Laying pipe on the seafloor can pose a number of challenges, especially if the water is deep. There are three main ways that subsea pipe is laid -- S-lay, J-lay and tow-in -- and the pipelay vessel is ...

In summer 2002, three pipelines were installed by the pull method to Forest Oil Corp.'s Redoubt Shoal field Osprey platform, Cook Inlet, Alas., in a project that used new technology in several areas.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morrison, a leading energy service company for the oil, gas and renewables industries, successfully completes the installation of Byron Energy Limited’s South Marsh Island ...

Gascade Gastransport GMBH has completed installation of its 50-km Ostsee Anbindungsleitung (OAL) subsea natural gas pipeline. Having executed OAL’s above-water tie in, the company expects to begin ...

An underwater survey west of Africa, off the Angolan coast, found that both the abundance and types of animals on the deep-sea floor increased significantly in response to the installation of a ...

COOEC has achieved a major milestone in offshore innovation with the successful sea trial of “Haiwei”, China’s first domestically developed intelligent monitoring system for deepwater pipeline ...

One of the first major subsea pipelines was built between Great Britain’s Isle of Wight and the coast of France during World War II and since then, their use has expanded exponentially. Today, ...