Seismic assessment for offshore pipelines

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:403428

Bruschi, R ^[1]; Gudmestad, O T; Blaker, F ^[2]; Nadim, F ^[3]

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1. Snamprogetti, Fano (Italy)
2. Statoil a.s., Stavanger (Norway)
3. Norwegian Geotechnical Inst., Oslo (Norway)

An international consensus on seismic design criteria for onshore pipelines has been established during the last thirty years. The need to assess seismic design for offshore pipelines has not been similarly recognized. In this paper, the geotechnical hazard for a pipeline routed across steep slopes and irregular terrains affected by earthquakes, is discussed. The integrity of both natural and artificial load bearing supports is assessed.d The response of the pipeline to direct excitation from soil or through discontinuous, sparsely distributed natural or artificial supports, is commented.

• OSTI ID: 403428
• Report Number(s): CONF-9508226-; ISBN 0-7844-0101-2; TRN: IM9651%%463
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. U.S. conference on lifeline earthquake engineering, San Francisco, CA (United States), 10-12 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Lifeline earthquake engineering: Proceedings of the fourth U.S. conference; O`Rourke, M.J. [ed.]; PB: 823 p.; Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Monograph number 6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
PIPELINES
SEISMIC EFFECTS
SAFETY ENGINEERING
OFFSHORE SITES
RISK ASSESSMENT
NATURAL GAS
PETROLEUM
TRANSPORT
STABILITY
SEA BED