PLATFORM DESIGN IS GEARED FOR SAFETY

Newer platforms in the Gulf of Mexico are built to handle oil and gas production as safely as possible. The main feature of these newer platforms is a bulkhead extending from one side of a platform to the other--from floor to ceiling--to physically separate wellheads from all production-handling equipment.

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  Petroleum Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • Bleakley, W B
• Publication Date: 1973-11-26

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 49-52
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 71
  • Issue Number: 48
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore drilling platforms; Offshore platforms; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Platform safety
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072734
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Safety Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1974 12:00AM