Offshore Pipeline Failures

Abstract

An overview of current concerns in the regulation of offshore pipelines is presented along with tabulated summaries of pipeline failure causes, failure prevention techniques, and pipeline monitoring and early intervention techniques. A database of over 1000 offshore pipeline failures in the Gulf of Mexico Offshore waters has been compiled from combined records of the Department of Transportation Office of pipeline Safety, U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center, and the Department of Interior Minerals Management Service. The data has been analyzed to identify trends and initial recommendations for future data collection have been suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA259708

Entities

People

  • Ross D. Woodson

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cathodic Protection
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Monitoring
  • New York
  • Petroleum
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reliability

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security