The objective of this project is to produce information that will facilitate strict implementation of the ISO 19906 Standard: Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - Arctic Offshore Structures (i.e., the Normative). The information will consist of sea-ice information, for U.S. waters in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, in a format consistent with the philosophy of the Normative.
Currently, implementation of ISO 19906 in U.S. waters is questionable due the lack of sea-ice design criteria. Appendices B.7 (Beaufort Sea) and B.8 (Chukchi Sea) of ISO 19906 are intended to provide this information, but numerical values are sparse and the format of the data is not consistent with the philosophy of the Normative - i.e., a reliability-based format. A full complement of design values for the regions covered in B.7 and B.8 is required to implement the normative provisions and, ultimately, produce safe and reliable offshore structure designs.
Final Report was accepted on 31 December 2015.