Seastar tension leg platform: An economic solution to deepwater marginal field development

Conference · Fri Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:89818

Kibbee, S E ^[1]; Chianis, J W; Sarwono, B A ^[2]; Davies, K B ^[3]

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1. Atlantia Corp., Houston, TX (United States)
2. Han-Padron Associates, Houston, TX (United States)
3. Offshore Systems and Analysis Corp., Houston, TX (United States)

The Seastar Tension Leg Platform (TLP) concept has been developed to unlock the economic potential of discovered, but as yet undeveloped, deepwater fields in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world. This new generation of economically attractive deepwater platforms combines the well-proven technology of TLPs with industry-accepted shallow water marginal field practices. The concept has been developed, and further enhanced, over a four-year period under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy. This paper describes the overall Seastar concept and also illustrates typical Seastar applications.

• OSTI ID: 89818
• Report Number(s): CONF-940113--; ISBN 0-7918-1184-0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DESIGN
GULF OF MEXICO
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
OPERATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS