Author: Angus Mather Format: Hardcover Pages: 350 ISBN: 1-85609-186-4 Publisher: OPL Item Number: 100-61 Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 weeks.	PRICE: $192.00
Description This definitive manual is an overall reference and introduction to what is a relatively complex subject. Its aim is to provide a fuller overall appreciation of the offshore industry in understandable terms.

Contents

• Offshore Structures and Support Vessels - offshore structures, support vessels, offshore installations description, fixed steel structures installation.
• The North Sea History and Legislation - the North Sea, the store so far, oil and gas distribution, the safety case, statutory instruments, associated information.
• Safety Systems - the safety case, fire fighting equipment, life-saving appliances, navigational aids, hazardous areas, emergency systems.
• Piping Systems and Process Pressure Vessels - piping systems, process pressure vessels, piping and pressure vessels design, piping systems construction.
• Production - gas production, oil production, enhanced oil recovery and oil drive mechanism.
• Underwater Engineering - diving, underwater surveys
• The Well Component Parts - Christmas tree, surface wellhead.
• Well Maintenance - wireline operations, workover operations.
• Appendices - structural steel, welding, non-destructive examination, units of measurement, table of line pipe dimensions.