Book Description
This book covers many different aspects of single point mooring systems. A single point mooring system is used to keep a vessel stationed at a fixed location. These vessels can for instance be a Floating Production Storage and Offloading System or Floating Storage and offloading system. Hundreds of these systems are operational today. The first part of this book shows a little history of the origins of oil and gas and the current supply and demand for oil. This book also shows some of the history of the development of the single point mooring systems. It also addresses the many different aspects of designing these types of systems. This book will also go into the detail of the hydrodynamics and loadings that act on these vessels by wind and waves and the behavior of the different types of mooring systems.