Burying flowlines and cables in 186-m water
UDI Group Ltd. and British Petroleum Development Ltd. have developed a 30-ton remote controlled seabed vehicle. The vehicle was built with the expressed purpose of burying the 35 km of flowlines for the remote wellheads on the Magnus field in 186-m of water, in order to increase thermal insulation of pipelines and to produce a greater degree of physical protection against damage from fishing gear, etc. During the 1981 trials, it was decided to carry out further development of the system for simultaneous laying and burial of the control umbilicals required for the remote wellhead controls on Magnus. For this work, it was necessary for each control umbilical to be positioned alongside its respective flowline along the route between the wellhead and the platform. At the platform end of the route, the flowlines and umbilicals are densely concentrated, and accuracy is required in the laying and burying of the umbilicals.
- Research Organization:
- UDI Group, Ltd.
- OSTI ID:
- 6736395
- Journal Information:
- Ocean Ind.; (United States), Vol. 18:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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