The single steel drilling caisson: A novel approach to bottom-founded structures in arctic waters

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5255481

Fitzpatrick, J; Janson, B

In 1982, a mobile, bottom founded steel caisson drilling system, was conceived, constructed and installed on an underwater sand berm in 31 m of water, in the active shear zone of the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Discussed in this paper are the principal design criteria, the ice/structure/foundation interaction, the construction and installation, and the post set down stress analysis of the steel caisson.

• Research Organization: Dome Petroleum, Ltd.
• OSTI ID: 5255481
• Report Number(s): CONF-8310121-
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Vol. SPE11999; Conference: SPE annual technical conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5 Oct 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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