Issues and Challenges in the Requalification of Offshore Platforms in
                    Mexico

Valdes, V.; Arteaga-Ramírez, Ramón

doi:10.1115/1.533728

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“…Water column stability changes from stratified to homogenous between the 'rainy' and the 'northers' seasons, markedly affecting the inner shelf (< 30 m depth) (Czitrom et al 1986). The study area includes the largest offshore oil production region of Mexico, covering an area of 8000 km 2 that includes natural oil seeps and approximately 200 platforms with a range of functions (Valdes & Ortega Ramirez 2000). Oil activities in the Campeche Bay have developed since 1974 with the discovery of several oil fields (Santiago & Baro 1992).…”

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Assessing the impact of oil-related activities on benthic macroinfauna assemblages of the Campeche shelf, southern Gulf of Mexico

Arana¹,

Warwick²,

Attrill³

et al. 2005

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Considering the long history of oil extraction and the numerous platforms that exist in the southern Gulf of Mexico, a regional approach has been used to investigate the impact of oilrelated activities on the macrobenthic community. The objective was to determine the effect of oilrelated activity in a region known to have a highly variable benthic community composition due to temporal and spatial variability of its natural environment. A transect design along gradients of natural variables and disturbance intensities, including active oil platforms, was implemented during the rainy and winter storms ('northers') seasons of 1999 to 2000. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were applied to a data set of 2 macroinfauna size fractions retained on 0.5 and 2 mm sieves, in conjunction with levels of metals, oil hydrocarbons and a range of natural sediment variables. A pattern of contamination existed, with increased levels of contaminants at stations close to rigs and in areas of high oil platform densities. At these sites, macroinfauna abundance and biomass were reduced. Regression analyses and matching of Biotic to Environmental multivariate patterns (BIO-ENV) indicated that a combination of metals and natural sediment variables best explained the variability in macroinfauna data for all sites. Meta-analysis at phylum level was employed to specifically assess disturbance. The results of this technique were inconsistent between sampling dates due to a complex influence of natural and anthropogenic disturbance. However, increased variability in community composition was linked to oil-related disturbance.

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Assessing the impact of oil-related activities on benthic macroinfauna assemblages of the Campeche shelf, southern Gulf of Mexico

Arana¹,

Warwick²,

Attrill³

et al. 2005

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Due to a number of factors, such as the huge complicated structure, the adverse operation circumstance and finding the accumulative damage difficultly, the failure of offshore jacket platform happens all the time. With the addition of environmental pollution and lost lives, the result of economic loss and social influence can't be estimated [1]. The effectiveness, security and stability of offshore platform become increasingly important for marine oil exploitation.…”

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The Effect of Welding Angle for Acoustic Emission Propagation in Offshore Jacket Platform

Wang

Yang

Jia

et al. 2013

AMM

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Considering the requirement of NDT for offshore jacket platform, the effection of welding angle to the propagation characteristic of acoustic emission (AE) is studied. Amplitude and energy are the main analysis parameters for the experiment. As used wildly in jacket structure, the 90 and 45 degrees welding angle are discussed. The research result can provide references for engineering application of AE technique to locate the damage source and analyse the failure feature.

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Transitional carbonate-terrigenous shelf sub-environments inferred from textural characteristics of surficial sediments in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

Arana

Attrill

Hartley

et al. 2005

Continental Shelf Research

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Issues and Challenges in the Requalification of Offshore Platforms in Mexico

Abstract: [S0892-7219(00)00201-6]

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Assessing the impact of oil-related activities on benthic macroinfauna assemblages of the Campeche shelf, southern Gulf of Mexico

Assessing the impact of oil-related activities on benthic macroinfauna assemblages of the Campeche shelf, southern Gulf of Mexico

The Effect of Welding Angle for Acoustic Emission Propagation in Offshore Jacket Platform

Transitional carbonate-terrigenous shelf sub-environments inferred from textural characteristics of surficial sediments in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

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