Pipeline projects off Europe to focus on gas

Journal Article · Mon Aug 31 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7257181

This paper reports that pipeline construction in the North Sea and Mediterranean for the next 5 years will focus almost exclusively on natural gas systems. The next 5 years will be generally active, but there will be adequate lay barge capacity every year with the possible exception of 1995. There are now five third generation North Sea vessels, with a combined pipelay capacity under normal North Sea conditions of about 2,000 km/year. The five vessels work during a lay season from April to October without the need to lay down and pick up pipe when bad weather intervenes. Capacity can be increased by mobilizing some of the secondary capacity vessels of an earlier generation.

• OSTI ID: 7257181
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:35; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
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NORTH SEA
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