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PETE 538-Offshore of oil and gas fields development
Petroleum Engineering
Graduate
Fall, 2015
Araz Asadov
arazassad@gmail.com
(+99450) 3335770
11 Mehseti str.(Neftchilar campus), Saturday 9:00-11:50
English
Required
1. Offshore engineering, Subrata K. Chakrabarti, Inc. Plainfield, Illinois,
USA, 2005
2. Introduction to oil and gas production, American Petroleum Institute,
2004
Course website
Course outline
Course objectives
This course is designed for the MS Petroleum Students. This course will consider
Offshore of oil and gas fields development.
Development of the oil and gas fields, surveys, planning of the well distribution
along the field and its design
Specific Objectives of the Course:
 To support the students with fundamentals of offshore oil and gas fields
development
 To get knowledge in exploration, production and storage of structures,
export systems, offshore structure configurations in offshore

Learning outcomes
Teaching methods
Evaluation
To develop knowledge of the theory in Offshore of oil and gas fields
development.
 To build background for the student’s further Offshore of oil and gas fields
development.
By the end of the course the students should be able to learn:
 Essentials of the Offshore of oil and gas field development in all its aspects:
exploration, structures, production and development, transportation and etc.
 Floating production storage and offloading system and significance of offshore
technology in oil industry.
Lecture
Group discussion
Experiential exercise
Simulation
Case analysis
Course paper
Others
Methods
Midterm Exam
Case studies
Class Participation
Assignment and two
quizzes
Project
Presentation/Group
Discussion
Final Exam
x
x
x
Date/deadlines
x
Percentage (%)
30
This syllabus is a guide for the course and any modifications to it will be announced in advance.
5
15
10
40
Policy
Others
Total
 Preparation for class
100
The structure of this course makes your individual study and preparation outside
the class extremely important. The lecture material will focus on the major points
introduced in the text. Reading the supplementary materials from library and
other sources and having some familiarity with them before class will greatly
assist your understanding of the lectures. After the lectures, you should study your
notes and lecture presentations to be ready for class discussions and review
sessions.

Withdrawal (pass/fail)
This course strictly follows grading policy of the School of Engineering and
Applied Science. Thus, a student is normally expected to achieve a mark of at
least 65% to pass. In case of failure, he/she will be required to repeat the course
the following term or year.

Cheating/plagiarism
Cheating or other plagiarism during the Quizzes, Mid-term and Final
Examinations will lead to paper cancellation.
Professional behavior guidelines
The students shall behave in the way to create favorable academic and
professional environment during the class hours. Unauthorized discussions and
unethical behavior are strictly prohibited.
We
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Tentative Schedule
Topics
Date/Day
(tentative)
1
19.09.2015
The historical aspects of offshore oil and gas field
development.
2
26.09.2015
Offshore Upstream chain. Exploration activity.
Functions of offshore structures: exploratory drilling
structures, production structures, storage structures,
export systems, offshore structure configurations
3
4
5
02.10.2015
09.10.2015.
16.10.2015
Textbook/Assignments
[1] pp 1-11
[1] pp.9-19
Fixed Platforms. Pile Foundation. Bottom-supported
fixed structures: minimal platforms, jacket structures,
gravity base structures, jack-ups, subsea templates,
subsea pipelines
[1] pp.19-24
Floating structures: floating platform types ,drilling
units, production units (FPSO and FPS), drilling and
production units, platform configurations
[1] pp.24-39
Field Development Planning. Deepwater Developments
Health, safety and environment (HSE)
[1] pp.39-60
6
23.10.2015
7
30.10.2015
8
06.11.2015
9
13.11.2015
10
20.11.2015
11
27.11.2015
12
04.12.2015
13
11.12.2015
14
18.12.2015
15
25.12.2015
Novel and small field offshore structures: field
development parameters, technical basis for developing
novel offshore structures, novel field development
systems, bottom-supported systems, neutrally-buoyant
floating systems, positively-buoyant floating systems
Discussion of selected innovative field development
concept, discussion of selected innovative structures,
future field development options
Ocean environment: ocean water properties, density,
viscosity, salinity and temperature, wave theory
Quiz 1
[1] pp.39-60
[1] pp. 65-79
[1] pp.80-103
Mid-term Exam
Breaking waves, internal waves, sea spectrum,
spectrum model
Loads and responses: gravity loads, hydrostatic loads,
resistance loads, current loads on structures .
Steady and dynamic wind loads on structures, wave
loads on structures
[1] pp.106-112
Fixed Offshore Platform Design
[1] pp.279-401
Floating Offshore Platform Design
Response of structure, hydrodynamic damping for
floating systems
[1] pp.178-194
Floating Production Storage and Offloading System
[1] pp. 448-501
Significance of Offshore Technology and future trends
Quiz 2
Final Exam
[1] pp.133-143
[1] pp.143-162
[1] pp.402-427