[Posted on January 8th, 2014 by Bill Stewart] The Off-shore oil and gas industry continues to need flexible risers to build new structures. The debates continue over off-shore drilling. No matter…
[Posted on July 2nd, 2014 by Bill Stewart] When drilling platforms need to transfer gas or liquids, single point moorings help their offloading requirements. Properly designed and anchored, these moorings…
[Posted on February 10th, 2015 by Bill Stewart] When it comes to maintaining your dock and structures, there is no doubt you take the process seriously. There's a lot to think…
STA HYDROSTAB This is an Excel Program for the calculation of the GZ curves and large angle stability properties of a wall-sided vessel. The program can be used to obtain…
Seakeeping analysis is measuring how a watercraft or any other water vessel can withstand conditions while on the waters. A ship, or a boat in that case, that has perfect…
Any structures that operate in a marine environment, including offshore drilling rigs, risers, mooring systems, marine vessels, wave power systems, and offshore wind generator facilities, provide unique design and operational challenges that often require significant resources and ingenuity to overcome. Many companies rely on the extensive knowledge and experience of engineer consultants to help provide critical analysis of these problems and devise piratical, cost-efficient solutions.
[Posted on December 3rd, by Bill Stewart] Every project is different. If you are going to use single point moorings, you have to be confident that they are going to hold…
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…