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r Rahul Kanotra, of McDermott Middle East Inc., presented a paper “Hydrodynamics of a


SPARtype FPSO Concept for Application as a Production Platform” at a recent meeting of the UAE Branch.


A state-of-the-art nonshipshaped FPSO


vessel for the applications to the frontier fields, including arctic, deepwater and harsh environment, is introduced here. Its application towards arctic field is described more elaborately. As a first phase of study,


extensive physical large scale model test is performed with disconnectable turret mooring for application in the arctic summer environment


in shallow water.


Te arctic environment with ice conditions require turret mooring system for the vessel with the capability that the platform is removable in emergency conditions e.g., approaching icebergs. Motion behaviour of the vessel in waves with 100% turret mooring is determined physically in tank test. For wave conditions in another field location in the world with clear water, the vessel is also needed to be designed with 100% conventional mooring system. Hence, the effect of different kinds of mooring system, including 50% vessel and 50% turret mooring, on vessel behavior is studied. Key results on the comparison of test vs. analysis results are presented. These results are considered of immense interest and value to the Oil and Gas industry. The presentation was attended by 52


people and was followed by a very interactive Q&A session.


Members of the UAE Branch Scottish Branch


The following letter was sent by the Chairman of the Scottish Branch following a recent Branch technical visit:


Dear Gordon, On behalf of the RINA Scottish Branch and our committee I would like to take the opportunity to thank FMC Technologies Ltd for hosting such an excellent event on Monday evening. The effort put in by FMC and you team was exceptional and the feedback from those who attended was extremely positive. It is good to see high end engineering practices in operation and there was so many points that had an interest for everyone who attended including:


• Engineering excellence and the degree of tolerances that are being achieved


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• The drive for health and safety through the company that involves


• The everyone investment in technology, processes and people


I would also like to thank you for the hospitality provided on the evening which was greatly appreciated and although we tried I do not think we managed to finish. It is clear from the response that


• LEAN processes and how they are applied


there was a great deal of interest in this event and we could have doubled the numbers. However, on this occasion we restricted it to the numbers we could get on one bus (48). Perhaps you may consider if a similar event next year would be considered.


Regards David Harley Chairman RINA Scottish Branch NSW Section


Fraser Johnson, Renewal Energy Manager for Oceanlinx Ltd, gave a presentation on Marine Renewables _ Mooring Design for Wave-energy Systems to a joint meeting with the IMarEST attended by 18 on 7 September in the Harricks Auditorium at Engineers Australia, Chatswood. Noel Riley, Principal of Commercial Marine


Design, gave a presentation on Developing the Hullforms of Yesterday’s Timber Vessels to a joint meeting with the IMarEST attended by 21 on 5 October in the Harricks Auditorium at Engineers Australia, Chatswood.


Phil Helmore


Aberdeen Maritime At a recent Technical Meeting of


the


Aberdeen Maritime Branch, Bernie Steel of Lloyd’s Register gave a presentation “An overview of many of the available specialist NDT methods”.


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