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Offshore in depth

Abstract

The world-wide scope of offshore areas is discussed. Offshore areas of the U.S. and the world are where one of the ''hottest'' hydrocarbon booms--drilling, production, and pipelining--are in action today. Most of the current activity in offshore exploration and drilling is crude oil directed. However, big non-associated natural gas finds have been made. Additionally, for every barrel of crude oil produced, either or both associated natural gas and dissolved natural gas are produced in some varying ratio as casinghead gas. Thus, with worldwide production of some 2.5-million bbl of crude oil per day from offshore areas of Free-World countries, there are vast volumes of casinghead natural gas produced, over and above that produced from non-associated natural gas wells to the seaward of land masses. If offshore gas of any classification is produced in commercial volumes close to onshore population centers, then the possibility of marketing is fairly good. If remote from population centers, it is usually flared or shut-in. The development of gas liquefaction and cryogenic tankers has started, but international ocean traffic in LNG is still in its infancy. Current offshore gas pipelines are described.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Aug 01, 1968
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-82-054475
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Gas (Apeldoorn, Neth.); (Netherlands); Journal Volume: 44:8
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; TRANSPORT; PETROLEUM; USA; OFFSHORE OPERATIONS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; PIPELINES; DRILLING; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; NORTH AMERICA; 020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production; 030300 - Natural Gas- Drilling, Production, & Processing; 022000 - Petroleum- Transport, Handling, & Storage; 032000 - Natural Gas- Transport, Handling, & Storage
OSTI ID:
5706401
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: GAASA
Submitting Site:
TUL
Size:
Pages: 51-66, 69-70, 72, 74
Announcement Date:
Aug 01, 1980

Citation Formats

Ebdon, J F. Offshore in depth. Netherlands: N. p., 1968. Web.
Ebdon, J F. Offshore in depth. Netherlands.
Ebdon, J F. 1968. "Offshore in depth." Netherlands.
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abstractNote = {The world-wide scope of offshore areas is discussed. Offshore areas of the U.S. and the world are where one of the ''hottest'' hydrocarbon booms--drilling, production, and pipelining--are in action today. Most of the current activity in offshore exploration and drilling is crude oil directed. However, big non-associated natural gas finds have been made. Additionally, for every barrel of crude oil produced, either or both associated natural gas and dissolved natural gas are produced in some varying ratio as casinghead gas. Thus, with worldwide production of some 2.5-million bbl of crude oil per day from offshore areas of Free-World countries, there are vast volumes of casinghead natural gas produced, over and above that produced from non-associated natural gas wells to the seaward of land masses. If offshore gas of any classification is produced in commercial volumes close to onshore population centers, then the possibility of marketing is fairly good. If remote from population centers, it is usually flared or shut-in. The development of gas liquefaction and cryogenic tankers has started, but international ocean traffic in LNG is still in its infancy. Current offshore gas pipelines are described.}
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