Crews installed a 36-in.-dia steel casing using adjusted procedures, after earlier pile work caused unexpected building settlement of about 1 in. On Oct. 13, Shimmick Construction Co. successfully ...

An analysis of Gulf of Mexico decommissioning operations showed that severing platforms with explosives is a time-invariant and structure-dependent operation that provides contractors the advantage of ...

The contractor proved the efficacy of its revised method for installing an outer pile casing (left) and a pile (right) after the original method accelerated the rate of settlement of the 645-ft-tall ...

Conductor casing Conductor casing is the first string set below the structural casing (i.e., drive pipe or marine conductor run to protect loose near-surface formations and to enable circulation of ...