CONTROLLED DEPTH SUBMERGED BARGE FOR ARCTIC TRANSPORT IS FEASIBLE AND ECONOMICAL

This is primarily a description of CONOCO's efforts to develop a system for hauling two million barrels per day of crude oil from the North Slope of Alaska to the East Coast of the U.S. A brief coverage of the following aspects is provided: Environment and routing, icebreaker and barge design, control systems, simulation models, economics and the necessary development program.

• Corporate Authors:

  Petroleum Publishing Company

  Box 66909
  Houston, TX  United States  77006
• Authors:
  • Sudbury, J D
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-50
• Serial:
  • Offshore Journal
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Petroleum Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Economics; Freight transportation; Icebreakers; Petroleum; Pipeline transportation; Submersibles; Transportation; Tug ship interaction; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic oil transportation; Barge transportation systems; Submersible barges; Tug barge systems
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043755
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Offshore Journal
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1973 12:00AM