ICE ENGINEERING FOR OFFSHORE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN CANADA

The incentive to develop hydrocarbon resources which may exist beneath ice-covered waters, had led to significant advances in ice engineering in Canada. During the last few years techniques have been developed for drilling year-round in the Beaufort Sea, drilling off-the-ice in the Artic Islands, and drilling amongst the icebergs of the Labrador Sea. This paper describes these operations, and the research and development in ice engineering which has made them possible.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC 77), Newfoundland Memorial University, Canada, September 26-30, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  POAC Conference 77

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• Authors:
  • Croasdale, K R
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cold weather construction; Drilling; Force; Ice; Ice islands; Offshore drilling platforms; Offshore oil industry; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic drilling; Arctic engineering; Ice drilling techniques; Ice forces on structures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167692
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM