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Project Number 577
Date of Summary June 3, 2008
Subject Design Options for Offshore Pipelines in the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
Performing Activity C-CORE
Principal Investigator Ryan Phillips
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Completed
Description The objective of this study was to provide design options for Pipelines with regard to Arctic hazards such as strudel scour, upheaval buckling, and ice gouging in the Beaufort and Chuckchi Seas. Design options included evaluation of PL configuration, material selection, design parameters, operating conditions, application of strain-based and limit state design methods. Design issues included construction, operations, integrity management, maintenance and intervention. Specific Tasks included:
  1. Perform Literature Review,
  2. Characterize Environmental and Operating Conditions,
  3. Conduct Hazard Assessment
  4. Perform Pipeline Mechanical Response Models (ABAQUS)
  5. Examine Pipeline Mechanical Performance Criteria
  6. Conduct Design Options Analysis
  7. Examine Design Options for Construction, Maintenance, and Repair.
  8. Provide Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
Progress Completed.  See report below.
Report
AA File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (7961 KB) Design Options for Offshore Pipelines in the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Report R-07-078-519, C-CORE, St. John’s, NL Canada A1B 3X5, April 2008.
  1. Appendix A, Design Options for Offshore Pipelines in the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Report R-07-078-519, C-CORE, St. John’s, NL Canada A1B 3X5, March 2008.File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (1993 KB)
     

  2. Appendix B, Design Options for Offshore Pipelines in the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Report R-07-078-519, C-CORE, St. John’s, NL Canada A1B 3X5, March 2008.File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (488 KB)

 

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