Kilner, A., Kurts, P., Potts, D., Johnstone, D., and Marcollo, H., Texas Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), Proceedings of the 23rd Offshore Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, February 2018.

Potts, A.E., Potts, D., Marcollo, H., and Jayasinghe, K., Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Ocean Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2018, Madrid, Spain, June 17-20, 2018.

Potts, A.E., Kurts, P., Jayasinghe, K., Kilner, A., Melchers, R., Lee, T., Chaplin, C.R., Paper Number OTC-28737, Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, April 30 - May 3, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018.

Kurts, P., Kilner, A., Carra, C., Potts, A.E., and Dillon-Gibbons, C., Texas Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), Proceedings of the 23rd Offshore Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, February 2018.

Jayasinge, K., Potts, A.E., Kilner, A., and Melchers, R., Paper Number OTC-28737, Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, 1-4 May, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018.

Jayasinghe, K., Marcollo, H., Potts, A.E., Dillon-Gibbons, C., Kurts, P., and Pezet, P., Proceedings of the ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2018, Madrid, Spain, June 17-22, 2018.

Potts, A.E., Jayasinghe, K., Kilner, A., Melchers, R., and Chaplin, C.R., Paper Number OTC-28812, Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference, April 30 - May 3, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018.

* By action of the Amercian Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) OTC Technical Program Committee, this paper was awarded Best Paper 2018.

Farrow, G., Potts, A.E., and Washington, D., (2017) Proceedings of the 36th International Conference to Ocean, Offshore and Artic Engineering ASME 2017 OMAE, June 25-30, 2017 Tondheim, Norway.

Johnstone, D., Potts, A.E,, Marcollo, H., and Kurts, P., (2017) Proceedings of the 36th International Conference to Ocean, Offshore and Artic Engineering ASME 2017 OMAE, June 25-30, 2017 Tondheim, Norway.

Dillon-Gibbons, C., Galtry, C., Boustead, N., D'Arcy-Evans, N., Kurts, P., Jal, E., Kilner, A., and Washington, D., (2017) Proceedings of the 2017 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC), Longbeach Convention Centre, Long Beach, CA, USA, May 15-18 2017. Paper Number 2017-280.

Marcollo, H., Gumley, J., Sincock, P., Boustead, N., Eassom, A., Beck, G. and Potts, A.E., (2017) Proceedings of the 36th International Conference of Ocean, Offshore and Artic Engineering ASME 2017 OMAE, June 25-30, 2017 Tondheim, Norway.

Eassom, A., Marcollo, H., Potts, A.E., Boustead, N. and Kilner, A.A. (2016). Paper 2016-TPC-0877 published in proceedings of ISOPE Conference, Rhodes, Greece. 24 June - 2 July 2016.

Rosen, J., Potts, A.E., Sincock, P., Carra, C., Kilner, A.A., Kriznic, P. and Gumley, J. (2016) Paper number OTC-27076 publishing in proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA, 2-5 May 2016.

Rosen, J., Potts, A.Ae., Sincock, P., Dimopoulos, S., Kriznic, P. and Johnstone, D. (2016). Paper number 2016-TPC-1003 published in proceedings of ISOPE Conference, Rhodes, Greece, 26 June - 5 July, 2016.

Marcollo, H., Potts, A.E., Johnstone, D., Pezet, P, and Kurts, P. (2016) Paper number OMAE2016-54689 published in proceedings of ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2016, Busan, Korea, June 19-24 2016.

Rosen, J.R, Johnstone, D., Sincock, P., Potts, A.E. and Hourigan, D. (2016). Paper number OMAE2016-54677 published in proceedings of ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2016, Busan, Korea, June 19-24 2016.

Wales, S., Swaik, G., Yik Ting, K., Jayasinghe, K., Gumley, J. and Potts, A.E. (2016). Published in APPEA Journal 2016.

Gumley, J.M., Henry, M.J. and Potts, A.E. (2016). Paper number OMAE2016-54674 published in proceedings of ASME 2016 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2016, Busan, Korea, June 19-24 2016.

Potts, A.E., Carra, C.J. and Lee, T.M. (2015). Presented at proceedings of International Martime Conference (IMC), Sydney, Australia 2015.

Lee, T.M., Melchers, R.E., Beech, I.B., Potts, A.E., and Kilner, A.A., Proceedings of 20th Offshore Symposium, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), Houston, Texas, February, 2015.

