This recommended practice supplements API RP 2SK for Gulf Of Mexico MODU mooring design and operation practice during the hurricane season. Topics addressed herein that will be part of the overall mooring design and MODU operations include:

• Site and well-specific data
• Design criteria for the mooring
• Indicative GOM hurricane extreme metocean conditions
• Mooring analysis
• Site-specific risk assessment and mitigation
• Mooring hardware issues such as anchor system and mooring system upgrade
• Mooring operation issues such as deployment, hurricane preparedness, and inspection