Author(s): Basile Bonnemaire
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Abstract: Different concepts for arctic offshore loading of hydrocarbons will present different operability rates in the winter. The ice drift conditions at a particular location will influence these performances. Critical drift events that would interrupt a loading operation are defined for different loading systems. In this light, data collected from ARGOS-GPS buoys deployed in the drifting ice in the Pechora Sea during spring 1998 are analysed. Loading performances of the different concepts are estimated and compared. An average operability rate of 70 % is found varying upon the concept choice and design and the location in the Pechora Sea.
Year: 2004