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Project Number

504

Date of Summary February 8, 2005
Subject Effectiveness of Spanning and VIV Mitigation for Subsea Pipelines
Performing Activity Det Norske Veritas   
Principal Investigator Olav Frileiv
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion Completed
Description Alaska's often harsh environment has created unique challenges for the Oil and Gas industry both onshore and offshore. To better understand the challenges characteristic of artic environments, their impacts, and possible solutions, MMS contracted with Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to provide a workshop on the fundamentals, technical issues, and remediation of VIV of free spanning pipelines in Cook Inlet, strudel scour in Beaufort sea, and wind-induced vibrations for elevated pipelines on the North Slope.
Progress A two-day workshop was held May 25 - 26, 2004 at the MMS Regional Office in Anchorage, AK. Representatives throughout MMS and the State of Alaska participated in the event. A large portion of the material presented during the workshop remains proprietary to DNV. The non-proprietary portion of the workshop is provided below.
Reports
AA (14 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Slide Show of Free Spanning Subsea Pipelines, Cook Inlet Area, Olav Fyrileiv, Det Norske Veritas, August 2004.
AB (13 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Slide Show of Introduction to DNV-RP-F105 Free Spanning Pipelines, Olav Fyrileiv, Det Norske Veritas, February 2005.
AC (24 pages File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Slide Show of Free Spanning Pipelines, Strudel Scour in Beaufort Sea, Muthu Chezhian, Det Norske Veritas, August 2004.
AD (25 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Slide Show of Free Spanning Pipelines, Wind Induced Vibrations, Muthu Chezhian, Det Norske Veritas, August 2004.
 

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