Combined oceanographic criteria for deepwater structures in the Gulf of Mexico

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1991, Pages 377-390

  Forristall, G Z ^a   Larrabee, R D ^b   Mercier, R S ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXED PLATFORMS; HURRICANES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND;

DEEPWATER STRUCTURES; DIRECTIONAL EFFECTS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; POLYNOMIAL EQUATION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; TURBULENCE CLOSURE MODELS;

TENSION-LEG PLATFORMS;

EID: 0344391609     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/6541-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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