Overview

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of each aspect of offshore operations including conventional methods of operations, emerging technologies, legislations, health, safety and environment impact of offshore operations.

Content Coverage

The book starts by coverage of notable offshore fields across the globe and the statistics of present oil production, covering all types of platforms available along with their structural details. Further, it discusses production, storage and transportation, production equipment, safety systems, automation, storage facilities and transportation.

Legislation and Target Audience

Book ends with common legislation acts and comparison of different legislation acts of major oil/gas producing nations. The book is aimed at professionals and researchers in petroleum engineering, offshore technology, subsea engineering, and environmental studies.

Key Topics

Explores the engineering, technology, system, environmental, operational and legislation aspects of offshore production systems.

Covers most of the subsea engineering material in a concise manner.

Includes legislation of major oil and gas producing nations pertaining to offshore operations (oil and gas).

Incorporates case studies of major offshore operations (oil and gas) accidents and lessons learnt.

Discusses environment impact of offshore operations.