Unique rig designed for northern areas

Journal Article · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Offshore; (United States)

OSTI ID:6823207

The development of a new generation of drilling and support vessels specially designed to allow year-round drilling off the northern coast of Norway is discussed. New and better equipment is necessary so year-round operations can be done safely and without danger to the environment. To achieve that, a specially designed drilling rig, as well as support and standby vessels are being developed. A quantitative safety analysis of the rig is presently being carried out. The rig will be highly computerized. The computer software will contain programs for stability calculation, ballast recommendation, automatic trim, automatic ballast, automatic mud mix, strain/stress monitoring, dynamic stability, warehouse/maintenance and drilling data acquisition.

• OSTI ID: 6823207
• Journal Information: Offshore; (United States), Journal Name: Offshore; (United States) Vol. 44:5; ISSN OFSHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
423000* -- Engineering-- Marine Engineering-- (1980-)
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
DRILLING
DRILLING RIGS
EUROPE
NORWAY
OFFSHORE DRILLING
SAFETY
SCANDINAVIA
USES
WESTERN EUROPE