Environmental Load Variations for the Three Malaysian Offshore Regions

Environmental loads are the drivers on the design of jacket offshore platforms which are
installed in shallow waters for the exploration and extraction of oil and gas. There are
two main environmental loads considered in this study which are the wave and current
loads. This study focused on the variations of design parameters, Hmax and Tass acting
on the 75 meters depth of jackets located at the three Malaysian waters namely
Peninsular Malaysian Operations (PMO), Baram Delta and Samarang. The study was
made in such a way that they could represent all of the offshore regions of Malaysia
which belongs to Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. The jacket members consist
of slender cylinders with tubular cross section.