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Article: Custom Weld Metal For Arctic Pipeline.(Brief Article)
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- Welding Design & Fabrication
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Extreme weather conditions and stringent quality requirements make custom tailoring of E8010-G electrodes necessary for the first pipeline under Alaska's Beaufort Sea.
Laying a pipeline under Alaska's Beaufort Sea reminds Will Bellis of laying pipe across a river, except the crew works on an 8 foot thick platform of ice floating in the Arctic Ocean, temperatures drop to 70 below zero, and polar bears may come for lunch.
Bellis is the Houston Contracting Company project manager for the BP Amoco Northstar Project. Its the first sub-sea pipeline project connecting an offshore drilling island to shore. Two 10-inch diameter pipes, one for gas, one for oil, ...