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Project Number 335
Date of Summary September 01, 2002
Subject Developing an Industry-Wide Best-Practice for the Assessment of Spans in Existing Submarine Pipelines
Performing Activity BOMEL Limited
Principal Investigator Helen Bolt
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion Completed
Description To devise a philosophical approach and a robust uncertainty-based framework for pipeline spans assessment. It will appraise the availability of spans data and feasibility of its analysis for time-dependant aspects; qualitative benchmark assessment programs/systems; review survey methods and information for certainty.
Progress Bomel wrapped up their findings and a draft final was issued. Comments were incorporated into the final report and were submitted summer 2002.
The proprietary period ended on this project in 2003
Reports
AA File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (55 pages) Developing an Industry-Wide Best-Practice for the Assessment of Spans in Existing Submarine Pipelines, Final Report Volume 1, Dr. Helen Bolt, Bomel Consultants, August 2002
AB File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (268 pages) Developing an Industry-Wide Best-Practice for the Assessment of Spans in Existing Submarine Pipelines, Final Report Volume 2, Dr. Helen Bolt, Bomel Consultants, August 2002.
 

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