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Client
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Shell Offshore, Inc.
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Region
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Gulf of Mexico
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Location
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Garden Banks 172-215
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Water Depth
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700-1450 ft.
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Services Performed
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Subsea, Pipelines
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| Contractor |
J. Ray McDermott, Inc. |
| Sub-Contractor |
Mentor Subsea Technology Services,
Inc. |
| Award |
November, 1999 |
| Completion |
July, 2000 |
| Project
Managers |
Will Wilson |
| Operator |
Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Key Participations |
Mentor Subsea - PLEM Design
Hydrotech - PLEM Fabrication
BJ Services - Pigging and Hydrostatic Testing |
Technology & Innovation:
- First use of newly designed S-lay modular system on DB16
- First time use of "snaking" theory in pipeline
end manifold design, which eliminated the use of piles yielding
cost savings
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Scope:
- Design, procure, fabricate and install four subsea pipeline
end manifolds
- Install two 8” rigid flowlines (5 miles ea.) utilizing
S-Lay method
- Install one - 6” pipeline (1 mile)
- Pigging and Hydrotesting of installed system
- First 15K subsea pipeline in the world
Description:
- DB16 installed two 8” dia insulated flowlines from
J-tubes at the “Salsa” platform to subsea pipeline
end manifolds using deepwater S-lay method
- 6” flowline was laid from a wellhead to the pipeline
manifold
- Manifold, and pipeline end sleds were also installed
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