Specialized Pipeline Equipment.

The use of specialized heavy equipment in the construction phase of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline is described. The types include equipment used in bending, taping and insulating the 48-in. pipe used for the pipeline. Stretching from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope and Beaufort Sea to the southe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanamoto,Ben
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1978
Subjects:
Construction Equipment
Materials & Supplies
Pumps
Filters
Pipes
Tubing
Fittings & Vlvs
*ALASKA
*PIPELINES
*CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
INSULATION
COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS
BENDING
CLIMATE
ADVERSE CONDITIONS
CATHODIC PROTECTION
WELDING
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PERMAFROST
SPECIALIZATION
PIPE BENDS
TAPE WOUND CONSTRUCTION
Trans Alaska Pipeline
Arctic
Gulf of Alaska
Beaufort Sea
north slope
permafrost
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA055715
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA055715
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Summary:The use of specialized heavy equipment in the construction phase of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline is described. The types include equipment used in bending, taping and insulating the 48-in. pipe used for the pipeline. Stretching from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope and Beaufort Sea to the southern terminal at Valdez on the Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, the pipeline construction task, with the combination of varied arctic terrain, severe climatic conditions, conservational and environmental restraints, and rigid scheduling is a project unlike any that has been undertaken before.

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