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Compliant Tower Platform

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Synonyms

Single anchor leg mooring (SALM); Single point mooring (SPM)

Definition

A compliant tower (CT) is a fixed rig structure normally used for the offshore production of oil or gas. The rig consists of narrow, flexible (compliant) towers and a piled foundation supporting a conventional deck for drilling and production operations. Compliant towers are designed to sustain significant lateral deflections and forces and are typically used in water depths ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 ft. (450–900 m). At present the deepest is the Chevron Petronius tower in waters 623 m deep (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compliant Tower).

Basic Characteristics of Compliant Tower Platform

The compliant tower platform consists of the tower shaft, buoyancy chambers, ballast chambers, the deck, and the base, as shown in Fig. 1. The shaft is connected to the seafloor through a universal joint. The base can be either piled or gravity type. The compliant tower platform is among the first elaborate compliant...

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  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Junfeng Liu

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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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Liu, J. (2020). Compliant Tower 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_9-1

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