摘要
不断增加的车辆使消费者的油气耗量不断增加，这一现象促进了较长海底管线的修建。目前的海底管线长度一般不超过500公里。随着这个长度成为标准，石油工业正在考虑把深度降低。印度尼西亚的西方Natuna运输系统，和澳大利亚西部正在建设中的Bayu—Undan到Darwin的管道，已经给世界提供了这样的例子。
The ever-increasing drive to bring consumers vital oil and gas has seen the advent of the construction of very long subsea pipelines of massive lengths. Today＇s subsea pipelines regularly exceed lengths of 500km. With such length becoming the norm, the petroleum industry is now looking at lower depths, and examples are appearing all over the world, such as The West Natuna Transportation System off Indonesia, and the Bayu-Undan to Darwin Pipeline under construction off Western Australia.
