4. Architecture of an oil field
A distinction must be made between architectures on the continental shelf and those at great depths (over 500 m).
The functions to be ensured are: wellhead connections, oil production, gas lift, water injection, power generation and utilities (§ 10 ), and living quarters.
4.1 Field architecture on the continental shelf
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Bibliography
Websites
ALLSEAS Entrepreneur Offshore International http://allseas.com
COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMIC RESEARCH. University of Colorado at Boulder, Ocean Space Observations http://www.ccar.colorado.edu
Events
ISOPE Annual conference of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. Around a thousand papers are presented each year. These papers are peer-reviewed. http://www.isope.org
OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Exhibition and conference held in Houston every year during the first week of May. Over 100,000 people attended in 2014....
Standards and norms
The list below is only a very small sample, arbitrarily limited to those mentioned in the article.
- Production Facilities on Offshore structures - API RP 2G - 1974
- Specification for Oil and Gas Separators - API Spec 12J - 2008
- Design, Construction, Operation, and maintenance of offshore Hydrocarbon Pipelines (Limit State design) - API RP 1111 - 2015
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SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea, London, IMO (International Maritime Organization)
UNCLOS United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea
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Orcaflex offshore structures simulation software, well suited to the simulation of marine operations https://www.orcina.com
Flexcom offshore structures simulation software,...
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