Australian Offshore Platforms

Synopsis: Documents the construction and placement of a steel oil platform designed to be permanently fixed on the sea floor up to 80 kilometres off the Victorian coast in the Bass Strait. The design had to last up to 30 years - the expected life of the Mackerel oilfield. Shows two grades of steel being made for the economic construction of the rig; a 250 megapascal steel and a 350 megapascal steel were made, the former for general structural members and the latter for highly stressed node points and members. A description of the steels is given and quality testing is shown (tensile testing, lamellar tear testing). A description of the platform construction is then given followed by final assembly, transportation to location at sea and erection on the sea bed.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; Videocassette. U-matic. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1976
Availability: Hire
Uses: Courses in civil and mechanical engineering for marine structures.
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: Australia; mechanical engineering; metallurgy; oil wells; petroleum deposits

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