Pulipaka, Avinash Arepaka Sravanthi

Software development comprises of different phases like requirements, analysis, design coding and testing. In this contemporary world of software development, development of software in globalized scenarios is prevalent and prominent. As part of different globalized scenarios this thesis magnifies the scenario of software product transfer which deals with the testing of software in the offshore location. / +919502697610 +919849674412

FAROOQ, USMAN, FAROOQ, MUHAMMAD UMAR

Context: Global software development is the emerging trend in today’s world as it provides the software companies with certain advantages like access to skill and cheap labor, low development cost etc. There are also many challenges and risks involved in globally distributed software project as compare to co-located projects like communication, coordination and control etc. due to geographical separation. There is also a recent interest in applying agile methods in offshore projects in order to ...

Rehman, Zia ur

Context. Global Software Development (GSD) is the plan of action in which software development is performed under temporal, political, organizational and cultural boundaries. Offshore outsourced software development is the part of GSD, which refers to the transfer of certain software development activities to an external organization in another country. The primary factors driving offshore outsourced software development are low cost, access to a large pool of skilled laborers, increased product...

Sommerfelt, Knut Magnus

Norway has great potential for offshore wind power, but the depths just outside the coast probably make floating wind turbines necessary. In order to use today’s technology for offshore wind turbines with foundations on the seabed, water depths cannot be much larger than 60 meters. It is possible to install the wind turbines at such depths, but the distance to these areas make AC cable transmission difficult because of the reactive power production in the cables. VSC HVDC is a technology well su...

Vormedal, Pål Kristian Myhrer

This master thesis has investigated the possible application of voltage source converters (VSC) for the interconnection of offshore installations, i.e. wind farms and petroleum platforms, in a multiterminal DC (MTDC) grid. The master thesis is written at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Electric Power Engineering and is a continuation of the project written during the autumn of 2009. The work has been carried out in cooperation with Statnett SF, the Norwegian TSO...

Love, P.E.D., Ackerman, F., Smith, J., Irani, Zahir, Edwards, D.J.

No / Retrospective sensemaking is used to determine how and why rework in offshore hydrocarbon projects occurred. Staff from organizations operating at the blunt end (e.g., clients/design engineers providing finance and information) and those at the sharp end (e.g., contractors at the “coalface”) of a project's supply chain were interviewed to make sense of the rework that occurred. The analysis identified the need for managers to de-emphasize an environment that prioritizes production over othe...

Zhang, Yu,Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86). / Due to the large influence of lateral flexible vibrations on offshore wind turbine foundations and the higher natural frequencies of the offshore wind turbine foundation relative to the dominant frequencies of the linear wave load model, the modeling of the dynamic behavior of the foundation under nonlinea...

João Maria Ferreira de Lemos Falcão

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Hurricane Andrew (1992) caused one of the largest property losses in U.S. history, but limited availability of surface wind measurements hindered the advancement of wind engineering research. Many studies have been conducted on regular boundary layer winds (non-hurricane winds) and their effects on the structures. In this case, their results were used in the standards and codes; however, hurricane winds and their effects on the structures still need more studies and ob...

Offshore resource assessment relies on estimating wind speeds at turbine hub height using observations typically made at substantially lower height. The methods used to adjust from observed wind speeds to hub height can impact resource estimation. The importance of directional sea state is examined, both as seasonal averages and as a function of the diurnal cycle. A General Electric 3.6 MW offshore turbine is used as a model for a power production. Including sea state increases or decreases seas...

Tlale, Louisa

This research report examines how the classification and taxation of offshore hybrid entities from a South African tax perspective compares to international approaches. It analysis the concept of hybrid entities, discusses the issues arising from the use of these entities in cross-border activities. It then examines international approaches as recommended by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (‘OECD’) and adopted by selected jurisdictions to compare with the foreign ...

Keller, James (James Thomas)

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118). / This thesis presents an approach to applying Systems Architecture methods to the development of large, complex, commercial systems, particularly offshore oil and gas productions systems. The aim of this research was to assist BP in the development of concepts for a multi-billion dollar oil production system, particularly in the unprecedented dee...

Kopp, Duncan Rath

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2010. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76). / Worldwide energy demand is growing rapidly, and there is great interest in reducing the current reliance on fossil fuels for uses such as power generation, transportation, and manufacturing. Renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, are abundant but have very low power densities. The US is ...

Strother, Matthew Brian

Thesis: Nav. E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2015. / Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2015. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86). / Hydrodynamic analysis of two models of the Offshore Floating Nuclear Plant [91 was conducted. The OFNP-300 and the OFNP-1100 were both exposed to computer simulated sea states in the c...

Nunes da Silva Ramos, Filipe José

Research in sustainable macroalgae aquaculture has been gaining hype (e.g. Seafarm) to provide advancements in new significant sources of food, feed, materials and bio-energy. Despite the fact that in Asia the offshore production of macroalgae is established for many decades, in Europe is still in its infancy. The issue on where to find suitable cultivation areas without conflicting with current uses to respect the environment and the socio-economic activities is a great challenge. This Master o...

Swartbooi, Andile A.

Thesis (MPhil (Information Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In an effort to streamline operations and focus on what they regard as core activities, a growing number of organizations from both developed and developing countries are increasingly looking to outsource their software development and maintenance activities to lower cost countries such as India and China, this is evidenced by the phenomenal growth in India’s software industry and the number of major...

Grant, David Ronald

Assignment (MComm)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The offshore investment industry has shown tremendous growth (R92,7 billion invested in offshore unit trusts and mutual funds) since the Minister of Finance took the bold step (1 July 1997) availing South African (SA) residents the opportunity to invest offshore. Currently, SA residents, subject to certain criteria, are allowed to invest R750 000 offshore. The primary objective of this assignment is to provide a gene...

Godi, Ntwanano Jethro

Risks faced by South African offshore investors is a study that seeks to identify and rank in order of importance the risks that are faced by South African offshore investors. As a global player, South African investment institutions exchange trades with institutions in other countries. These trades are, however, not risk free. Trading in foreign markets can lead to institutions collapsing if their investment plans are not well formulated. There are many factors to consider when planning an offs...

Letellier, Baptiste

For energy companies involved in the construction and operation of offshore wind power plants, such as Vattenfall, the knowledge of maximum wind speed is critical for logistics, safety and economic reasons. This thesis investigates the possibility to forecast maximum wind speeds at offshore sites, studies the accuracy of these forecasts, and details the employed methodology, so that it can be adapted to other cases in the future. In order to produce maximum wind speed forecasts, different statis...

Duvivier, Florence

The main motivations of this thesis are to bring new insights into the different forms of international assignment in a non-multinational context. For this purpose, the dissertation provides new evidence on the roles of different forms of international assignees in offshore insourcing and outsourcing arrangements. The thesis is based on four research essays. The first chapter develops a conceptual framework that links the extent of international assignments to the characteristics of service offs...

Plourde, André

The development and production of Canadian offshore petroleum deposits raises three key sets of issues of interest to economists. First are questions relating to the impact of royalties and taxes on producer decisions, and hence on the level and efficiency of resource taxation. Other issues concern the impacts on the overall economy during both the construction and production phases. A third set of issues relates to the distribution of powers and resource revenues between federal and provincial ...

Abayakoon, Sarath Bandara Samarasinghe

A critical review of presently available methods for analysing offshore slopes under earthquake loading is presented herein. New methods of analysis, based on both rigid body mechanics and flexible non-linear constitutive equations are presented and discussed. In rigid body type analyses, a yield acceleration is calculated and displacements are evaluated by double integrating the accelerations in excess of the yield. This type of analyses takes neither the amplification or deamplification of the...

Sulemani, Kashif Ali, Nasir, Muhammad Nadeem

In today world, the software companies are expanded above the continents. The software development work span continents and the distributed team work together over the borders. The agile development methodology demands close collaboration with client, rapid requirements change and an iterative development of fixed length. When this way of agile approach is applied in a distributed project, it requires frequent communication and knowledge exchange among the dispersed team members and need collabo...

La'Cassie, Marguerite Helen

Oil exploration and production in the offshore conjures up images of danger, of men wrestling with steel and testing their wits against the potentially hostile sea. The occurrence of major disasters in the offshore, such as the sinking of the Ocean Ranger offshore eastern Canada and the explosion and fire which destroyed the Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea merely reinforces these images. This thesis challenges these images in the context of worker safety and safety regulation in th...

Königsson, Petter

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Layen-Layeni, More

Business leaders increasingly grapple with longer and more complex supply chain nodes wrought by the globalization of corporate manufacturing processes. The flow of outsourced materials is also more vulnerable to high-profile product-harm crises, sabotage, product defect, and recall problems. The purpose of this single case study was to explore manufacturing strategies used by business leaders of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the United States to minimize the defects in offshore-ou...

Alfosail, Feras

Understanding static and dynamic nonlinear behavior of pipes and risers is crucial for the design aspects in offshore engineering fields. In this work, we examine two nonlinear problems in offshore engineering field: vortex Induced vibration of straight horizontal pipes, and boundary layer static solution of inclined risers. In the first study, we analyze the effect of the internal velocity of straight horizontal pipe and obtain the vortex induced vibration forces via coupling the pipe equation ...

Newman, Rowena Jane

The Canterbury Basin is located on a passive margin on the east coast of the South Island, developed by the rifting of the New Zealand continental fragment from Antarctica in the Late Cretaceous. Well cuttings produced during petroleum exploration in the offshore Canterbury Basin have been examined for secondary minerals and textures. Minerals and textures have been identified primarily from optical examination in reflected light, with a particular focus on producing high-resolution images. Addi...

Tswen-Hwey Yang

Thesis (M.A.)--National Taiwan University Graduate Institute of International Business / Includes bibliographical references

Manas Watanasak.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1988. / Typescript (Photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves [181]-206).

Roos, Pieter Cornelis.

Proefschrift Universiteit Twente, Enschede. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

McGowan, David,

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-89). Also available via the Internet.

Kosmides, Ivy Melinda.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-48).

Sumer, Tuba Pelin

This thesis is motivated by a construction company whose main business operation is foundation installations of offshore wind farm projects. Steel is the main input for most of the foundations. This construction company is confronted with price risk when involved in the procurement part of the foundations. The company receives a fixed payment for the project while paying variable raw material costs which depend on the steel spot price on the procurement date. The construction company should use ...

Li, Yu

The offshore wind power is an attractive renewable energy resource. To improve the wind power generation capacity, there is a strong desire for offshore wind turbine to go to deep waters. For offshore fixed wind turbine, stronger foundation like jacket structure has a good applicability for deeper water depth. A 70-meters jacket substructure for offshore wind turbine is designed. This thesis focuses on the dynamic structural response analysis of this jacket substructure, with a particular focus ...

Vestbøstad, Øyvind

For the System Based Ship Design (SBSD) approach to be used in practice at a design office for Offshore Vessels the software supporting the approach need to be flexible to work for the great variation of ship designs and give the designer the amount of control that he need to be confident with the solution.The output of the SBSD approach is a list of volumes needed for the new build. Based on these volume demands combined with some experience data several key numbers and useful data like hull f...

Peng, Li

Offshore wind is an attractive source of renewable energy. In order to harvest this abundant energy source wind turbine farms are needed. In order to extend the application of offshore fixed wind turbine (OFWT) in deep water where winds are stronger and steadier, there are research works on fixed wind turbine which is ongoing on larger water depth like 70-100m. The focus in this thesis is analyses to support design of OFWT jacket substructure piled to the seabed, with a particular focus the mode...

Kristoffersen, Jon Inge

In this M.Sc. thesis organisational and technical aspects related to the implementation of an Opportunity Based Maintenance (OBM) scheme for Oil and Gas facilities have been discussed. Organisational aspects of importance include agility and resilience. Agility can be understood as the ability of organisation to benefit from unexpected events. Resilience can be understood as damage control. Logistics support elements from the space industry can also be beneficial to implement in the logistics su...

Biondi, Esteban L.

The reliability of ocean systems is dependent on organizational factors. It has been shown that low probability / high consequence system failures are overwhelmingly induced by organizational factors. However, no methodology is yet widely accepted for the evaluation of this phenomenon or its accurate quantification. A qualitative complementary approach is proposed based on the CANL (Complex Adaptive Non-Linear) model. In the first part, the understanding of organizational processes that affect r...

Chaiwanakupt, Nopasit

The principal objective of this study was to investigate process simulation and optimization of an existing offshore natural gas process which needed profitability improvements. Optimization was done using two alternative approaches: a global approach (response surface methodology) or a local approach (successive quadratic programming). The global approach was characterized by process performance at selected case study points throughout the feasible operating region and made use of global inform...

Flatebø, Øystein

This thesis presents an off-design simulation of offshore combined cycles. Offshore installations have a substantial power demand to facilitate the oil and gas production. To cover this need of power almost all the platforms use one or several gas turbines, often described as a simple cycle. However, because of high taxes on emissions, and increasing gas prices, more efficient technologies have been reviewed. One solution has been installing combined cycles (CC) offshore. Between 1999 and 2000 t...

Abrahamsen, Ida Sinnes

The purpose of this thesis is to highlight some of the areas of interest when it comes to wind tunnel experimenting of offshore platforms regarding stability concerns such as critical angles and wind overturning moment. Some important factors include design of tower geometry, the effect of surface roughness on drag, methods of calculating blockage corrections of wall interference and the generation of an atmospheric boundary layer to resemble full-scale conditions. Data obtained from wind tunnel...

Tvedt, Henrik

The design process used in most vessel design approaches can be described as sequential and iterative, where the initial design is subject to constant improvements. The process development is thereby constrained by the decisions made in early stages of design. It becomes apparent that the more design knowledge which can be generated and evaluated in these stages, the better foundation the designer has to make the best decisions. System Based Ship design (SBSD) has introduced a bottom-up approach...

Mathisen, Sindre

The fish farming industry faces some problems for the future as the escaping of fish and fish lice. One solution to these problems could be to move the farms further offshore. The main focus of the industry is on the cages the fish is held in, but the feed barge is the brain of a fish farm. Before offshore fish farming is an acceptable solution for the future the design criteria for the feed barge has to be sufficient for more exposed areas.Some regulations both for fish farming and the oil indu...

Aune, Vegard, Hovdelien, Morten Sagbakken

In the present thesis impact against offshore pipelines was studied. Incipient fracture in the pipes after impact was of special interest. The present work was a continuation of previous theses on the subject, and part of an ongoing research program between SIMLab (NTNU) and Statoil ASA.Component tests and numerical simulations using ABAQUS/Explicit and LS-DYNA were carried out to investigate the problem. Two pipes were impacted at different velocities in the pendulum accelerator at the Departme...

Johansen, Gaute Rannem

In this thesis the target is to find the optimal development solution of an offshore natural gas field. Natural gas is increasing in importance as an energy source. Whilst most of the large oil fields have been developed, there are still several major natural gas deposits that may be developed. In addition, there are also smaller offshore natural gas fields that may be put into production. Finding an optimal development solution for these resources will increase the availability of natural gas.T...

Verez, Guillaume

Electricity generation, along with motor vehicles, is one of the biggest sources of pollution for the planet. Renewable energies are not able to replace massively polluting power plants but they can at least alleviate for it. Biomass and hydro power are the main source of renewable energy but wind power is developing to high extent, increasing by 30% its installed capacity every year in the world. Norway is increasing its wind power production since every hydro power areas are already used. The ...

Chi, Chao-Ming

This study presents the applications of plastic limit analysis to offshore foundations and anchors, including the drag embedment anchors (DEAs) for mobile offshore drilling units (MODU’s) and spudcan foundations for jack-up platforms. In deep waters, drag embedment anchors are an attractive option for mooring of semisubmersible platforms due to low installation cost and high holding capacity; on the other hand, jack-up platforms are more stable than semisubmersible platforms but only can be plac...

Sennevik, Marie, Håkansson, Malin

Background – Offshore outsourcing is to source activities that were previously produced in-house. It is a concept that has become a trend the last years and its advantages are often taken for granted. Many firms believe that a delegation of the production to low-cost countries enhances their competitiveness and that they get closer to new markets. This might instead be on the expense of the Swedish employment and investments. Some firms chose not to delegate parts of their production but can sti...

Johannessen Eik, Kenneth

The subject ice management has been studied with the main objective to deduce a methodology that incorporates the effect of ice management on the structural reliability of offshore installations. This was done by first studying Arctic projects in the past and summarizes the learning’s. All available reports were unanimous and highlighted ice management as a key for the successes in the projects. Based on the reported experiences, an unambiguous definition of ice management was made: “Ice managem...