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The Snorre tension leg platform (TLP) operated by Saga Petroleum a.s., was installed in 1992 at 310 m water depth in the North Sea. The weight of the platform is 77500 tonnes including riser tensions, and the total tether tension at mean draft, 38.3 m, is about 29000 tonnes. The hull is made up of 4 circular columns with diameter 25 m, and a square ring pontoon. The column centre to centre distance is 76 m. The oil production capacity is about 190000 barrels per day, produced from platform completed wells drilled through the template directly underneath the platform, and sub-sea completed wells on up to three subsea templates, where one is already installed 8 km from the TLP. The oil is partly processed on the TLP and exported via a 20 inch oil export riser/flowline and a 9 3/4 inch gas export riser/flowline to Statfjord for further processing and export.
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Marthinsen, T. (1996). Experiences from Comparing Theory with Environmental and Platform Data. In: Grue, J., Gjevik, B., Weber, J.E. (eds) Waves and Nonlinear Processes in Hydrodynamics. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0253-4_7
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