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.
SAFEBUCK Phase III and SAFEBUCK GEO are Joint Industry Projects (JIPs), launched early in 2010 - to continue and conclude the work delivered by SAFEBUCK Phases I and II - with the key aim of formalising the SAFEBUCK Design Guideline into an Industry Recommended Practice. SAFEBUCK GEO, running alongside SAFEBUCK Phase III is conducting research into pipe-soil interaction, which is the most significant uncertainty in the design of pipelines for lateral buckling and pipeline walking.
The JIPs are led by an internationally recognised team, conducting groundbreaking research & development into the most challenging aspects of pipeline design for deepwater or high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) fields. Their work was recognized by the Subsea Innovation and Technology Award early in March 2010.
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