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A
Abrams Gravity Corer 1195
advanced laboratory testing 1224
A-Frame 1154 1169 1171
ABS 706
acceleration 83 88 92
99 104
accidental collapse limit state 226
accidental limit state 700
acoustic energy 1155
acoustic Scanning 1144
added damping 209
added Mass 158 209
added mass moment of inertia 209
air-gun 1156 1162
Airy theory 83 102
allowable cumulative damage 226
allowable stresses 225
American Petroleum Institute (API) 1265
anchor 693
anchor piles 1151
anchor uplift 668
anchoring studies 1151

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angle of friction 1204

Anisotropically Consolidated Cyclic
Triaxial Test 1232
API 696 703
articulated platform 24
Atterberg Limits 1224
autocorrelation function 206
AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) 1159 1166
axial and lateral capacities 1248
axial deformation 1237
axial load capacity 1237
axial load-pile movement analysis 1248
axial pile capacity of drilled and grouted
piles 1244
axial pile response 1248

B
barges 1087
barrier walls 869
basic variables 232
Bathymetry 1164
Bayes theorem 266
Bayesian statistics 269
bearing capacity for mudmats and skirted
plates 1260
bedding-in stiffness 680
Benthic Colonies 1152
Benthic Life Forms 1162

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blast walls 869 887

block samples 1188
blockage 141 164
blowout 1221
blowout preventer 718
boomer 1162
boomer record 1161
boomer sled 1151
BOP stack 719 725 733
747 758
bored piles 1237
bottom roughness analysis 914
bottom-supported structures 42
box corers 1152 1199
breaking wave 96
Bretschneider 106
brittle softening 1250
buckle propagation 905 911
buckling 1264
bulk unit weight 1223
buoyant structures 44 63 74
burst check 717

C
cable 1037
Cable Route Investigations 1206
cable terminations 690
calcium carbonate content 1226

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calibration 271 1026 1030

calibration of a partial factors 253 256
CAPEX 53 64 71
75
carbonate content 1239
carbonate granular soils 1254
carbonate origin 1250
carbonate sands and silts 1250
Carpenter number 151
catenary lines 665
catenary 731
cauchy 1014 1027
cauchy number 1006
Cellar deck 863
Central Limit Theorem 199
chain 687 689
chain properties 689
characteristic
load effect 225
resistance 225
chemosynthetic life forms 1152
CHIRP 1161
chirp sonar 1156
Classification Society 34
code calibration 256
collapse 715 717
combined loads 226
compatibility 936 938

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compliant 3 7 12
15 24
compliant system 664
compliant towers 56 1056 1059
concrete structure 5 21
Cone Penetration Tests (CPTs) 1149 1211
cone tip resistance 1209
consolidation test 1235
construction feasibility 927
contour line 211 698
Controlled Rate Of Strain Loading (CRS) 1230
core catcher 1197
core-barrels 1193
correlation 261
coupled mooring analysis 677
criteria 1090 1105
culture 943 945 970
978
current 1019 1023 1015
1025
current loads 137 150
cutting shoe 1197
Cyclic Direct Simple Shear Tests 1232
cyclic loading 1252
cyclic loads 1251
Cyclic or Dynamic Soil Tests 1224

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D
damping 160 161 163
192 672 700
1044
damping coefficient 1258
DARs 974
Data Acquisition System 1050
data analysis 1040
DDCV 1063
deck layouts 862 883
deep draft floater 699
Deep Penetration System 1152 1162
Deep-Tow System 1159
deepwater 86 1002 1013
1016 1023 1029
1042 1044
deepwater sampling 1195
degree of saturation 1225
density 80 106 107
113 116 124
design basis document 892
design value 253
design wave 210
design wave analysis 164
design 210
long-term 216
short-term 211

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Development Favorability Maps 1164

diffraction force 160 164
diffraction parameter 134
directional function 198
directional sea 114 116
directional simulation 247
directional spectrum 116
dispersion relation 198
distorted model 1037
diver operated rig 1173
DNV 689 697
Downhole Dolphin CPT 1207
Downhole In Situ Vane 1221
drag anchor 694
drag coefficient 137 150 155
681
dragged plate anchors 1151
drift force 166 170
drift stiffness 680
drillship 16
drill ships 1168
drilling 8 11 17
26
drilling and sampling 1179
drilling fluid 1179
drilling hazards survey 1152
drilling mud 1245
drilling risers 709 746

