Landtesting the underwater Manifold Centre for the Central Cormorant field

Conference · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5471461

Brady, M M

This paper describes the commissioning on land prior to installation of the Underwater Manifold Centre (UMC) for the Central Cormorant field. The test programme was unique in its scope and depth requiring 15 months and 11 million pounds to complete. Included in the paper are guidelines to assist future projects as well as summaries of technical results and a list of the principal problems that were encountered. Management practices utilised to guide the programme to its successful completion are emphasised throughout. Finally, the paper concludes that the landtest programme was a cost-effective and indispensable step which resulted in the UMC being installed in May, 1982 with full confidence, especially in the essential high technology components.

• Research Organization: ESSO, Exploration and Production UK Ltd.
• OSTI ID: 5471461
• Report Number(s): CONF-830514-
• Journal Information: Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 3; Conference: Offshore technology conference, Houston, TX, USA, 2 May 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
UNDERWATER FACILITIES
TESTING
COST
MANAGEMENT
NORTH SEA
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
423000* - Engineering- Marine Engineering- (1980-)