Offshore Pipelines
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Offshore Pipelines covers the full scope of pipeline development from pipeline designing, installing, and testing to operating. It gathers the authors' experiences gained through years of designing, installing, testing, and operating submarine pipelines. The aim is to provide engineers and management personnel a guideline to achieve cost-effective management in their offshore and deepwater pipeline development and operations. The book is organized into three parts. Part I presents design practices used in developing submarine oil and gas pipelines and risers. Contents of this part include selection of pipe size, coating, and insulation. Part II provides guidelines for pipeline installations. It focuses on controlling bending stresses and pipe stability during laying pipelines. Part III deals with problems that occur during pipeline operations. Topics covered include pipeline testing and commissioning, flow assurance engineering, and pigging operations. This book is written primarily for new and experienced engineers and management personnel who work on oil and gas pipelines in offshore and deepwater. It can also be used as a reference for college students of undergraduate and graduate levels in Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.
Key Features
* Pipeline design engineers will learn how to design low-cost pipelines allowing long-term operability and safety.
* Pipeline operation engineers and management personnel will learn how to operate their pipeline systems in a cost effective manner.
* Deepwater pipelining is a new technology developed in the past ten years and growing quickly.
* Pipeline operation engineers and management personnel will learn how to operate their pipeline systems in a cost effective manner.
* Deepwater pipelining is a new technology developed in the past ten years and growing quickly.
Readership
Pipeline Design Engineers, Pipeline Operation Engineers, Students in Petroleum Engineering
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Symbols
Unit Conversion Factors
1. Introduction
Part I: Pipeline Design
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
Part II: Pipeline Installation
11. Pipeline Installation Methods
12. Installation Bending Stress Control
13. Pipeline On-Bottom Stability Control
Part III: Pipeline Commissioning and Operations
14. Pipeline Testing and Pre-commissioning
15. Flow Assurance
16. Pigging Operations
Appendices
Appendix A: Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flow in Pipeline
Appendix B: Steady and Transient Solutions for Pipeline Temperature
Appendix C: Strength De-Rating of Old Pipelines
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 304
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Gulf Professional Publishing 2005
- Published: April 25, 2005
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780080456904
About the Authors
Boyun Guo, PhD
Boyun Guo is a Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Petroleum Engineering Department and Director of the Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems (COPS) of the Energy Institute of Louisiana (EIL). He has 40 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry and academia. He is the principal author of 11 books and author/coauthor of over 150 research papers. He holds a BS degree in Engineering Science from Daqing Petroleum Institute in China, MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, and a PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Louisiana, Lafayette and Director, Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems (COPS), USA
Shanhong Song, Ph.D.
Affiliations and Expertise
Senior engineer, ChevronTexaco
Ali Ghalambor, PhD
Ali Ghalambor is currently an international consultant with more than 40 years of industrial and academic experience. He served as the API Endowed Professor, head of the petroleum engineering department, and director of the Energy Institute at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has performed consulting and training services in 45 countries, authored 15 books and more than 230 technical papers. Ali received the SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty in 2001, the Distinguished Member in 2006, Production and Operations Award in 2007, and Distinguished Service Award in 2008. Dr. Ghalambor earned a BS and MS degree, both in petroleum engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, and a PhD in environmental sciences and engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a registered professional engineer in the US, elected member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and recipient of its Nobel Laureate Physicists Kapitsa Gold Medal.
Affiliations and Expertise
Formerly Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA
Tian Lin, PhD
Affiliations and Expertise
CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management, Queensland University of Technology
Jacob Chacko
Boyun Guo, PhD
Boyun Guo is a Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Petroleum Engineering Department and Director of the Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems (COPS) of the Energy Institute of Louisiana (EIL). He has 40 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry and academia. He is the principal author of 11 books and author/coauthor of over 150 research papers. He holds a BS degree in Engineering Science from Daqing Petroleum Institute in China, MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, and a PhD degree in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Louisiana, Lafayette and Director, Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems (COPS), USA
Shanhong Song, Ph.D.
Affiliations and Expertise
Senior engineer, ChevronTexaco