Route selection key first step in avoiding ocean floor spans

Journal Article · Mon Dec 09 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5497829

Beckmann, M M; Hale, J R; Lamison, C W ^[1]

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1. Brown and Root Inc., Houston, TX (US)

Pipeline spanning is becoming a greater concern in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as field development moves into deeper waters. Two factors combine to create the problem. First, seafloor topography becomes more irregular as pipelines move from the relatively smooth continental shelf to the steeper, irregular bathymetry of the continental slope. Second, pipeline installation tension increases in deeper water. This first of two articles looks at how careful route selection may preclude spanning and how that selection process may avoid or reduce costly offshore surveys.

• OSTI ID: 5497829
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 89:49; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
022000 -- Petroleum-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
03 NATURAL GAS
032000* -- Natural Gas-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARIBBEAN SEA
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
COST
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
GULF OF MEXICO
INSTALLATION
NORTH AMERICA
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
PIPELINES
ROUTING
SEA BED
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
SURVEYS
TOPOGRAPHY
USA