This book offers a useful and accessible guide for offshore workers operating in oil production facilities. It explores the unique challenges of the offshore environment—including strong currents, corrosive conditions, and structural demands—and provides essential knowledge on platform stability, vessel navigation, and legal compliance. Covering the full life cycle of offshore installations from planning to decommissioning, the book emphasizes safety, emergency management, and includes real-world information to support learning and application.
1 Introduction.-
2. Nomenclature of Naval and Oceanic Engineering.-
3.
Offshore Oil Production Installations.- 4. Basic Notions of Naval Structure.-
5. Naval Stability Calculation.-
6. Meteorological and Oceanographic
Considerations for Offshore Oil Production Operations.-
7. Basic Notions of
Navigation and Maneuvering at Sea.- 8. Legal compliance.-
9. Life Cycle
Management.-
10. Pre-operation, Operation and Maintenance.-
11. Safety and
Emergency Management.
Marcus Vinicius da Silva Neves has already acted as an Offshore Installation Manager at PETROBRAS and holds a doctoral degree in the energy planning area. His research interests include reliability engineering, energy efficiency and transition, and offshore operations.
Gustavo Arruda Ramalho Lira is an Offshore Installation Manager at PETROBRAS and a Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He holds a master degree in urban engineering. His research interests focus on oil and well engineering, offshore production operations, and management in the E&P industry.
Guilherme Fortes O. F. Lima is a Naval Architect and has already acted as an Offshore Installation Manager at PETROBRAS and holds a master degree in ocean engineering. His research interests include naval structures, offshore engineering, and FPSO operations.
