Laying pipe on the seafloor can pose a number of challenges, especially if the water is deep. There are three main ways that subsea pipe is laid -- S-lay, J-lay and tow-in -- and the pipelay vessel is ...

Offshore pipeline installation plays a critical role in the secure and efficient delivery of energy resources from deepwater reserves to onshore processing facilities. The field encompasses a range of ...

Pipelay in the deepwater Zohr natural gas field reached 8.6 km/day for 8-in. OD pipeline and 4 km/day for 30-in. OD heavy WT sour service pipeline using S-lay. J-lay of 14-in. OD clad pipelines peaked ...

In summer 2002, three pipelines were installed by the pull method to Forest Oil Corp.'s Redoubt Shoal field Osprey platform, Cook Inlet, Alas., in a project that used new technology in several areas.

A Plains All American Pipeline map shows the proposed safety valve locations for its crude oil pipelines in southern Santa Barbara County. The Planning Commission will hear appeals of the valve ...

VISTA Training and the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) introduced the second of a series of new Computer Based Training programs targeting pipe installation crews. The training, titled ...

TRB Special Report 349: Ensuring Timely Pipeline Shutdowns in Emergencies: When to Install Rupture Mitigation Valves from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

First up for the group appealing the application for the valves was attorney Barry Cappello, a master of the startling simile and the seeming stemwinder. Cappello delivered a head-spinning polemic ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Department of Environmental Quality announced on Friday that the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project team has decided to temporarily suspend installation in ...