Kilner, A.A., Washington, D., Carra, C., and Potts, A.E., “Improvements in the Practices for Mooring Integrity Management”, Paper Number OTCB-26257, Offshore Technology Conference Basil, Rio de Janiero, 27-29 October 2015.

Rosen, J., Farrow, G., Potts, A.E., Galtry, C., Swedosh, W., Washington, D., and Tovar, A., Paper Number OTCB-26264, Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference Basil, Rio de Janiero, 27-29 October 2015.

Johnstone, D., Rosen, J., Hourigan, D., Kilner, A.A., Sincock, P., and Carra, C., Paper Number OTCB-26285, Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference Basil, Rio de Janiero, 27-29 October 2015.

Wales, S., Lee, T., Carra, C., and Potts, A.E., Paper Number SPE-176170, SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia, 20-22 October, 2015.

Fontaine, E., Rosen, J., and Potts., A.E., Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 5-8 May, 2014.

Rosen, J., Potts, A.E., Fontaine, E., Ma, K., Chaplin, R., Storesund, W., Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, 5-8 May, 2014.

Carra, C., Wales, S., Gumley, J., Jobson, B., McDonnell, S., and Mir, U., Paper Number OTC-25418, Proceedings of Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA, 2014.

Potts, A.E., and Rosen, J., Proceedings of Corrosion and Prevention Conference, Darwin, Australia, 21-24 September, 2014.

Carra, C.J., Potts, A.E., Kilner, A.A., and Fontaine, E., Offshore Technology Conference, Houston , Texas, USA, 5-8 May, 2014.

Kilner, A.A., Yoshioka, R., Marcollo, H., Rogers, R., and Taha, M., Paper Number OMAE2014-24681, Proceedings of ASME 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2014), June 8-13, San Francisco, USA, 2014.

Abstract

Some drilling operators have experienced a loss of pressure from drilling riser auxiliary lines during operations. In some instances the loss of pressure has been as a result of auxiliary line seals experiencing excessive wear at the pin-box connection.

In the case described within this paper, the failure was investigated and attributed to Vortex Induced Vibration of the main drilling riser. The rigid interface between the main riser and the outer auxiliary lines results in transfer of main drilling riser dynamic curvature motions directly into vertical axial motions at the pin-box connection. In the case considered, a high degree of VIV excitation was experienced through the drilling campaign which resulted in excessive wearing and ultimately failure of the pin-box seal.

This paper presents a methodology to compute the auxiliary line axial displacement resulting from the drilling riser displacement and curvature. This methodology provides a means of estimating the relative axial motion of the pin-box connection when the main drilling riser is under VIV lock-in. It will also assist in identifying if excessive seal wear will be a concern during a drilling campaign. In this case it suggested that the limiting condition for the drilling riser was not fatigue of the main drilling riser, but wear of the pin-box seal.

As a consequence of this investigation, it is recommended to include checks for excessive relative axial motion in general analysis methodology for deepwater drilling risers. As with VIV fatigue issues, the issue may be mitigated through VIV suppression.

Copyright © 2014 by ASME

Fontaine, E., Rosen, J., Marcollo, H., Vandiver, J.K., Triantafyllou, M., Resvanis, T.L., Larsen, C.M., Tognarelli, M.A., Oakley, O.H., Constantinides, Y., and Johnstone, D., Paper Number OMAE2013-10984, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2013), June 9-14, 2013, Nantes, France.

Potts, A.E., Van Berendonck, C., Fontaine, E., Carra, C., and Kilner, A., Offshore Technology Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29-31 October, 2013.

Fontaine, E., Potts, A.E., Ma, K.T., Arredondo, A.L., and Melchers, R.E.,  Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Teas, USA, 30 April – 3 May 2012, Paper OTC 23012.

Potts, A.E., Fontaine, E., Melchers, R.E., Arrendondo, A., and Ma, K.T., (2012). Proceedings of the 22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering (ISOPE) Conference, Rhodes, Greece, 17-22 June, 2012.

Marcollo, H., Eassom, A., Fontaine, E., Tognarelli, M., Beynet, P., Constantinides, Y., Oakley, Jr, O.H., (2011). Proceedings of the 22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering (OMAE) Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 19-24 June, 2011, Paper Number OMAE2011-49821.

Wales, S., Sincock, P., and Santosa, M., (2011). Paper number ISOPE-2011-TPC-879 published in proceedings of 17th International Offshore and Polar Engineering (ISOPE) Conference, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 19-24 June 2011.