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drilling semi-submersibles 1174

drivability of pile 1237
driven piles 1243
drop corer 1166
Duhamel integral 209
durability 936 939
dynamic mooring design 677
dynamic positioning 1178 1219
dynamic pressure 88 104
dynamic response 1237
dynamically-positioned vessel 729 732 746
757

E
echo-sounder 1152 1154 1157
effective tension 745 747 800
elastic deformation 1262
electrical conductivity cone 1218
electrical resistivity systems 1170
emergency disconnect 717 726 731
738 744 754
757 758
environment 1019
environmental impact studies 1152
equivalent unit end bearing 1244
ergonomics 946 978 991
escape routes 867 872 874
885

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ETLP 1066
exherent causes 940
exploration rig 1178
external corrosion protection 917
current demand 918
design example 920
extreme value
long-term 220
quantile 213
short-term 215 217
extreme wave 214

F
factor of safety 1246
failure 940 945 950
958 964 968
979 983 994
failure probability 226 240 242
fairlead 693
falling-head constant-volume 1236
fathometer 1219
fatigue 701 726
fatigue analysis 239
fatigue design
criteria 271
fatigue limit state 700
fatigue reliability 251
fibre rope 702

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field testing 1044

fifth order theory 93 102
firewalls 869 873 885
first order reliability method 246
fixed platform 1056
fixed structure 2 12 18
flare 863 874 883
885 887 889
flex joints 719 746 752
floating structures 14 16 26
39 43 46
187
floatover 1099 1113
floatover deck 879
fluid structure interaction 209
FORM 246
formation factor 1170
Fourier transform 209
FPSO 4 10 13
26 44 53
64 1063 1065
1082 1114
fracture mechanics 229
Froude 1007 1014 1016
1037
Froude-Krylov 158
fuel sources 864 867 869
872 879 883

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fuel sources (Cont.)

fuel sources 885

G
gas hydrates 1151
GBS 1061 1062
geologic features 1164
geophysical survey ship 1143
geophysical techniques 1152 1172
geotechnical drill ships 1178
geotechnical techniques 1162
glory holes 1151
grabs 1154
grabs samples 1150
grain size 1252
grain size distribution 1213
gravity base structures 1056
gravity corer 1154 1190 1197
gravity loads 133
gravity structure 4
Gulf of Mexico 2 10 12
20 22 28
31 44 53
59 61 69
73 121 123
125
Guyed Tower 25 42 45
56

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H
hang-off 709 736 741
766 842
Hammer Parameters 1258
Haskind relationship 162
hazard rate 252
health and safety executive 707
heat dissipation 1217
heave
force 208
motion 207
heavy lift 1079 1080 1086
1101
helideck 872 879 881
883 885 887
high frequency 172 191
high performance corer 1198
high-resolution geophysical systems 1150 1154
high-resolution reflection systems 1144
horizontal permeability 1236
horizontal sliding resistance 1250
horizontal velocity 91 93
human and organizational factors 940 960 974
979 985 993
human errors 943 980
hybrid testing 1046

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hydraulic conductivity (permeability)

tests 1236
hydraulic system 1236
hydrodynamic coefficients 134 144 151
158
hydrodynamic forces 207
first order 207
hydroelastic 1001
hydrostatic loads 133

I
Iceberg Scouring 1151
ignition sources 861 864 867
872 883
Impact forces 176
importance measures 250
importance sampling 247
imposed deformation 233
impulse response function 209
IMR 226
In Situ Testing 1203 1212
Incremental Consolidation Test (INC) 1235
Industry standards 696
inertia coefficients 147
inherent causes 940 980
innovations 40 46 52
53 57 59
73

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inspection planning 227

installation 862 870 877
883
installation contractors 920
installation methods 982
J-lay 929
reel lay 933
S-lay 932
towed pipelines 933
instrumentation 1001 1030
integrated deck 877
internal waves 105
ISSC 106 684

J
J-lay 1117 1123
jack-up 11 21 27
jack-up drilling rigs 1179
jack-up exploration barges 1174
jacket structure 20
jackets 1056
JONSWAP spectrum 106 110

K
Kelly Or Swivel 1180
Keulegan-Carpenter number 135 145 147
155 164
KO Consolidated 1132

