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With advances in marginal field development, subsea completions, and production step-out programmes, the need for small diameter high pressure flowlines has continued to increase. To meet this demand a wide spectrum of project-specific unbonded layered flexible pipes have been engineered using state-of-the-art computer-aided design and materials selection technology. This paper highlights the circumstances in which such products offer technical and economic advantages over traditional steel pipe solutions.
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Colquhoun, R.S., Hill, R.T., Nielsen, R. (1990). Design and Materials Considerations for High Pressure Flexible Flowlines. In: Ellinas, C.P. (eds) Advances in Subsea Pipeline Engineering and Technology. Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0617-4_7
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