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Offshore pipelines : design, installation, and maintenance
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam : Gulf Professional, 2014
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xiv, 384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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9780123979490
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The development of oil and gas fields offshore requires specialized pipeline equipment. The structures must be strong enough to with stand the harshest environments, and ensure that production is not interrupted and remains economically feasible. However, recent events in the Gulf of Mexico have placed a new importance on maintenance and reliability. A new section; Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), introduces the subject of maintenance, written by Tian Ran Lin, Queensland University of Technology, and Yong Sun, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering.

Two of the main objectives of CBM is maximizing reliability while preventing major or minor equipment malfunction and minimizing maintenance costs. In this new section, the authors deal with the multi-objective condition based maintenance optimization problem. CBM provides two major advantages: (1) an efficient approach for weighting maintenance objectives, and (2) a method for specifying physical methods for achieving those objectives. Maintenance cost and reliability objectives are calculated based on proportional hazards model and a control limit CBM replacement policy.

Written primarily for engineers and management personnel working on offshore and deepwater oil and gas pipelines, this book covers the fundamentals needed to design, Install, and commission pipeline projects. This new section along with a thorough update of the existing chapters represents a 30% increase in information over the previous edition.


Author Notes

Dr. Boyun Guo is well known for his contributions to the energy industry in multiphase flow in pipe systems and horizontal well engineering. He is currently 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). He has over 35 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry and academia, and has previously worked for Daqing Petroleum Administrative Bureau, New Mexico Tech, New Mexico Petroleum Recovery Research Center, and Edinburgh Petroleum Services. He holds a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Daqing Petroleum Institute of China, MS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Dr. Guo has authored over a hundred papers, served on many association committees, and published 10 books of which 9 of those reside with Elsevier.

Oil and Gas Engineer at Innovative Petrotech Solutions, Inc.


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
Part IV Condition Based Maintenance
17 Concepts in Condition Based Maintenance
18 Vibration in pipeline condition monitoring and assessment
19 Strategies of pipeline maintenance
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
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