In our fossil fuel dependent community oil and gas transportation via subsea pipelines is an important link in the chain of the petroleum industry. Although for some, a construction of offshore pipelines is an opportunity to safely and cheaply deliver oil and gas to a customer, for the others, the pipeline construction is a potential risk of an environmental catastrophe. Environmental impacts intrinsic to the pipeline construction are relatively low. However, the exploitation of pipelines afterwards has a high-risk potential associated with pipeline ruptures.

—by Saule Akhmetkaliyeva, Senior Research fellow Read full story.