Conventionally Piled Braced Monopod Wellhead Platforms
Advantages:
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Suitable when seabed is too hard for suction piles
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Installable with or without a crane barge
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Bracing to CPP allows for monopod structure up to 60m WD (otherwise 20m)
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Significant vertical load capacity
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Negligible vertical load added to existing structure