The Use Of Metal Structures In Oil Production

2023 Author: Douglas Hoggarth | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 20:16

Oil is one of the most important minerals for mankind. Today it occupies a leading place in the world fuel and energy economy. The share of oil in the total consumption of energy resources is constantly growing.

Oil production has come a long way from primitive to highly technical methods. In Ancient Babylon and Syria, even before the new era, it was collected from the surface of water bodies, in the 15th century, oil was obtained by processing sandstone or limestone impregnated with it, and from the 60s of the 19th century it began to be extracted by the method of drilling wells, which is the most common method today … The method of offshore oil production has also become important. For drilling wells and extracting raw materials from the bottom of the sea or ocean, complex engineering systems are used - oil platforms.

Depending on the external conditions, various types of oil platforms are used in oil production: offshore, stationary, loosely fixed to the bottom, semi-submersible, mobile offshore platforms with retractable supports, etc. The offshore oil production process has a number of features that determine the characteristics of the materials used for the manufacture of structures. Among them are high performance and reliability, which will minimize the likelihood of accidents.

Also among the requirements for materials for the manufacture of offshore oil and gas facilities, durability, safety for workers and the environment, as well as an acceptable cost.

In the construction of platforms, welded pressed gratings of the O-SP-SS standard are widely used. This structural element is reinforced with round rods, which are welded to the twisted cover rods in the direction of the bearing strips. Welding of a round bar is carried out in such a way as to exclude overshooting of a falling reference ball with a diameter of 15 mm. This is a rather important moment in the process of erecting offshore platforms (the dimensions of the bearing strip are from 25x3 mm to 60x5 mm, the cell size is 38.28x101.6 mm).

Materials for the construction of oil platforms should be lightweight yet strong, non-slip and non-corrosive. All these conditions are met by welded pressed gratings, which provide the ratio of lightness and strength required for surface structures, and also have resistance to corrosive environments. This property eliminates the most common cause of emergencies.

The structure of welded extruded gratings can successfully withstand sea waves, storms and strong winds and prevents the accumulation of precipitation, which could cause an accident due to the weight of the structure. The use of these materials allows to make offshore oil production as safe as possible for the workers serving the platform, as well as for the environment.

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