A semi-automated approach to generate 4D/5D BIM models for evaluating different offshore oil and gas platform decommissioning options

Abstract Background Offshore oil and gas platforms generally have a lifetime of 30 to 40 years, and platform decommissioning is a major issue because many of the existing offshore oil and gas platforms are reaching the end of their service life. There are many possible options for decommissioning of...

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Main Authors: Jack C. P. Cheng, Yi Tan, Yongze Song, Xin Liu, Xiangyu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2017-07-01
Series:Visualization in Engineering
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40327-017-0053-2