API RP 2A-WSD-200X Draft. Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms-Working Stress Design

An American National Standard, American Petroleum Institute (API). Twenty-Second Edition. 200X. 324p. This publication serves as a guide for those who are concerned with the design and construction of new fixed offshore platforms and for the relocation of existing platforms used for the drilling, development, production, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas. In addition, these guidelines are used in conjunction with API 2SIM for the assessment of existing platforms in the event that it becomes necessary to make a determination of the fitness for purpose of the structure