High pressure flexible pipes for marginal oilfield development

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5442156

Griffiths, A D

The major fields in the North Sea are currently in production and the average size of prospective development fields will decrease with time. The smaller or 'marginal' field development technology will represent a major factor in the future of oil and gas development in the North West European Continental Shelf area. Worldwide the number of exploitable marginal discoveries to date is believed to exceed 800. In the North West European Continental Shelf it is forecast by Hoare Govett that more than 45 marginal developments will be underway before 1990 in this area. These will be chosen from a known potential of 200 discoveries. The sub-sea completion of marginal oilfield production facilities is simplified by the use of high pressure flexible pipes. Short pipes are used to ''Tie-In'' rigid pipelines to sub-sea structures and continuous length pipes are used increasingly as a replacement for rigid, steel, pipelines.

• OSTI ID: 5442156
• Report Number(s): CONF-850941-
• Resource Relation: Conference: European offshore conference, Aberdeen, UK, 10 Sep 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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