Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
123
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Gulf Canada Resources Limited
Research Principal Investigator
Dr. David Townsend
Research Contracting Agency
Description
This project was a Joint Industry Project with six industry participants, the Minerals Management Service and the Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration (COGLA). The objective of this project is to obtain full-scale measurements of global ice forces acting on the Gulf Canada arctic caisson 'Molikpaq' and determining local ice pressures over areas from 75 to 200 square meters. Gulf Canada has deployed the Molikpaq at the Amauligak F-24 site in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. This site is in the sheer zone of polar pack where the platform is subjected to incursions of multi year ice.
Latest progress update
Completed