Shell lays 36-in. pipe in 500 ft waters

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1975 · Offshore; (United States)

OSTI ID:6616028

According to Shell UK Exploration and Production Ltd., pipe has already been laid in water over 500 ft deep while yet to come are depths of 530 ft. Never before has pipelaying been attempted in water this deep with 36-in. diameter pipe. Almost all the 92-mile route is under water over 400 ft deep. Progress on the line from the Cormorant field to Firths Voe in Shetland is good, says Shell. So far well over one-third has been laid and the job is running about 3 wks ahead of schedule. It is planned to complete laying during the summer of 1976. The trunkline is a key link in providing a delivery capacity of up to 1 million bpd from Brent and 4 other oil fields in the area--Cormorant, Dunlin, Hutton and Thistle--equal to over one-half of Britain's current annual oil consumption. Cost is expected to be around $220 million. The 17 companies with interests in the 5 fields have formed the Brent System partnership; Shell/Esso has a holding of around 70%. When the fields are producing at their optimum, the Brent system will have a capacity of 1 million bpd. This is the largest single oil accumulation yet discovered in the British sector of the North Sea.

• OSTI ID: 6616028
• Journal Information: Offshore; (United States), Vol. 35:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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