Offshore pipelines / Boyun Guo ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guo, Boyun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum pipelines--Design and construction.

Petroleum pipelines.

Gas pipelines--Design and construction.

Gas pipelines.

Offshore structures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Gulf Professional Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Written primarily for engineers and management personnel working on offshore and deepwater oil and gas pipelines, this book brings together the authors' years of experience on a variety of pipeline projects. It offers cost-effective approaches for developing pipeline systems. By presenting principles, criteria, and data necessary to perform engineering analyses, the authors set forth guidelines that can be employed to optimize pipeline development projects."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. General design information

3. Diameter and wall thickness

4. Hydrodynamic stability of pipelines

5. Pipeline span

6. Operating stresses

7. Pipeline riser design

8. Pipeline external corrosion protection

9. Pipeline insulation

10. Introduction to flexible pipelines

11. Pipeline installation methods

12. Installation bending stress control

13. Pipeline on-bottom stability control

14. Pipeline testing and pre-commissioning

15. Flow assurance

16. Pigging operations

App. A. Gas-liquid multiphase flow in pipeline

App. B. Steady and transient solutions for pipeline temperature

App. C. Strength de-rating of old pipelines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780080556904

9786610629435

9781280629433

1280629436

9781423723530

1423723538

9780080456904

0080456901

OCLC:

171113687