ABSTRACT
The Magtymguly Collector Riser platform (MCR-A) is a skirted gravity base foundation to be installed in the Magtymguly field located in the Caspian Sea, offshore Turkmenistan (Fig. 1). The substructure design for the platform has been undertaken by Arup. This paper provides a high level overview of a selection of the more challenging aspects of the foundation design, including:
(i) Assessment of the bearing capacity of the annular foundation geometry under 3D loading.
