Offshore pipelines

More than a third of the worldwide growth in drilling is expected to come from offshore, making the development of offshore pipelines an extremely hot topic in the energy industry. Offshore Pipelines is the most up-to-date reference for engineers and developers challenged with bringing oil and gas o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Guo, Boyun
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Gulf Professional Pub., ©2005.
Subjects
Petroleum pipelines > Design and construction.
Gas pipelines > Design and construction.
Offshore structures.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1423723538
9781423723530
0080456901
9780080456904
075067847X
9780750678476
Physical Description1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Symbols
  • Unit Conversion Factors
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Pipeline Design
  • 1.3 Pipeline Installation
  • 1.4 Pipeline Operations
  • Chapter 1 References
  • 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
  • Appendix A Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flow in Pipeline
  • A.1 Introduction
  • A.2 Multiphase Flow Concepts
  • A.3 Flow Regime Classifications
  • A.4 Horizontal Gas-Liquid Flow Regime Maps
  • A.5 Flow Regime Transitions in Horizontal Gas- Liquid Flow
  • A.6 Modeling of Multiphase Flow in Horizontal Pipeline
  • Appendix A References
  • Appendix B Steady and Transient Solutions for Pipeline Temperature
  • B.1 Assumptions.
  • B.2 Governing Equation
  • B.3 Solutions
  • Appendix C Strength De-Rating of Old Pipelines
  • C.1 Introduction
  • C.2 Classification of Cavities
  • C.3 Analytical SCF Model for Medium Cavity
  • C.4 Analytical SCF Model for Shallow Cavity
  • C.5 Analytical SCF Model for Deep Cavity
  • C.6 Illustrative Example
  • Appendix C References
  • index.

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