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Jacket Platform

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Jacket refers in the oil and gas exploration and production to the steel frame supporting the deck and the topsides in a fixed offshore platform (https://www.2b1stconsulting.com/jacket/).

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There are multiple types of offshore platforms depending on the applications and the depth of the water. Fixed platforms are generally used for explorations at shallow water production. Jacket platform, one of the fixed platforms which are often used for production platform, has good adaptability, high safety, and high reliability. It also has the advantage of simple structure and low cost and has become the primary structure form in the exploitation of offshore oil and gas resources for more than half a century. The steel jacket platform is fixed to the seafloor by means of piling. Since its first use in the 6-m-deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico in 1947, the steel jacket platform has been rapidly developed. By 1978, its depth had reached...

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  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Baihui Zhao

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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  1. School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

  2. Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

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Zhao, B. (2020). Jacket Platform. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_6-1

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