WHY MARINE PIPE-LAYING IS EXPENSIVE

Cost estimates filed with the U.S. Federal Power Commission show that marine pipeline construction is about twice as expensive as for comparable projects on land. This is illustrated with a recent job by Grayco Marine Corp. for Tennessee Gas Pipe Line Co. involving 33 mi of 12 through 26 in. natural gas lines. The varying size was a costly feature of the project; the contractor had to do three separate rigging jobs on the lay barge for 12 in., for 16 in., and for 26 in. pipe. The line ran through bay and marshland from the shoreline of LaFourche Parish, Louisiana, into the Gulf of Mexico. Construction details are listed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Oildom Publishing Company

  1217 Kennedy Boulevard
  Bayonne, NJ  United States  04002
• Authors:
  • Quarles, B
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14-16
• Serial:
  • Pipeline and Underground Utilities Construction
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Oildom Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Pipe laying; Pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056200
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM