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Extra improved plow steel.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsEnhancement Factor.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsThe weight of the empty CCU, including any permanent equipment and excluding cargo and the lifting set.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global Standards— internal securing points.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global Standards— internal securing points
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsA test in which lifting equipment is subjected to a proof load as prescribed in the applicable section.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsA flexible, load-carrying member comprised of integrated lifting equipment between the hoisting device and the CCU structure.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsA factor accounting for the offshore dynamic loads in the design.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsStructural unit designed for repeated use in the transport of goods and equipment to, from, or between fixed and or floating offshore installations, ships, and/or shore-based operations.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsStructural interface of the telescopic joint outer barrel and the riser tensioners.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsSystem designed to document, evaluate, and diagnose the design, fabrication, operation, and maintenance history of a riser component, assembly, or system through its lifecycle.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsSpecial riser joint with a valve that can open to the sea when bore pressure is lost to prevent riser pipe collapse.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsSeparate piece of equipment that mates the rig drape hoses to the appropriate riser external lines with little or no direct physical worker involvement and that generally interfaces with the telescopic joint in the moonpool area.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsCap or cover used to protect the box or pin from damage during storage and handling.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsEquipment (parts or members) whose failure can compromise the integrity of the entire riser string.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsAn adaptive drilling process used to precisely control the annular pressure profile throughout the wellbore. The objectives are to ascertain the down-hole pressure environmental limits and to manage the annular hydraulic pressure profile accordingly.
Source: ABS Guide for Classification and Certification of Managed Pressure Drilling Systems, September 2017. Global StandardsPipe that is the principal conduit of the riser joint; the conduit for guiding the drill string into the well and returning fluid flow from the well.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsRiser joint designed to withstand contact between the riser and the bottom of the moonpool.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsFlexible section of choke, kill, or auxiliary line that provides for continuous flow around a flex/ball joint while accommodating the angular motion at the flex/ball joint.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global Standards