ADMIRALTY LAW AND ITS EFFECT ON OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT

An introduction to selected phases of the admiralty law as it relates to offshore technological development covers operation of movable drilling rigs (but not fixed platforms) as vessels manned by "Seamen", seizure of vessels, geographical limits of maritime areas, martime personal injuries, and collisions at sea, including collisions between vessels and fixed platforms and damages to submarine pipelines due to vessels dragging anchors.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at the 2nd Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, April 22-24, 1970.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Petroleum Engineers

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  75206
• Authors:
  • Bluestein Jr, E
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 276-82
• Serial:
  • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Volume: 23
  • Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hazards; Operations; Pipeline transportation; Pipelines; Pollution; Preservation; Underwater pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline operating problems; Pipeline protection
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056292
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM