Appendix 1 - Examples and Types of Offshore Installations
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Appendix 1 - Examples and Types of Offshore Installations

 The table below gives examples of the types of structures and vessels which, for the purposes of determining the applicability of this Code, are and are not offshore installations:

  Offshore Installations

  • Fixed production platforms
  • Floating production platforms
  • Floating storage units
  • Mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs)
  • Flotels
  • Floating production, storage and operations unit (FPSO)

  Not offshore installations (or parts of installations)

  • Heavy lift vessels
  • Diving support vessels
  • Shuttle tankers
  • Well service vessels
  • Stacked MODUs
  • Subsea installations
  • Dredgers
  • Wells not connected to an installation
  • Survey vessels
  • Pipelaying barges
  • Pipelines which are more than 500 m from the main structure to which they are attached
  • Structures which are permanently attached to dry land or bridges or walkways

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