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Project Number 78
Date of Summary June 30, 1984
Subject Structural Concepts for Lease Sale 87
Performing Activity Brian Watt Associates, Inc.
Principal Investigator Mr. Jal N. Birdy
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to assess the feasibility and costs of developing exploration and production systems for Lease Sale 87 in the Diapir Field, Beaufort Sea, Alaska. Sea ice, unconsolidated sediments, soil slumping, shallow gas concentrates, subsea permafrost, gas hydrates, and ice gouges are some of the factors which will complicate development in this area. This project was a cooperative effort composed of twenty industry participants and the Minerals Management Service. A primary objective of this project was to develop a specific criteria for various target sites within the lease sale area.
Progress Complete
Reports
AA (334 pages; 11,140 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Feasibility and Costs of Exploration and Production Systems in OCS Lease Sale 87, Diapir Field, Alaska, Volumes 1 and 2, Brian Watt Associates Inc., Houston, Texas, June 26, 1984.
 

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