Course Overview:
The “Stability and Ballast Control for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units” Course is a prerequisite for a Offshore Installation Manager, Barge Supervisor, or Ballast Control Operator license for personnel working on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU). This course will teach stability principles of both Jack-up type Units and Semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Units to personnel serving aboard these type vessels. This course is as per IMO Resolution A.1079(28) adopted on 4th Dec 2013
Course Duration: 5 days
Certificate Validity: Lifetime
Topics Covered:
| Introduction |
| Initial Stability Theory |
| Calculations of Moments & Centers of Gravity |
| Introduction to Load Form |
| Draft, List, & Trim |
| Free Surface Effect |
| Semi-submersible Operations Manual |
| Introductory Overview (Deep Driller) |
| Deep Driller – Hydrostatic Tables, Tank Tables, Piping Systems & Mooring |
| Effect of Weight, Ballast, & Free Surface on Stability |
| Operating Procedures |
| Effects of trim and stability of MOUs |
| Effect of loading supplies and ballasting |
| Storm Survival Preparations – Coastal Driller |
| Storm Survival Preparations – Deep Driller |
| Damage Stability & Damage Control – Coastal Driller |
| Damage Stability & Damage Control – Deep Driller |
| Worst Case Scenarios |