Implications of Hurricane Ivan on deepwater Gulf of Mexico metocean design criteria

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2005-May, Issue , 2005, Pages 2366-2372

  Cooper, C ^a   Stear, J ^a   Heideman, J ^b   Santala, M ^b   Forristall, G ^c   Driver, D ^d   Fourchy, P ^e  

^a ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Forristall Ocean Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^d BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^e Murphy Explor and Production Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WATER WAVES;

DESIGN CRITERIA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; RETURN PERIODS; UNEXPECTED EVENTS; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WIND MEASUREMENT;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77958058650     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/17740-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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