The geotechnical design of the Baydaratskaya Bay pipeline crossing
- AGRA Earth and Environmental Ltd., Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
- Heerema Oil and Gas Development, Leiden (Netherlands)
- Nixon Geotech Ltd., Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
The Baydaratskaya Bay Crossing will consist of 1,220 mm diameter gas pipelines. These will carry gas from the Yamal fields in northern Russia to European markets. The design of the first phase was carried out by Heerema Oil and Gas Development B.V. of The Netherlands. This paper describes the geotechnical aspects of the design and the engineering solutions applied. Considerable efforts were made in understanding and appreciating the soil conditions along the route, High ice contents, porewater salinity, and warm ground temperatures produced geotechnical conditions that were difficult to engineer, particularly in light of the warm gas temperatures. Geothermal analysis and thaw settlement calculations were performed to predict the performance of the pipeline. The foundations of buildings for pigging equipment were also designed to account for the site specific geothermal conditions.
- OSTI ID:
- 237909
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950604--; ISBN 1-880653-18-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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