Oregon Trail 3rd EditionAPI RP 2 SK Station Keeping An Emerging Practice. Abstract. Hurricanes in the past five years have provided significant information regarding performance of moored vessels in the Gulf of Mexico in particular for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Units MODU. Starting with Hurricane Lili in 2. API RP 2SK R2015 Design. Edition 3rd Published 10012005. Document History. API RP 95F. April 2007 Gulf of Mexico MODU Practices for the 2007 Hurricane. References and Links References. API. API, 2005. API RP 2SK. Butterworth Heinemann for MTD. Edition. Bellanger M. Productbeschrijving. API Recommended Practice for Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for Floating Structures, 3rd edition. Presents a reational method for. API RP 2SK 3rd Edition establishes a minimum acceptable design code for mooring systems. RP 2SK requires a mobile mooring, like that on a MODU. Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina and Rita in 2. MODUs having suffered either complete mooring failures or partial mooring failure with the vast majority of these occurring in the 2. After the 2. 00. 5 hurricane season, the API RP 2. SK, Design and Analysis of Station Keeping Systems for Floating Structures 1, Task Group was reactivated to explicitly address the moored MODU issue with the group made up of rig owners, operators, contractors and regulators. API RP 2 SK Station Keeping An Emerging Practice Authors David Joseph. API RP 2SK, 3rd Edition, to API RP 95F. Search details for api rp 2sk 3rd edition 2005 design and analysis of station keeping systems for floating structures. A summary of the API RP 2. SK Commentary, Gulf of Mexico MODU Mooring Practice for Hurricane Season 2, and evolution from API RP 2. SK, 3rd Edition, to API RP 9. F, Interim Guidance for Gulf of Mexico Go. M MODU Mooring Practice 2. Hurricane Season 3, 4 to the Commentary will be presented. New requirements, adjusted return periods, introduction of formal risk assessment processes and direct linkage to inspection of mooring components are now incorporated. A large Joint Industry Project was also formed that focused on gathering data, assessing MODU performance, calibrating observed performance to code expectations and addressing some analysis questions. This work provided valuable input to all the above mentioned API documents and others. This paper will focus on the key information and linkages to the changes and additional expectations for design and operation of moored MODUs for the Go. M during hurricane season. Improvements the MODU owners have made to the fleet will also be discussed along with options that can help mitigate the risk of a MODU failing and doing damage to infrastructure during a hurricane. Introduction. MODUs in the Gulf of Mexico are a critical part of the infrastructure required for exploration and development of oil and gas in preparation for the market. Industry standards that allow safe and economic operations are important to the industry, community and regulatory authorities. Much work has been done since the events of the 2. MODU failures and learn from them. This knowledge has resulted in changes to the industry standards. API RP 2. SK 3rd Edition establishes a minimum acceptable design code for mooring systems. RP 2. SK requires a mobile mooring, like that on a MODU, be designed to a 5 year return period event when operating away from other structures. When operating in the vicinity of other structures, a 1. No specific definitions are provided, however, on what is considered away fromSome examples are given for operations in the vicinity of other structures. RP 2. SK also permits using a risk analysis to determine the design return period but in no case shall it be less than a one year. Three strong hurricanes Ivan, Katrina and Rita entering the Gulf of Mexico within roughly a 1. Gulf of Mexico with extensive oilfield infrastructure was unprecedented. The Trouble With Enterprise Software Pdf more. In the past, hurricanes have caused MODU mooring failures for example in Andrew and Lili. However, over time, the number of MODUs working in the deep water has increased along with more infrastructure thus increasing the probability of failure and also possible consequences of failure damage.