If . . . | Then . . . |
(1) Your new floating platform is a buoyant offshore facility that does not have a ship-shaped hull, | The entire platform is subject to the Platform Verification Program including the following associated structures: |
(i) Drilling, production, and pipeline risers, and riser tensioning systems (each platform must be designed to accommodate all the loads imposed by all risers and riser does not have tensioning systems); (ii) Turrets and turret-and-hull interfaces; (iii) Foundations, foundation pilings and templates, and anchoring systems; and (iv) Mooring or tethering systems. | |
(2) Your new floating platform is a buoyant offshore facility with a ship-shaped hull, | Only the following structures that may be associated with a floating platform are subject to the Platform Verification Program: |
(i) Drilling, production, and pipeline risers, and riser tensioning systems (each platform must be designed to accommodate all the loads imposed by all risers and riser tensioning systems); (ii) Turrets and turret-and-hull interfaces; (iii) Foundations, foundation pilings and templates, and anchoring systems; and (iv) Mooring or tethering systems. |
30 C.F.R. §250.910