New design concepts for pipelines buried in permafrost

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 135-144

  Greenslade, John G ^a   Nixon, Derick ^b  

^a INTECSEA   (Canada)

^b Nixon Geotech   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; PERMAFROST; PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

CAPITAL COSTS; COST ADVANTAGES; DESIGN CONCEPT; DESIGN DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EXPECTED COSTS; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA;

PIPELINES;

EID: 84994519932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IPC2000-118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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