Development of API RP 2MET: The New Path for Metocean

摘要

Building on the work of the API HEAT initiative, a stand-alone API recommended practice on metocean conditions is in development. This document, tentatively designated "RP 2MET," is closely aligned with the ISO metocean standard 19901 -1. The document contains extensive guidelines on hurricane conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as guidelines on other phenomena like winter storms, the Loop Current, and other deep water current mechanisms, all developed with the latest industry understanding. The development of this document represents a new chapter in API offshore standards, as, following the ISO pattern, metocean conditions have been broken out from their traditional location in RP 2A and expanded beyond focus on those conditions which govern the design of fixed shallow water platforms, and are now available for easy reference by all other RP's.