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Kullenberg Device 1192

L
laboratory testing 1223
laser scan 1154
lateral deformation 1237
lateral load capacity 1237
lateral pile capacity 1251
lateral pile movement 1251
launch 1059 1087
launching 1058 1098
lift 1056 1087 1001
1109
lift coefficient 141 145 147
lift force 137
Lightweight Wheel-Drive CPT 1206
limit state 225
line corrosion 701
line creep 706
line damping 673 684
line dynamics 677 700
line energy dissipation 674
line hydrodynamic coefficient 681
line hysteresis 680 706
linear transfer function 199
liner 1186
liner samplers 1183
load 174 175 177

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load factors 225

load
permanent 233
variable 234
load-deformation response 1237
loadout 1082
long-crested wave 103
LRFD 225
long piston corer 1194
long-term settlement (clay) 1263
low frequency motion 699

M
machinery areas 873
magnetometer 1152 1163
marine growth 699
mating 1099
mean drift offset 223
mean largest value 213
mean level upcrossing rate 202
mean zero-crossing period 203
mean zero-upcrossing rate 203
measurements 1030
mechanical properties 233
medium penetration profiler 1152 1161
metocean 79
metocean conditions 715 727 737
755 758 760

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metocean conditions (Cont.)

804
miniature vane 1234
minicones 1209
minimal platform 19
minisparker 1161
MiniTLP 33 61 66
mistakes 933
mobile sand 1150
model uncertainty 235
MODU 8 11 27
modular deck 877
moisture content 1223
Monte Carlo 247
moonpool 719
mooring certification 697
mooring connectors 689
mooring damping 685
mooring drag 681
mooring equipment 697 705
mooring forces 667 671 698
mooring fundamentals 664
mooring lines 1038
mooring requirements 665
mooring safety factor 697
mooring spread 680 705
mooring stiffness 676
mooring uncertainties 681

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Morison equation 134 144 150

166 170
motion 1093 1095
mud weights 717 744 748
755 756
mudflow overrun 1243
mudmat 1261
mudmat settlements 1260
mudmats 1056
mudslides 1151
multi-beam echosounders 1151 1158
multi-beam or interferometric swathe 1146
multi-beam sounders 1154
multi-point anchoring system 1178 1190

N
narrow band process 203 206
natural gamma 1218
Newman's approximation 224
non-stationary process 216
North Sea 4 7 12
20 27 29
31 108
northern north sea 112

O
ocean waves 80 103
Ochi-Hubble spectrum 106 109

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Offshore Brazil 112

on-bottom stability 912
hydrodynamic coefficients 913
soil friction factor 913
stability criteria 914
open center bit 1180
open ended or unplugged piles 1239
open-faced dragbit 1179
open-hole drilling 1180
operator malfunctions 942
OPEX 53 59 64
71
organic matter content 1224
organization malfunctions 944
ORQ chain 688
oscillating structures 145

P
P-Y Curves 1252
partial safety factor 701
peak value 216
peakedness parameter 206
penetration resistance 1184
permeability 1236
physical model 1001 1004 1048
Piezocone 1204
Piezocone Penetration Test (PCPT) 1204
Piezoprobe Test 1216

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pile cap 1258

pile design 1237
pile design parameters 1239
pile drivability analyses 1254
pile group action 1254
pile monitoring 1259
pile parameters 1256
pile-soil set-up 1246
piles 1056 1060 1073
1074
pinger 1144
pipe cross section 715
pipeline crossing design 921
acceptance criteria 916
pipelines 10 22 23
1116 1149
piston corer 1193
piston sampler 1186
platform crane 883 885
plug characteristics 1246
PM Spectrum 110
pocket penetrometer 1226
point resistance 1204
pore pressure dissipation 1217
pore pressure measurement 1209
positioning 1218
probability 240

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probability distribution
gaussian 201
standard gaussian 201
CDF 201
lognormal 221
PDF 201
Rayleigh 204
wave crest height 205
wave height 215
Weibull 205 221 228
probability of detection 268
probability
density function 201 232
distribution 232
process equipment 863 873 879
884
process flow 858
production deck 863
production system 4 9
PSF 973 981
punch-through 1264
push samples 1184
push-in samplers 1200

Q
Q-Z Curves 1250
QA/QC 953 955 958
966 979 983

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QA/QC (Cont.)
989
QMAS 973 981 983
985 992
quake 1258
quality 939 942 945
948 953 955
965 973 978
983 992
quality assurance 1050
quarters 861 863 866
872 879 881
883

