The purpose of the study is to evaluate and compare the technology and cost associated with crude oil transportation alternative from the Bering Sea. All relevant parameters were developed for three representative scenarios, based on information in the public domain and the forces exerted on various types of offshore structures were determined based on state-of-the-art procedures. For the base case parameters of all three scenarios, the optimum crude oil transportation alternative consists of an offshore loading terminal for loading two ice-strengthened tanks. Descriptions of the tankers and support vessels are given.
Evaluation of Bering Sea Crude Oil Transportation Systems. Social and Economic Studies Program Technical Report Number 110. Volume 1
1984
331 pages
Report
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English
Marine & Waterway Transportation , Ocean Sciences & Technology , Energy , Crude oil , Transportation , Bering Sea , Evaluation , Tanker ships , Marine terminals , Offshore structures , Fuel storage , Petroleum pipelines , Cost analysis , Design criteria , Sea ice , Weather , Ocean waves , Icebreakers , Comparison , Operations