Foundation Response of Arctic Structures to Time-Dependent Ice Loadings
Arctic structures are subjected to a variety of time-dependent loadings, the most important of which are those due to ice. An approach is presented for estimating the strength and deformation...
Improving Arctic Seafloor Soil Stability
Soft, low strength soil layers at or beneath the Beaufort seafloor mean that soil strengthening may be necessary to ensure the stability of oil exploration and production structures under...
Seabed Strengthening in the Arctic by Deep Mixing
Improvement of soft soil sites in the Beaufort Sea would increase the versatility and usefulness of bottom-founded gravity structures for both mobile drilling units and permanent production...
Developing a Drilling Structure for Arctic Waters
Fluor-Doris of Houston has developed a mobile, composite concrete and steel drilling structure called the Arctic Composite Platform (ARCOP). This platform is capable of operations in water...
Arctic Drilling and Production Platform Concept
An 80-well Arctic drilling and production platform for water depths to 100 feet in the Beaufort Sea transition ice zone is presented. It includes a novel inner caisson to help resist large...
Concrete Space Frame Applied to an Arctic M.O.D.U.
The BOUYGUES experience in the use of concrete space frame technology for civil works and the application of this technique, combined with high strength concrete and prefabrication, to...
Jumbo Modules for Artificial Islands
The development of the Arctic Offshore oil fields has led to the consideration of gravel islands or other structures to support oil production facilities. The island and the assembly site...
Research Needed for Civil Engineering in the Arctic
A survey is based on the work of the Research Committee of the ASCE Technical Council on Cold Region Engineering and findings in a number of previous reports on research needs in cold...
Geotechnical Design of Caisson Islands
There are a number of areas where fundamental geotechnical research is required so that non-conservative, rational and safe design of artificial exploration islands can be achieved. Some...
Arctic Offshore Engineering: A New Graduate Course at Texas A&M University
Based upon the present projections for the offshore petroleum industry, many of our future engineering graduates will find employment related to Arctic Offshore activities. In an effort...
Cost-Effective Arctic Concrete Structures
The economic development of offshore Arctic petroleum fields dictates that Arctic structures be both cost-effective and deliverable with minimum lead time. Concrete structures are typically...
Arctic Foundation Selection: A Decision Matrix
An idealized matrix diagram is presented of the decision making process involved in determing an economic Arctic foundation type that is best suited to the proposed above-grade structure....
Civil Engineering in the Arctic Offshore
The 123 papers included in this publication describe the present state of practice, consider emerging concepts and requirements, define research and development needs and critique present...
Foundations in Permafrost and Seasonal Frost
The papers in this volume cover the following subject areas: A method that utilizes a decision matrix diagram for selecting the most suitable and economical foundations for construction...
The Bowhead Whale and Offshore Petroleum Operations in the Arctic
Eskimos, environmentalist groups, and government agencies have stated their concerns about possible effects on the bowhead from offshore petroleum operations. These concerns fall into...
Permitting for Oil and Gas Activities in the OCS Mukluk Island?Beaufort Sea, Alaska 1983
In Alaska so little land is in private ownership that the primary means for the oil industry to obtain rights for exploration and development is through State or Federal petroleum lease...
Reliability Based Design of Gravity Foundations for Arctic offshore Structures
Environmental Engineering in an Arctic Region
Dredging Developments in the Canadian Arctic
The use of dredges in the Canadian Arctic in connection with oil exploration programmes has lead to the adaptation of existing and adoption of new techniques. Further development is required...
Case History: North Slope Alaska Hydraulic Dredging
Alaska's North Slope Borough, with the aid of dredging machinery consultant Michael Weston, and geotechnical consultant Rittenhouse-Zeman & Associates, has pioneered...
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