Rigid vs Flexible Pipe: When Each Fails
Steel pipe is a straight spine. Flexible pipe is a stack of layers on a reel. They fail in different ways. Pick the wrong one and you pay for it in mid-life, not at FID. This is the sister piece to SURF and hydrates. Same audience: engineers get the failure list. Everyone else gets the […]
Why a Subsea Pipeline Can Freeze While the Well Is Still Flowing
Slug: hydrates-meg-methanol-subsea-tiebacksTags: flow assurance, hydrates, MEG, methanol, pipelines, technical By Oko Immanuel, Founder, Offshore Pipeline Insight Sept 22 2026 Think of antifreeze in a car. Offshore, the “antifreeze” is MEG or methanol. Without it, a long cold pipeline can block with ice-like crystals called hydrates. You do not need a degree to follow this. Engineers can still use […]