Design and installation of risers for deepwater developments

摘要

The steel catenary riser (SCR) has proven to be a cost effective riser solution for deep water developments, howver to data, no SCR has been used in ship shaped production vessel (i.e. FPSO). The feasibility of theuse of simple steel catenary riser with ship shaped production platform in deep water (greater than 3000 ft) has been investigated and compared with alternative concepts. The feasibility study considered the following specific topics: The effect of heave and surge motion on SCR design.