EMERGENCY SITUATION IN THE SHORELINE REACH OF AN OFFSHORE OILFIELD PIPELINE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES

Jefferson V. Bandeira, Luiz C. Araujo, Antonio B. do Valle

Abstract


This paper describes the critical situation experienced in the northeast coast of Brazil by an oil and a gas pipeline, in their shoreline reach, due to the growth of a spit, and the remedial measures adopted, which a voided an environmental and economical disaster.

Keywords


pipeline; oilfield pipepline; offshore pipeline; cast study

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