Structural Analysis of Deep-Water Pipelines

The depletion of most onshore and near shoreoff-shore oil reserves has shifted the focus ofpetroleum exploration and production to deep wateroff-shore word wide. Owing to the greater depths anddifferent type of related physical environment andassociated risks involved i.e. deep-water, the futurepipelines need to be designed and analyzed with adifferent approach as compared to those onshore. Thework presents a comprehensive yet concise structuralanalysis methodology of a deep water pipeline. Theparameter investigated is expected-but-unforeseeableaxial change in length coupled with deflection as aresult of a conceptual before-service hydrostatictesting of a fairly long deep-water pipeline section.Various simple, plausible and most commonlyconfronted physical scenarios and situations inoff-shore pipeline laying are presented withdifferent possible corresponding loading schemes and,analyzed and discussed before delineating theconclusions. It has been endeavored to implement bothanalytical and numerical solution where ever possiblesupported by consistent background theory foradequate understanding.

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Bilal Hassan(Dogar Al-Baasha) earned a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Engineering (Mining) in 1997-98 from UET Lahore(PAK). His quest for knowledge, adventurous and maverick nature charged with appreciable experience enabled him to enter Dalhousie University(CAN) where he managed to earn a Master of Petroleum Engineering in 2006 despite his apparent ungainliness.

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The depletion of most onshore and near shore off-shore oil reserves has shifted the focus of petroleum exploration and production to deep water off-shore word wide. Owing to the greater depths and different type of related physical environment and associated risks involved i.e. deep-water, the future pipelines need to be designed and analyzed with a different approach as compared to those onshore. The work presents a comprehensive yet concise structural analysis methodology of a deep water pipeline. The parameter investigated is expected-but-unforeseeable axial change in length coupled with deflection as a result of a conceptual before-service hydrostatic testing of a fairly long deep-water pipeline section. Various simple, plausible and most commonly confronted physical scenarios and situations in off-shore pipeline laying are presented with different possible corresponding loading schemes and, analyzed and discussed before delineating the conclusions. It has been endeavored to implement both analytical and numerical solution where ever possible supported by consistent background theory for adequate understanding.