Megastructures - World’s Longest Subsea Pipeline | Engineering Documentary
By two thousand and eight, Norway will be connected to the United Kingdom via a 1200 km super pipeline—the longest subsea pipeline in the world. But this connection is only a part of an enormous plan to tap into Norway’s second largest gas deposit, capable of providing 20% of the UK’s gas needs for decades to come. Located 3 km below the ocean’s surface and 120 km offshore, the deposit is beyond the reach of humans and all of the construction has to be completed by robots working against strong underwater currents, sub-zero temperatures and extreme wind and wave conditions. When tapped, the gas will be transported to one of the largest automated gas processing plants to prepare it for shipment to U.K. Each phase will put ingenuity and engineering to the ultimate test.
Pinned by Free Documentary Free Documentary Our FD guide to today’s release (1 minute read) Inside the planning of a megastructure or the anatomy of how a megastructure comes about: We’ve got an idea: 2003 Will it work? Is it possible?: 2009 Six years later, they’ve figured it out. Yes. Let’s do this. Construction begins 2015 It will be finished by 2021 and will be the longest subsea interconnector pipeline in the world. The timeline gives us a clue, an idea of the scope of such a project. Our documentary takes you along for the toughest parts of this megastructure. The construction part. The laying of the longest pipeline (consisting of 100,000 individual pipes) into the floor of the North Sea. Spoiler alert: the unexpected thrill of finding treasures from sunken ships from the 17th and 18th century during construction. How friggin awesome is that? The North Sea Link on #Megastructures
