Abstract
The Floaters find wide application in the offshore oil and gas industry for drilling, extraction, storage, and processing of crude oil and gas. The more predominant concern about floaters is their weight, and where the floor plating contributes more weight. Each additional tonnage changes the floaters' stability, capital expenditures, and revenues. A decade ago, in the offshore industry, composite materials were chosen as alternate materials and they are being used as utility piping, risers & guards, production tubing, walkway grating, etc., This feasibility paper will analyse deeply why the composite material is still in an ideal state for plating application, issues to be faced during engineering, construction, installation and operation phases, along with solutions and economic and technical benefits of its implementation. This paper is fully focused on implementing this technique in floating products in offloading and storage. This paper definitely brings out the valuable guidelines for the industry to implement this idea widely in all the forthcoming floaters.
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