Features of the classification of vessels of the oil and gas field fleet

Classification of vessels is carried out on various grounds: depending on their purpose, dimensions, deadweight, operational restrictions, principles of buoyancy, transported goods and methods of their handling. Vessels of the oil and gas fleet traditionally belong to the group of vessels of the "technical fleet", designed to ensure the development of offshore fields on the continental shelf, to perform underwater technical, down hole, construction and installation, pipe-laying and cable-laying works, as well as other tasks related to the operation of oil and gas facilities. The continental shelf is the most accessible part of the World Ocean and is the zone of the most active human activity in the development of various resources. Development of the World Ocean is aimed at solving three main problems that are of paramount importance for the further global development of mankind: an increase in the volume of extraction of mineral raw materials, use of ocean energy, provision of food and accommodation of the population. The article examines the various views of modern society on the classification of ships and ocean engineering facilities, with the help of which a set of measures aimed at the development, construction and operation of various energy facilities of the continental shelf is implemented. In particular, the article analyzes the classification principles of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, the Norwegian DNV (Det Norske Veritas), as well as classification approaches used by oil and gas companies and brokers (on the example of Rystad Energy, Norway). In addition, the article in the form of tables and diagrams presents generalized data on the classification of the oil and gas fleet used in various periods in the domestic oil and gas industry.

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