Engineering standards

Each page below describes a standard or engineering method and its assessment topics.

Fatigue

DNV-RP-C203

Fatigue design of offshore steel structures

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Pipelines

DNV-ST-F101

Submarine pipeline systems — pressure containment & wall thickness

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DNV-RP-F109

On-bottom stability design of submarine pipelines

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DNV-RP-F105

Free spanning pipelines — VIV and fatigue

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Lateral buckling

Pipeline lateral (snake) buckling — DNV-RP-F110

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Upheaval buckling

Pipeline upheaval buckling and required cover — DNV-RP-F110

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Asset integrity

API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1

Fitness-for-service assessment of in-service equipment

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DNV-RP-B401

Cathodic protection design — sacrificial anodes

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Mooring

Mooring line fatigue

Mooring line fatigue (API RP 2SK / DNV-OS-E301)

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API RP 2SK

FPSO spread mooring — strength and utilisation

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Synthetic rope mooring

Synthetic (polyester) fibre-rope mooring service life

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OCIMF MEG4

Wind and current mooring loads on a moored tanker

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Hydrodynamics

Vessel seakeeping

Vessel seakeeping — motions, natural periods, comfort

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Hull diffraction

Hull hydrodynamics — diffraction, radiation and RAOs

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Stability

IMO intact stability

Intact stability — GM, righting arm, wind heel

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Production

Arps decline

Production forecasting and decline (Arps)

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Nodal analysis

Well nodal analysis — inflow and outflow operating point

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Dynamometer card

Sucker-rod pump diagnostics from the dynamometer card

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BSEE production data

Gulf of Mexico production data (BSEE)

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Economics

Field economics (NPV / IRR)

Field-development economics — NPV, IRR, payback

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Riser

API RP 2RD / DNV-OS-F201

Riser combined-loading utilisation

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Catenary riser

Catenary riser shape, layback and top tension

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