The challenges of siting facilities along the Sigsbee escarpment in the southern Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico: Framework for integrated studies

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2003-May, Issue , 2003, Pages 862-873

  Jeanjean, Philippe ^a   Hill, Andrew ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b BHP Billiton Petroleum   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; FACILITY LOCATIONS; FIELD DATA COLLECTION; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS;

OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85056100928     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/15156-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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