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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
581 |
| Date of Summary |
March 22, 2007 |
| Subject |
Pipeline Damage Assessment from Hurricane Katrina/Rita |
| Performing Activity |
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Company |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr. Abdel Ghoneim |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
The Offshore Federal Oil & Gas infrastructure includes over 33, 000 miles of
pipeline that provides the means to service and transport approximately 30%
of our nation’s domestically produced oil and gas from offshore wells to
onshore refineries. As the U.S. grows increasingly dependent on the steady
supply of energy from offshore oil and gas reserves, MMS remains attentive
to the destructive forces of hurricanes and the extensive challenges to
protect pipelines in advance of and to re-start pipeline production
following these catastrophic natural events.
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objective of the study is to determine the
extent cause of damage to the GOM pipeline infrastructure during
hurricanes Katrina/Rita and how to
be better prepared in the future to reduce and/or
prevent damage. |
| Progress |
In addition to gathering and assessing the pipeline damage data reported by
operators and pipeline owners in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita, DNV held a series of meetings with MMS to assist in the
development of a web-based pipeline damage reporting system in conjunction
with MMS's eWell system. Research study completed and final deliverable
accepted on March 22, 2007. |
| Reports |
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AA
(106 pages) |
Pipeline
Damage Assessment from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf of Mexico, Report
No. 44814183,
Rev. 1, submitted by G. Abdel
Ghoneim of Det Norske Veritas, Houston, TX, March
15, 2007. |
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