DESIGN OF ENERGY COMPLEXES ON OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

• Main Authors: Kalashnikov Pavel Kirillovich, Golovachev Andrey Olegovich, Dunichkin Il'ya Vladimirovich, Suverina Evgeniya Andreevna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) 2016-03-01
• Series: Stroitel’stvo: Nauka i Obrazovanie
• Subjects: offshore structures; renewable energy sources; hydro turbines; reconstruction; renovation; design; topsides unit
• Online Access: http://nso-journal.ru/public/journals/1/issues/2016/01/01_01_2016.pdf

This research studies offshore oil and gas plat-forms after the exhaustion of hydrocarbon reserves. As an alternative to dismantling ways of reequipment of the promising facilities in the Arctic region for power generation are presented. Also a common problem of the infrastructure of offshore oil and gas fields after the end of their operation life is considered. One of the dif-ficult issues that is faced by oil-producing organizations is how to utilize the offshore platform? The hypothesis of infrastructure functionality of offshore platform was put forward for the other types of energy production. In the future, reequipment of offshore platforms will pro-vide an opportunity to reduce costs in the field of con-servation and optimize the environment. The methods for the development of design so-lutions selected by the authors allow us to consider an offshore platform after its operation as an element of culture development and a tool of ecological rehabilita-tion of the offshore area. This makes it possible to con-sider the prospects for the marine infrastructure growth and to improve the economy of coastal areas. The re-construction of offshore platforms with the change of their function will allow forming a developed maritime infrastructure in coastal waters. The ability to transport some of the offshore platforms after the oil and gas end will allow building a network 50 km away from the coastline. The authors carried out design experiments based mostly on fixed offshore platforms, regulated by the rules of the Rus-sian Maritime Register of Shipping and by SNIP 2.07.01—89*1. The authors developed the basic requirements for the selection of priority projects for the analysis, which are the characteristics of the waters suitable for the use of renewable energy sources and location of offshore platforms less than 50 km away from the coast with a small average water depth of 50 to 110 meters. Thus, the presented the concept of reconstruc-tion can be considered a coastal project.