shown in Figure 7. The chart illustrates the operation life of each 

 process and includes some gradation for times when operations may 

 continue or will continue at a lower scale. This chart illustrates that 

 most planning for facility projects will occur during the last exploratory 

 drilling and early field development phases, after basic characteristics 

 of the field are known and exploitation and support requirements are 

 defined. As shown, each facility follows a sequence which could be 

 clearly observed in frontier areas. These distinct activities will be 

 unrecognizable in an area with established production as the various 

 activities overlap. 



Following an introduction, each of the 15 project descriptions 

 presented in Sections 2.2 - 2.4 is divided into 8 standard units: 



1. Description 



2. Site requirements 



3. Construction/Installation 



4. Operations 



5. Community Effects 



6. Effects on Living Resources 



7. Regulatory Factors 



8. Development Strategy 



Introduction : The introduction to each section relates the project 

 to other projects, presents the current situation nationally on the type 

 of projects, and includes a project implementation schedule, or timeline, 

 to show the minimum feasible time from initiation to completion of a 

 project. The time scale is presented as a minimum because average 

 time could be affected by numerous and unpredictable delays along 

 the scale. The schedule is generalized to illustrate major elements of 

 the process; it is recognized that a sponsor may complete hundreds of 

 distinct actions to complete a single element. 



The contents of each unit are briefly reviewed below: 



(1) Description : Presents the project and its components in a 

 narrative and graphic format. When finished with a description, a 

 reader should have a clear image of the physical attributes and processes 

 associated with the project. 



(2) Site Requirements : Site requirements include important 

 locational considerations. Factors such as waterfront location, access 

 to navigation channel, and access to other transportation elements are 

 important strategic considerations for many of these projects. Where 

 possible, the relative weights of various factors are discussed, as some 

 requirements must be met while others are merely desirable. 



(3) Construction/Installation : An important aspect of several 

 projects, such as platform fabrication yards, relates to construction 

 and installation. These concerns are emphasized in this discussion 



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