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Puerto Rosales

Post author:Bil Stewart
Post published:June 7, 2019
Post category:Mooring Analysis Naval Architectural Analysis Offshore Wind Energy Orcaflex Single Point Moorings Uncategorized

Check Windfinder data for this oil port in Argentina. Two SPMs are operated by Oiltanking. A new CALM buoy is under evaluation. Wind forecast for undefined provided by windfinder.com

SPM Squall Analysis

Post author:Bil Stewart
Post published:August 16, 2016
Post category:Hydrodynamic Analysis Mooring Analysis Orcaflex Single Point Moorings

Wireline view of SPM CALM Buoy modeled in OrcaFlex. A Suezmax tanker is moored via a hawser. View list of STA software. Suezmax tanker seen in shaded perspective view in…

3 Projects That Can Benefit From Hydrodynamic Analysis

Post author:Bil Stewart
Post published:June 20, 2016
Post category:Hydrodynamic Analysis Mooring Analysis Orcaflex Single Point Moorings

Example of hydrodynamic analysis at CALM buoy SPM with VLCC tanker moored when a squall, or sudden wind shift, occurs. The time domain analysis is performed with OrcaFlex and hydrodynamic…

The 4 Basic Components of Single Point Moorings

Post author:Bil Stewart
Post published:March 18, 2016
Post category:blog Single Point Moorings

During off-shore oil and gas production operations, single point moorings provide a safe way to offload petroleum products to tankers, operating as both a buoy system to keep the ship in position and as a connection to the sub-sea pipeline and riser system to move the petroleum products from the production platform to the tanker.