Foam insulation gets first reeled installation off Australia

Journal Article · Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5287984

Mollison, M I ^[1]

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1. Esso Australia Ltd., Melbourne (AU)

Development in 1989 of Seahorse and Tarwhine fields in the Bass Strait, offshore Australia, promoted the first reeled installation of the thermally insulated pipeline system known as pipe-in-pipe (PIP). This paper reports that this system consists of an inner steel pipe coated with high-density polyurethane (HDPU) foam inside an outer steel carrier pipe. The offshore lines for which PIP was finally chosen are 7 and 10.8 miles, respectively, connecting the Barracouta offshore platform and subsea wellheads at each field location. Several alternative coating systems were evaluated, as report in Part 1 of this series. This conclusion chronicles coating application and shore fabrication of PIP for this project.

• OSTI ID: 5287984
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 90:20; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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