Special Considerations
Seasonal construction/repair
Notes:
- Additionally, there are a number of special environmental and technical considerations for an offshore pipeline.
- The paramount environmental consideration is the bowhead whale and associated subsistence hunting activities that occur during the open water periods across the Beaufort Sea.
- Seasonal broken ice conditions in the fall and spring will also pose challenges for construction, maintenance and repair.
- Permafrost, ice gouging, and strudel scour are principle design considerations.
- Metering and leak detection will be a concern, even though this is not an oil pipeline.