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Title: Construction Of Offshore Platforms And Pipelines In Deep Water And Adverse Environmental Conditions
Author: Hugh W. Gordon
Source: American Gas Association 1975
Year Published: 1975
Abstract: The offshore construction industry has made steady and consistent progress in its ability to meet the demands and requirements of the oil and gas producing companies as their operations have moved from land to the shallow and protected coastal waters on to the ever increasing depths of the continental shelf. The industrys growth has come not in spectacular jumps ahead, but rather has been achieved by continually striving to meet the challenge of each new project, while at the same time looking ahead to the problems that must be solved if it is to continue to serve in its present capacity. As oil and gas production operations have moved into deeper water and more severe environments, new concepts for drilling/production platforms have evolved, and new technology has been developed for constructing these platforms and the pipelines transporting oil and gas to shore. To date, a 32 inch pipeline has been installed in 480 feet of water and a platform set in 416 feet of water in the North Sea, the deepest water and most hostile environment in which major marine construction projects have been attempted. Plans are underway for installation of platforms in water depths of 850 feet offshore California, 450 feet in the Gulf of Mexico, and in 500 feet in the North Sea. Designs are being prepared for platforms in 1200 foot water depths in the Gulf of Mexico. Considering active and anticipated deep water exploration in such areas as offshore Western Australia. Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, East and West Coast USA, Eastern Canada, and the North Sea it is obvious that the trend toward construction in deeper water and more adverse environments will continue.

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