Mobil chooses concrete for Beryl field platform

Journal Article · Mon Mar 04 04:00:00 EDT 1974 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6733018

Block, M L; Brown, D D; Manning, W F; Wood, W D

Mobil North Sea Ltd. has accepted a tender for a gravity-type structure to be installed at Beryl oil field in the North Sea. The structure consists of a base, resting on the ocean floor, made of concrete cells which contain 900,000 bbl of gross oil storage capacity. Three concrete columns rising from this base support a 2-level steel deck above the ocean surface. This deck houses all the equipment necessary to develop and produce the field. This platform construction was selected primarily because it offered the lowest price. In addition, the contractor was experienced in having just completed the Ekofisk I concrete structure. The contractor also had immediately available a suitable deepwater fabrication site and had access to equipment to make the tow to Beryl. A further attraction was the oil storage inherently available in the concrete structure is design.

• Research Organization: Mobil Oil Corp
• OSTI ID: 6733018
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 72:9; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BUILDING MATERIALS
CONCRETES
DESIGN
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
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NORTH SEA
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