SEPOC RAS ISSA CALM Buoy
Scope of Work
SOFEC designed, constructed, fabricateed and installed a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) Buoy System.
The SOFEC CALM Buoy SPM system is American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) classed.
General Description
| Client Name: | SAFER Exploration & Production Operations Company |
| Contract Award: | April 2014 |
| Installation Date: | Planned for 2017 |
| Application: | Export Crude Oil |
Project Specifications
| Water Depth (MSL): | 32.5m (107ft) |
| Tanker Size: | 300,000 DWT |
| Buoy Dimension | 12.5mØ x 5.3m |
| Floating Hose: | 2 x 20-in. reducing to 16-in. |
| Underbuoy Hose: | 2 x 20-in. Chinese Lantern |
| Hawser System: | Dual 15-in. x 55m long |
| Anchor Leg System: | 3.35-in. studless chain |
| Anchor System: | Driven piles |
Design Environmental Criteria
| Significant Wave Height: | 6.25m (20.5ft) |
| Wind Velocity: | 51.4m/s (100 knots) |
| Surface Current: | 0.74m/s ( 1.43 knots) |