Abstract
Increased awareness of environmental factors will heighten the attractiveness of gas as a fuel and the pipeline as a means of delivering energy to the point of use. Demand for gas will be so strong that available supplies will be reserved for premium uses with the result that the design of systems will have to encompass considerable flexibility in load handling. In addition to imports, new supplies of natural gas will come principally from the deeper waters of the Continental Shelf in the range 200-1000 m and further developments in sub-sea techniques of construction, operation and maintenance will be required. Plants manufacturing natural-gas substitutes from liquid petroleum will be integrated into systems together with large scale storages. Advances in transmission systems will require better harnessing of known technology rather than a breakthrough into completely new areas of knowledge both in material and equipment. Developments in automatic welding, in-service internal inspection of pipelines and improved data collection and transmission can be expected.
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