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Arctic offshore drilling: a new challenge

Journal Article · · Offshore; (United States)
OSTI ID:6455124
The arctic offshore environment provides the drilling industry with its greatest challenge yet. Problems due to sea ice, high wind, extreme cold and poor bottom soil have required the design of special structures appropriate only for arctic offshore drilling. The challenge lies not just in the obvious factors of temperature and ice, but also the basic physics of ice problems are not well understood. The arctic environment and the petroleum industry are discussed.
OSTI ID:
6455124
Journal Information:
Offshore; (United States), Journal Name: Offshore; (United States); ISSN OFSHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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