS
ICE
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OFFSHORE DRILLING
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
SAFETY
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS