NORTH SEA PIPE-LAYING EXPERIENCE TRIMS COSTS

Other than the cost of a fixed platform, a pipeline is usually a major expense for an offshore field development project. The authors give some hints on how to predict the cost of a pipeline project, and then show how the development of new technology has helped trim the costs of North Sea pipe-laying construction. Limitations and costs of different types of laying vessels are discussed and compared. Also discussed are the costs of trenching or burying, and line pipe.

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  Petroleum Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • Marsden Jr, S S
  • Ostby, M
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue Number: 34
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Barges; Construction; Costs; Economic analysis; LNG pipelines; Natural gas pipelines; Offshore structures; Oil fields; Petroleum pipelines; Pipe laying; Pipeline transportation; Pipelines; Underwater pipelines
• Candidate Terms: Pipe laying ships
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Pipelines); Pipeline construction; Pipeline economics
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Economics; Finance; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170130
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM