The paper reviews the parallel developments of the flexible pipe technology and of the subsea industry. It analyses the key characteristics which have made this development possible and which are, basically, flexibility, modularity and versatility. This has allowed the flexible pipe not only to stick to the market, but even to make it possible, as it is an element without which floating production systems would hardly exist. As a result, flexible pipes are now natural components of most subsea developments.
Contribution of flexible pipes and riser systems to the development of subsea hydrocarbon resources
1997
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Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch