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Technical Areas: Design, Construction and Operations

Pipeline construction
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Mission

"To develop safe, environmentally responsible, cost-effective and reliable solutions for the design, construction, and operation of energy pipelines."

Technical Areas

  • Offshore Design
  • Engineering Operations
  • Reliability-Based Design

Recent Accomplishments

  • Developed reference guide for ROVs.
  • Established clamp-type repair system for minor pipeline leaks below diver reach.
  • Developed dents and cyclical fatigue criteria.
  • Developed comprehensive guidelines for horizontal directional drilled crossings.
  • Developed finite-element analysis and full-scale rupture tests to establish failure envelopes for fittings.
  • Completed upgrade of the PRCI model for on-bottom stability of offshore pipelines.

Offshore/Onshore Design Apps Committee Publication List

For a complete listing of the documents in our "In Print" inventory, please click here.

 

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