R
ram 1258
random variable
Gaussian 199 201
Rayleigh 199 204
standard Gaussian 201
uniform 199
RAO 719
rate of consolidation 1246
rational model 900 903
collapse pressure predictions 902
comparison with experiments 893
interaction equation 891
interaction equation predictions 903

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reassessment 227
recoil system 766
reduced velocity 134
reeled 1118
reference period 240
refraction seismic 1150
refusal 1259
region of application 101
regular wave 80 91 106
regulations 1147
relative density 1203
relative density and friction angles 1203
relative surface roughness 134
reliability 240 940 944
947 949 952
956 958 962
964 967 985
reliability index 242
reliability updating 266
remolded strength 1224
remote geophysical platforms 1155
remotely controlled seafloor corer 1163
reservoir 40 52 63
72
resistance 225
resistance loads 136
resistivity systems 1150
resonant column test 1234

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response amplitude operator 85

response based modelling 698
response process 207
response statistics 207
Reynolds 991 996 1008
1010 1016 1023
1025 1037
Reynolds number 136 139 143
145 149 164
187
riser analysis 714 719 725
726 730 732
737 738 747
754
riser angle 729 736 752
755 758
riser joint 721
riser loading 695 700
riser recoil 725 738 744
753 757 764
766
riser string 721 730 735
739 741 744
risers 1042 1119 1120
robustness 945 957 962
964 980 990
rock coring 1187

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roll
moment 208
motion 207
rotary rock corers 1188
ROTVs (Remotely Operated Towed Vehicles) 1159
roughness coefficient 138
route selection 893
ROV CPT 1210
ROV Mounded CPT 1200
ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) 1149 1165

S
S-lay 1116 1122
safety 942 958 966
969 981
safety factor 1228 1261
safety systems 864 869
salinity content 1229
sample disturbance 1184 1197 1200
1203 1225
sample quality 1229
scatter diagram 211 217
Schoenherr formula 137
scour 1242
scour-global 1242
scour-local 1242
SCR 1119
sea state contour line 698

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sea-water 81
seabed classification systems 1166
seabed founded structures and platforms 1150
seabed frame 1190
seabed in situ vane system 1201
seabed resistivity system 1170
seabed rock corers 1189
seabed scour 1254
seabed stability studies 1150
SEACALF 1204
SEACALM 1206
seafastening 1095
seafloor failure 1254
seafloor instability 1254
seafloor penetration ranges of geophysical systems 1145
seastates 715 736 766
second order theory 89 91 102
second order wave 91
seismic cone 1218
seismic refraction systems 1167 1169
selection of pipeline diameter 893
semi-probabilistic approaches 226
semi-submersible 4 10 26
1063 1163 1174
sensitivity measures 250
series system 262
serviceability 936 938
set-up 1247

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shaft resistance 1256

shallow foundation design 1260
shallow foundation settlement analyses 1262
shallow soil sampling 1188
SHANSEP 1230 1232
shear strength 1212 1214 1223
1225
shear strength degradation 1232
shear wave velocity 1218
shelby tubes 1183
short-term 197
short-term condition 216
short-term settlement (clay) 1262
side and tip quake 1258
side-scan sonar 1149 1151 1154
1156 1158 1165
side-scan towfish 1158
significant wave height 198 216 1021
similarity laws 1001 1004
simulation 113 116
simulation methods 247
single channel systems 1163
single point mooring 664
sizing gas lines 893
sizing oil lines 895
skid mounted drill rig 1163
skirted plates 1248
slamming 1096

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slamming load 176

sleeve friction 1204 1209
slips or elevators 1180
slow drift 1036
slow drift motion 169 189
SN-curve 238
soil boring 1173
soil cores 1140
soil damping characteristics 1232
soil investigation 1174
soil parameters 1258
soil resistance to driving 1259
soil stratification 1203
soil temperature 1210
SORM 246
spar 7 14 29
57 59 62
66 72 1063
1070 1086
sparker systems 1156
specific gravity 1224
specimen degradation 1235
spectral density 200 203
response 210
spectral moments 203
spectral period 216
peak 198
split-barrel 1183

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split-barrel sampler 1184

split-spoon 1183
spreading function 115
spudcan 1248
spudcan depression 1248
spudcan penetration 1263
SRSS formula 224
stability 39 467 1061
1090 1093 1113
1116
stack-up 718 722 729
Stacor Mega Piston Corer 1194
Standard Penetration Test (SPT) 1185
Static And Rapid Direct Simple Shear
Tests 1235
Static Direct Simple Shear Creep Tests 1231
Static Direct Simple Shear Tests 1231
steady drift force 166 167 172
189
steel catenary riser 12
steepness 205
stiffness 1034
still cameras 1172
storage structure 13
storm stiffness 680 700
strain and acceleration transducers 1259
stratigraphy 1218
stream function theory 94 102 105

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stress history 1230

stretching 98 100
Strouhal number 996
structural reliability 240
structure motion 178
stud link chain 689
sub-bottom profilers 1149 1151 1154
1160
submarine telecommunications and power cables 1149
submerged unit weight 1225
subsea 5 7 9
12 14 17
22 24 27
subsea templates 1079 1081
suction anchor 694
suction caissons 1151
suction embedded plate anchors 1151
surface roughness 134 151 155
Swathe Bathymetry 1154
Swathe Echosounders 1156
synthetic line 669
SYRAS 980 983 988
993
system 941 945 953
957 968 973
978 983 989
system reliability 227 260

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T
T-Bar Test 1214
T-Z Curves 1249
target reliability level 251
TBM 1068
temperature 80
tendons 1038 1066 1113
tension leg platforms 7 30 33
44 60
tensioner 722 725
test basins 1007
test facilities 1015
thermal conductivity 1209
thermal conductivity probe 1217
thickness selection:due to external
pressure 887
thin-walled tube 1179 1184
Thixotropic Characteristics Test 1223
thruster assisted mooring 704
tidal variation 1219
time-dependent reliability 247
time-variant 248
tip damping 1258
TLP 1063 1068 1070
1082 1087 1090
1105 1114
toe resistance 1256

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torvanc 1226
towing 1061 1079
towing resistance 1035
transfer function 85
transient response 180
transport 1059 1081 1085
1090 1093 1095
triplates 705
True Path Ko Triaxial Tests 1231
truncated model 1046
tuned transducer 1160
Turkstra's rule 223
turrets 664 694

U
ultimate limit state 699
ultimate limit state design 225
ultradeep water 1002 1016 1042
uncertainty 232
unconsolidated-undrained triaxial
compression device 1123
underwater cameras 1171
undrained shear strength 1239
unit skin friction in cohesive soils
(siliceous and carbonate) 1243
unit skin friction in granular soils
(siliceous and carbonate) 1242
upending 1057 1070 1113

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Ursell number 205

V
vane test 1212
velocity 83 87 95
98 119
vent 873 883
ventilation 866 870 874
888
vertical acceleration 88
vertical permeability 1236
vessel anchoring 1150
vibrocorers 1154 1197
video camera 1172 1190
viscosity 80
VIV Suppression 729
vortex-induced vibration 673 700

W
wall thickness 895 907
wall thickness design example 897
wall thickness selection 898 900
due to burst 895
due to external pressure 879
due to local buckling 899
water depth bottom sensor 1209
water depth measurements 1219
water depths 1147

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water particle acceleration 200

water particle velocity 200
wave crest height 205
wave drift coefficient 224
wave drift force 672 678
wave-driven current 118
wave elevation 199
wave equation analyses 1257
wave field 197
Gaussian 197
wave frequency 198
wave group 103
wave grouping 1022
extreme 215
mean largest 215
significant 198 215
wave impact load 875
wavelength 83 998
wave loads 143
wave number 198
wave period 998
wave spectrum
directional 198
wave tank 991
wave-actuated soil motions 1254
wavelong crested wave 104
waves 1019 1035

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wellhead 7 12 31
863 872
West Africa 130
Western Australia 112
wet rotary drilling 1173
Wheel-Drive CPT 1204 1209
Wheel-Drive CPT Rods 1212
white noise 1019 1021 1036
wind 1013 1015 1019
1023
wind loads 133
wind spectrum 123 124
wind speed 123
wire properties 689
wire rope 688
wire rope sockets 693
wire-line
core barrel 1188
drive sampler 1182
percussion sampler 1180
sampling 1180
technique 1185
wind speed 123
wind spectrum 123
worm populations 1152

X
X-ray radiography 1229

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Y
yaw 695

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