Laying pipe on the seafloor can pose a number of challenges, especially if the water is deep. There are three main ways that subsea pipe is laid -- S-lay, J-lay and tow-in -- and the pipelay vessel is ...

In summer 2002, three pipelines were installed by the pull method to Forest Oil Corp.'s Redoubt Shoal field Osprey platform, Cook Inlet, Alas., in a project that used new technology in several areas.