16. Investigation of Impact of Various Oceanographic Variables on Offshore Platforms Behavior

The purpose of this research is to investigate the response behavior of three different types of oil platform models, namely a spar platform, a semi-submersible platform, and a jacket platform, to a variety of oceanographic variables in order to determine which oil platform has the best design. An offshore platform, often known as an oil platform, is basically one of the terms that are used to refer to the structure or vessel that operates in the ocean. It performs a variety of tasks, such as drilling operations to obtain crude oil, processing crude oil, and acting as a storage facility prior to transfer to the vessel for logistical purposes so that the vessel can transfer it to the oil refinery at shore for the refinery process. Nonetheless, before the engineer designs the structure of the oil platform and passes it to the fabrication team to build that platform, they must examine a number of factors known as oceanography, which are made up of four distinct aspects. The first one is called “Geological Oceanography.” It looks at how the ocean basins are built, what they look like, and how they change over time. Second, the “biological oceanography” is the study of the living things in the ocean, such as bacteria, phytoplankton, and zooplankton, as well as fish and marine mammals, which are more commonly studied in marine biology. Next is the “chemical oceanography,” which investigates how biogeochemical cycles affect the chemical composition of saltwater. Lastly, the study of physical conditions and physical processes inside the ocean, particularly the movements and physical properties of ocean waters, is known as physical oceanography. The construction work on the oil platform did not get started until after all of the parameters of the oceanographic factors were analyzed and taken into account. The goal of the experiment is to find out what oceanographic factors cause the platform to move and what kind of oil platform has the best design while causing the least amount of disturbance to the oceanographic factors.