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Magazine
MoniMoor JIP
8 Apr 2022
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The MoniMoor initiative seeks to develop a framework for the mooring integrity management of floating wind turbines and production systems with the ...
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Validation of Spectral Fatigue Assessment of a West-Africa FPSO Using Full-Scale Measurements
16 Aug 2021
In order to ensure structural integrity and safe operations, fatigue assessment of structural details is a key aspect of design and verification ...
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Validation of Mooring Simulations (for Mooring Integrity Assessment) With In-Service Tension Measurements
22 Jun 2021
Integrity of mooring system is of high importance in the offshore industry. In-service assessment of loads in the mooring lines is however very ...
Magazine
Office tool aNySIM calculates the real-time mooring line tensions on board the Aoka Mizu FPSO
7 Apr 2021
The existing hull structural monitoring system of the Aoka Mizu FPSO was extended in August last year with a time domain software tool able to ...
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Feasibility of Using Hindcast Data for Fatigue Assessment of Permanently Moored Offshore Units in West-Africa
1 Aug 2020
To register the wave loads acting on offshore floating structures, wave buoys have been the generally accepted as the most accurate method. However, ...
Paper
Integrity Assessment of Mooring Systems Using Position Measurements
4 May 2020
Floating Production Systems (FPS) remain on station many years without dry docking. The mooring lines, which ensure station keeping, are designed to ...
Paper
Integrity Management of Mooring Systems
6 May 2019
Mooring systems remain an important component of an overall field development. There are numerous sources in literature describing challenges with ...
Magazine
New phase of Monitas Group project welcomes 7th FPSO
25 Apr 2018
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Bluewater contracted MARIN for the installation of an Advisory Hull Monitoring System (AHMS) on board the Aoka Mizu FPSO last December. The addition ...
Magazine
Office tool aNySIM integrated into real-time onboard software
15 Dec 2017
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Following the successful implementation of fatigue design tools for onboard Advisory Hull Monitoring Systems (AHMS), mooring simulation software ...
Magazine
Long-term structural integrity monitoring of Bonga FPSO gets underway
21 Apr 2017
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Shell contracted MARIN for the installation of an Advisory Hull Monitoring System (AHMS) aboard the Bonga FPSO and in December 2016, it was ...
Magazine
MARIN spearheads robust and cost effective services for mooring integrity management
22 Apr 2016
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Following recent projects for Bluewater, TOTAL and MODEC, MARIN is helping to extend the knowledge the industry has about real-time integrity and ...
Magazine
Dry mooring line monitoring for floating production systems
29 Aug 2014
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The LifeLine initiative, led by MARIN, seeks to develop a dry mooring monitoring alarm system based on position and motion
measurements only and ...
Magazine
Hull integrity assessment of FPSOs for 20 years!
25 Apr 2014
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In 1996, the first step to assess fatigue in the hulls of FPSOs by monitoring was started when the FPSO Integrity Joint Industry Project was ...
Paper
Overview of the Monitas II Project
1 Jun 2013
Monitoring systems may be deployed to ensure integrity of offshore units. However, these systems produce a large amount of data. Monitoring systems ...
Magazine
New Monitas Group successor of Monitas JIP
14 Apr 2013
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Following the success of the Monitas Joint Industry Project, which will complete this year, the Monitas Group is being created to continue providing ...
Paper
The Dynamic Response Of An Offshore Wind Turbine With Realistic Flexibility To Breaking Wave Impact
19 Jun 2011
The effects of operational loads and wind loads on offshoremonopile wind turbines are well understood. For most sites,however, the water depth is ...
Magazine
Managing fatigue in riser systems
26 Apr 2011
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Following discussions with the industry and the success of Monitas, a new three-year JIP has launched, designed to provide the offshore industry ...
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Overview of the Monitas JIP
3 May 2010
This paper provides an overview of the Monitas project, aspects of which are further detailed in accompanied OTC 2010 papers. The Monitas project is ...
Paper
Implementation of the Monitas system for FPSO units
1 May 2010
This paper is one of five papers presenting research results from the Monitas Joint Industry Project (JIP). The name Monitas stands for Monitoring ...
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Wave Measurements for the Monitas System
1 May 2010
The paper is one of the series of papers about the Advisory Monitoring System for controlling the fatigue lifetime consumption of FPSO hulls. The ...
Paper
Application of Fatigue Damage Sensors in the Monitas System
1 May 2010
This paper is one of a series of papers presenting research results from the Monitas Joint Industry Project (JIP). The name Monitas stands for ...
Paper
The Monitas System for the Glas Dowr FPSO
1 May 2010
The paper is one of five papers about the Advisory Monitoring System (AMS) for controlling the fatigue lifetime consumption of FPSO hulls. The ...
Magazine
DCV Balder instrumented for lifetime extension
26 Apr 2010
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Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) contracted MARIN to design, install and maintain a Fatigue
Monitoring System for the J-Lay Tower of the Deepwater ...
Magazine
Tombua Landana transports undergo fatigue assessment
24 Apr 2009
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Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) contracted MARIN to monitor the barge motions during two Tombua Landana transports with Compliant Tower sections ...
Paper
Effect of hurricanes on the cumulative fatigue life consumption of a GOM TLP
15 Jun 2008
Accurate assessment of cumulative tendon fatigue is of importance for evaluation of the overall design life of TLPs.This cumulative fatigue damage ...
Magazine
Floating pipe spiralling provides alternative to pipelaying vessels
1 Apr 2008
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A new method for the installation of offshore pipelines has been developed and tested by Wintershall. MARIN was contracted to perform measurements ...
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Full scale wave and whipping induced hull girder loads
1 Jan 2006
One year full scale measurements available from Victoriaborg, a general cargo/container vessel with hull flare and bow flare, were analyzed to ...
Magazine
Tow monitoring for fatigue assessment
1 Jan 2006
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In May, Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) commissioned MARIN to monitor barge motions during the transportation of the Valdemar AB platform jacket ...
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Offshore Monitoring - Real World Data for Design, Engineering and Operation
1 May 2005
The challenging development of new platform concepts and their installation in deeper water in more remote areas and more severe weather conditions ...
Magazine
Ivan the Terrible captured on disk
1 Apr 2005
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The Marco Polo Tension Leg Platform (TLP) has been subjected to an extensive monitoring campaign since June, 2004. Report tracks its progress.
Magazine
Girassol buoy under tension
1 Apr 2005
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In early 2004, the Girassol offloading buoy, installed offshore Angola,was equipped with a new mooring arrangement. TOTAL E&P Angola awarded the ...
Magazine
Girassol links simulations, model tests and full-scale monitoring
1 Apr 2003
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In 2002 TotalFinaElf (TFE) contracted MARIN to perform motion analyses of the Girassol FPSO. The project proved
that a combination of simulations ...
Magazine
JIP 'Monitoring 9000t' already gets results
1 Dec 2002
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In the past decade, typical coastal general cargo vessels have been developed into large,multi-purpose,container
vessels. To investigate the ...
Magazine
'Pods in Service' initiative provides invaluable data
1 Dec 2001
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In the last few years there has been a breakthrough in the application of podded propellers.Report outlines the
short history of the Joint Industry ...
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FPSO Integrity- Structural Monitoring of Glas Dowr
1 May 2000
The objective of the Joint Industry project ‘FPSO Integrity’ is to provide insight in the fatigue loading of FPSO’s and the accuracy and validity of ...