A new combined fluexibe and rigid pipelay vessel for ultra deepwater operations

摘要

With the advent of deepwater discoveries down to 2500 m, new pipelay techniques must be developed to bridge the gap between the current pipelay capabilities and meet the challenges of the duture. Many of the deepwater fields will be using a combination of rigid or flexible production lies with or without thermal insulation, flexible tails, and steel catenary risers or dynamic flexibe risers.