Effectiveness assessment for lifeboats of Arctic offshore oil and gas facilities and possible promising design solutions

Authors: V.I. Tarovik, S.I. Kosmin, V.I. Dimitrov, S.M. Sinyakov, P.A. Utyamishev

Abstract

Lifeboats of offshore oil and gas facilities in all their modifications are identical to lifeboats intended for use on ships of various types. This provision is in full compliance with the actual international and domestic regulatory documents, however, it leaves out factors that are fundamentally important for the success of the rescue operation, in particular, the lifeboat's optimal energy resource and its buoyancy and unsinkability in conditions of compression of floating ice fields. These factors require being reflected in the technical regulations for the design of Arctic lifeboats, and, accordingly, new design decisions. A coordinated understanding of the conceptual question of what is the evacuation of personnel and crew as applied to an offshore oil and gas platform or offshore drilling rig is also necessary. Combining both the technical issues of creating lifeboats for offshore oil and gas facilities and the provisions of regulatory documentation into one process will allow prospectively to create and successfully use the lifeboats that are adequate to the conditions of their application in polar waters.

Keywords: offshore oil and gas installations, the evacuation of staff, lifeboat, propulsion complex, double hull construction, general arrangement.

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About authors: 

V.I. Tarovik - PhD, Krylov State Research Center, St. Petersburg, e-mail: v_tarovik@ksrc.ru

S.I. Kosmin - Krylov State Research Center, St. Petersburg, e-mail: s_kosimin@ksrc.ru

V.I. Dimitrov - PJSC "Gazprom", St. Petersburg, e-mail: V.Dimitrov@adm.gazprom.ru

S.M. Sinyakov - PJSC "Gazprom", St. Petersburg, e-mail: S.Siniakov@adm.gazprom.ru

P.A. Utyamishev - PJSC "Gazprom", St. Petersburg, e-mail: P.Utiamishev@adm.gazprom.ru

Issue: 58/59 (2020)

For citation: V.I. Tarovik, S.I. Kosmin, V.I. Dimitrov, S.M. Sinyakov, P.A. Utyamishev. Effectiveness assessment for lifeboats of Arctic offshore oil and gas facilities and possible promising design solutions. Research Bulletin by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. 2020, No. 58/59, pp. 114-122.

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