Safebuck Phase II

As the oil & gas industry progresses into deeper water many new challenges have emerged. One of these is how to design and safely operate the pipelines that carry hydrocarbons from subsea wells to the processing facilities.

We are pleased to announce that the SAFEBUCK Phase III and SAFEBUCK GEO Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) have now been launched. The JIPs will continue the work delivered by SAFEBUCK Phases I and II, with the key aim of formalising the SAFEBUCK Guideline into an Industry Recommended Practice. SAFEBUCK GEO will run alongside SAFEBUCK Phase III and will involve research into pipe-soil interaction during lateral buckling.

The groundbreaking R&D carried out by the SAFEBUCK team into the most challenging aspects of pipeline design for deepwater or high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) fields, was recognized by the award of the Subsea Innovation and Technology Award early in March 2010. (See here)

For questions relating to the SAFEBUCK JIP please contact Andy Bowes-Lyon.