Mooring System Engineering for Offshore Structures

Mooring System Engineering for Offshore Structures delivers in-depth knowledge on mooring system engineering in oil and gas drilling, production, construction and renewable energy. Providing adequate information for daily offshore challenges, this reference gives beginners a solid look at the fundamentals involved, along with a literature review to fill in knowledge gaps. Topics include mooring designs with coverage on current standards and codes, mooring analysis, and theories behind a mooring analysis of quasi-static or dynamic approaches. Advancing on to the practical use of design criteria for strength and fatigue, this book summarizes the experience and lessons learned in installation, operation, inspection and maintenance.

Both young and experienced offshore oil and gas engineers will benefit from the knowledge presented on the things they need to understand regarding the various types of mooring systems, their design, analysis and operations to run safely, efficiently, and at high performance.

• Helps readers understand the various types of mooring systems and the theories behind mooring analysis
• Provides practical experience and lessons learned from worldwide case studies
• Combines strong mooring engineering fundamentals with practical applications to solve today's offshore oil and gas challenges