Offshore Service Industry and Logistics Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico

• Main Author: Kaiser, Mark J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Energy.; Fossil fuels.; Computer simulation.; Mathematical models.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Building construction.; Industrial organization.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Offshore Engineering.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Simulation and Modeling.; Industrial Organization.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.

The purpose of this book is to examine the geospatial and temporal linkage between offshore supply vessels and oil and gas activity in the Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico, and to model OSV activity expected to result from future lease sales. Oil and gas operations occur throughout the world w...

Table of Contents:

• Outer Continental Shelf Leasing
• Life Cycle Stages
• Activity Trends and Correlations, 2000-2013
• Offshore Supply and Construction Vessels
• Shorebases and Construction Centers
• Vessel Event Categorization
• Vessel Track Examples
• OSV Activity, 2009-2010
• Input-output System
• Parameterization
• OCS Lease Activity Scenarios
• OSV Activity Forecast.