TY - JOUR Y1 - 2020/// N1 - cited By 4 A1 - Patel, M.S. A1 - Liew, M.S. A1 - Mustaffa, Z. A1 - Abdurasheed, A.S. A1 - Whyte, A. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087910056&doi=10.12989%2fose.2020.10.2.131&partnerID=40&md5=6a1fc2998bbdfdddfcc63bfed111b052 JF - Ocean Systems Engineering VL - 10 SN - 20936702 N2 - The objective of this study was to evaluate the downtime cost of side-by-side offloading operations in Malaysian waters. With the help of a numerical time domain tool, the structure and cable response of moored FPSO vessel was simulated for heading and beam sea-states under irregular waves. The weather downtime was assessed by comparing the response under operational wave condition with the pre defined industrial safe offloading criteria. Additionally, two cases of cable failure were simulated for each sea-state. The novel study on downtime cost was presented for three different location of Malaysia subcontinent for which the location specific wave scatter diagram facilitated to estimate the probability of occurrence of operational wave condition. It was concluded that an unpredictable increment in wave height by 0.5 m can significantly impact the production cost. © 2020 Techno-Press, Ltd. IS - 2 TI - Downtime cost analysis of offloading operations under irregular waves in Malaysian waters ID - scholars13084 EP - 161 SP - 131 PB - Techno Press AV - none ER -