Automatic welding system gets first use in North Sea

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5895555

Allseas Marine Contractors SA's new automatic welding system Phoenix has been first used aboard the company's Lorelay pipelay vessel for Amoco Netherlands as part of a gas development project in the Dutch North Sea. The system was used to weld approximately 40 km of 26 in. [times] 16 mm (0.630 in.) W.T. carbon steel gas-export pipeline between the P15D platform and the tie-in to the landfall section at the Hook of Holland, near Europort in the Netherlands. Repair rates were lower than for any existing system, says all seas. The system and its operation are described.

• OSTI ID: 5895555
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:44; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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