MONITORING ACCUMULATED CONDUCTOR FATIGUE DAMAGE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
DRILLASSURE™ : an operator was embarking on a drilling campaign in the gulf of mexico using a semi-submersible vessel in 6000ft water depth.
Analysis carried out before the project had given the conductor a fatigue life of just eight days, identifying the conductor top weld as the fatigue critical location.
This led the client to install a standalone monitoring system to measure BOP and conductor movements as well as the overall global response of the riser.
