Soil properties are an important factor when determining the placement of offshore energy equipment and facilities. Extensive site investigation and assessment is performed to understand the behavior of soils: their surface and subsurface conditions; physical, mechanical, chemical properties; and associated risks. Choosing a suitable location is often challenged by limited or outdated geological, geotechnical, and geophysical data. The high cost of obtaining new data limits how much can be obtained and then it requires costly methods for integration of data to optimize its usefulness. Although considerable gains have been made over the past decade with regard to the techniques and equipment used to gather geotechnical data, the need for improved technology remains. To better serve the public's need for offshore energy, MMS performs Geotechnical research to assist this endeavor.
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Geotechnical Projects |
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018 |
Overpressured Marine
Sediments |
| 045 |
Field Study of the
Dynamic Response of Single Piles and Pile Groups in Stiff Clay |
| 046 |
Behavior of Piles and
Pile Groups in Cohesionless Soils |
| 047 |
Study of Method of
Design of Piles in Clay Soils Under Repeated Lateral Loads |
| 048 |
A Study of Structural
and Geo-technical Aspects of Tension Leg Platforms |
| 057 |
Static Lateral Load
Tests on Instrumented Piles in Sand |
| 059 |
Foundation Stability
of Jack-up Platforms |
| 062 |
Southern Bering Sea
Production System Study |
| 068 |
Seafloor Seismic Data
Study |
| 069 |
Reliability of Gravel
Mat Foundations for Arctic Gravity Structures |
| 073 |
Soil Flow on
Pipelines |
| 079 |
Offshore Pipeline
Transportation Study for Lease Sale 87 |
| 082 |
Numerical Wave Force
Simulation |
| 090 |
Evaluation of Short,
Large-Diameter Piles for Arctic Applications |
| 093 |
Site-Response,
Liquefaction and Soil-Pile Interaction Studies Involving the Centrifuge |
| 111 |
Development of a
Method to Evaluate the Tension Capacity of Drilled and Grouted Piles |
| 122 |
Earthquake Response
of a Platform by the System Identification Technique |
| 125 |
Seismic Response
Analysis of Offshore Pile Supported Structures |
| 128 |
Response of Piles to
Earthquake Ground Motions |
| 164 |
Chukchi Sea
Transportation Update Study |
| 166 |
Seismic Response
Characteristics for Topside Facilities |
| 171 |
International
Workshop on the Seismic Design and Requalification of Offshore Platforms |
| 172 |
Methodology for
Assessing the Structural Integrity of Existing Platforms Subject to Seismic Loading |
| 174 |
Assessment of
Seafloor Earthquake Ground Motions |
| 184 |
International
Workshop on Pile Foundation |
| 187 |
Analytical Simulation
of Biased Loaded Tension Piles in Earthquakes |
| 195 |
Shallow Gas Broaching |
| 214 |
Ground Motion
Attenuation Equations for Basin Environments. |
| 219 |
Application of an
Engineering Model for Ice/Soil/Pipeline Interaction |
| 222 |
Probabilistic Seismic
Hazard Analysis for Offshore Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel |
| 225 |
Development of
Evaluation Guidelines for Offshore Platform Topsides in Seismic Regions |
| 313 |
Large-scale modeling
of pipeline soil interaction under lateral & axial loading |
| 314 |
Continued Development
of Earthquake Load and Resistance Factor Design Guidelines |
| 327 |
Applied Gas Hydrate
Research Program |
| 340 |
Project Cancelled |
| 341 |
Develop and Improved
Methodology for Pre-drill Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient Prediction |
| 342 |
Project Cancelled |
| 367 |
Soil Map of Shear
Strength for Shallow Sediments in GOM |
| 381 |
Identification And
Characterization Of Shallow Water Flows Using Seismic Analysis Techniques |
| 404 |
Project Offshore Deep
Slopes (PODS): Seafloor Stability on the Continental Shelf/Slope (17177) |
| 410 |
Deepwater Geohazards
Workshop |
|
421 |
Seafloor Slope Stability Assessment |
|
422 |
Earthquake Assessment of Subsea Facilities/GOM |
|
432 |
Regional Synthesis of the
Sedimentary Thermal History and Hydrocarbon Maturation in the Deepwater Gulf
of Mexico |
|
445 |
Workshop on
Slope Stability by C-Core consultants |
|
461 |
Characterizing Natural Gas
Hydrates in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico |
|
479 |
Deep-Sea Furrows |
|
484 |
Oceanic Turbulence Project
(Ocean Turbulence Loads and Effects on Offshore Structures) |
|
491 |
Risk Assessment for Submarine
Slope Stability |
|
550 |
A Pilot Study for Regionally-Consistent Hazard Susceptibility Mapping of Submarine Mudslides, Offshore Gulf of Mexico |
|
552 |
Mudslides during Hurricane Ivan and an Assessment of the Potential for Future Mudslides in the Gulf of Mexico |
|
556 |
Risk Assessment of Submarine Slope Stability - Hydroplaning
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557 |
Numerical Modeling of Torpedo Anchors |
|
559 |
Offshore Hurricane Readiness & Recovery Conference |
|
577 |
Design Options for Offshore Pipelines in the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas |
|
608 |
Methods to Reduce Lateral Noise Propagation from
Seismic Exploration Vessels |
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619 |
Subject An Interactive Met-Ocean Geographical Information
System (GIS) with Applications for Data Query and Statistical Analysis
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|
620 |
Collection and Archival of Environmental Data
Relevant to Design of Arctic Structures |
