A new conceptual design of a deepwater MONOBUOY, named DeepWater MultiColumn Buoy (DWMCB), patent PCT/BR2011/000133, was developed by PETROBRAS/CENPES. The DWMCB was designed to be part of an offloading system for a Spread Moored Floating Production Offloading Unit (FPSO). The offloading system principle consists of Oil being exported from the FPSO to a Shutle tanker passing through Offloading Oil Lines (OOLs) that are supported by the DWMCB. The system is designed to operate at a water depth of 2,200 meters, with expected in site life duration of 25 years. The geometry of DWMCB was defined after an optimization process in order to minimize its motions. This paper describes the development of this concept and discusses the results from some design verifications done with the help of a model tests campaign. An equivalent traditional shaped monobuoy was also tested for comparison purposes.
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ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering
June 8–13, 2014
San Francisco, California, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-4538-7
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Development of Deep Water Multicolumn Buoy
Rodrigo A. Barreira,
Rodrigo A. Barreira
CENPES-PDEP-TEO-PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Vinicius L. Vileti,
Vinicius L. Vileti
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Joel S. Sales, Jr.,
Joel S. Sales, Jr.
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Sergio H. Sphaier,
Sergio H. Sphaier
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Paulo de Tarso T. Esperança
Paulo de Tarso T. Esperança
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Rodrigo A. Barreira
CENPES-PDEP-TEO-PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Vinicius L. Vileti
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Joel S. Sales, Jr.
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Sergio H. Sphaier
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Paulo de Tarso T. Esperança
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Paper No:
OMAE2014-24274, V01BT01A021; 9 pages
Published Online:
October 1, 2014
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Barreira, RA, Vileti, VL, Sales, JS, Jr., Sphaier, SH, & Esperança, PDTT. "Development of Deep Water Multicolumn Buoy." Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Volume 1B: Offshore Technology. San Francisco, California, USA. June 8–13, 2014. V01BT01A021. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-24274
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