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Project Number 199
Date of Summary March 31, 1994
Subject Hurricane Andrew Calibration Study
Performing Activity PMB Engineering, Inc.
Principal Investigator Mr. Frank J. Puskar
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to collect information gained from platform failures and survivals during Hurricane Andrew and develop a database for the future management of existing platforms. The Minerals Management Service, through its Platform Verification Program, is responsible for a wide variety of functions related to the strength and integrity of offshore platforms. This project incorporates a `calibration` task that utilizes the outcome of Hurricane Andrew (survived, damaged, or failed platforms) to update and adjust where necessary current practices for assessing in-place offshore platforms. This calibrated approach could become part of a future American Petroleum Institute RP2A recommendation for assessing existing offshore platforms.
Progress Complete

Reports
AA (330 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Hurricane Andrew Effects on Offshore Platforms, Final Report submitted by PMB Engineering, Inc., October, 1993.

 

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