An Introduction to Offshore Maintenance

Main chapter headings include: Offshore maintenance,Offshore inspection, Offshore structural repair, R & D in offshore maintainability and reliability, Reliability and maintainability check lists, Maintenance costs, Equipment and procurement, Maintainability during topside design, Current problems and solutions in offshore maintenance, Case studies including inspection/maintenance philosophy and requirements for a subsea isolation system, a planned pipeline inspection scheme, conversion of a platform from manned to unmanned operation, optimisation of equipment sparing for a N. Sea platform and aspects of emergency pipeline repair.