Module Catalogue 2024/25

MAR8270 : Mooring Riser and Drilling Systems (Inactive)

MAR8270 : Mooring Riser and Drilling Systems (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Arun Dev
  • Lecturer: Dr Mohammed Abdul Hannan
  • Owning School: NUIS
  • Teaching Location: Singapore
Semesters

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Semester 3 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System
Pre-requisite

Modules you must have done previously to study this module

Pre Requisite Comment

N/A

Co-Requisite

Modules you need to take at the same time

Co Requisite Comment

N/A

Aims

A1: To gain the knowledge and understanding of different configurations, components and equipment used in mooring and riser systems.
A2: To address the theoretical and practical aspects of mooring and riser systems.
A3: To develop students' skills in designing and analysing mooring and riser systems.
A4: To gain the knowledge and understanding of elemental concepts of drilling engineering.

Outline Of Syllabus

Mooring configurations: single-leg mooring, spread mooring, turrent mooring; mooring components: wire ropes, synthetic fibre ropes, chains, clump weights, drag and suction anchors, piles; winches and windlass; single component and multi-component catenary equations; soil-mooring interaction; mooring failure modes; static, quasi-static, and dynamic mooring analyses; mooring design criteria and considerations.
Drilling risers, production risers: flexible, steel catenary; flexible riser configurations: steep/lazy S and wave, free hanging; flexible riser components: bend stiffeners/ bellmouths, unbonded/bonded flexible risers, bend restrictors; rigid riser components: tieback connectors, stress joints, riser joints and connectors, buoyancy modules, tensioners; riser casing; soil-riser interaction; riser failure modes; structural riser analysis; static and dynamic riser analyses; interference analysis; riser design criteria and considerations.
Fundamentals of drilling engineering, the oil well, drill string design, drill bits, straight hole drilling, directional drilling, casing and cementing, offshore drilling.

Learning Outcomes

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

IKO1. Different mooring and riser configurations.
IKO2. The functions of mooring and riser components.
IKO3. Distinguishing between different types of risers.
IKO4. Different mooring and riser failure modes.
IKO5. Plan Mooring and riser analyses.
IKO6. Design criteria and considerations for mooring and riser systems.
IKO7. Configuration of an oil well.
IKO8. Straight hole and directional drilling.

Intended Skill Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will develop the following subject specific and intellectual skills:

ISO1. Carrying out static, quasi-static, and dynamic mooring analyses.
ISO2. Performing static and dynamic riser analyses.
ISO3. Performing interference analysis.
ISO4. Design of a mooring system.
ISO5. Design of a riser system.
ISO6. Intellectual skills, problem solving skills and IT skills.
ISO7. Identify component of an oil well and drilling system.
ISO8. Identify tools used for straight and directional drilling.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion115:0015:00Assimilation, completion and submission of the Post School Assignment (PSA)
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion12:002:00Exam at the end of the intensive school
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion120:0020:00Exam preparation and working solutions
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading120:0020:00Reading and researching the pre-school materials
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading15:005:00Reading and researching the post-school materials
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching135:0035:00Intensive School in the form of Lectures, Tutorials and briefing on Post School Assignment (PSA)
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesScheduled on-line contact time13:003:00Online discussions with students and Module Leaders/Lecturers on Blackboard
Total100:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures are designed to convey the underlying concepts and knowledge of mooring and riser systems (IKO1 – IKO6), drilling systems (IKO7 - IKO8) and the professional skills required to design and analyse mooring lines, risers and drill strings (ISO1 – ISO8).

Practicals sessions are a mix of supervised and self-organising activities in which the students develop intellectual and problem-solving skills to design and analyse mooring and riser systems (ISO1 – ISO6).

Independent study gives time for the students to read recommended references (IKO1 – IKO8) and practise their professional skills (ISO1 – ISO8).

Reading Lists

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination1202A6024 hrs Take home exam (to be submitted within 24 hours of being set)
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Prob solv exercises3M20Post school problem solving exercises - approx. 1000 words (Individual Assignment)
Case study3M20Drilling Engineering. Post school drilling technology development - approx 1000 words (individual assignment)
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

• An unseen examination enables students to demonstrate their theoretical understanding (IKO1 – IKO8) and professional skills (ISO1 – ISO8) under time-constraint as required by industry.
• The Prob Solving exercise on the design and analysis of a mooring and riser system and the Case Study on drilling technology development tests the students’ ability to write reports, apply the taught professional skills and solve mooring and riser problems (ISO1 – ISO8).

Timetable

Past Exam Papers

General Notes

N/A

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