Operation Puto Case Study
Operation PLUTO: An Essential Aid in Winning WWII and an Advancement for Offshore Drilling
In World War II, the Allies needed a steady and reliable supply of petrol (gasoline) for their armor (tanks and armored vehicles), trucks, and airplanes. After months of work, they had a concrete strategy, Operation PLUTO (PipeLines Under The Ocean); a plan to build the first major undersea pipeline to transport massive amounts of fuel across the English Channel. The fuel would be used to supply the Allied Armies with the much needed fuel for military offensives in the European Theater after D-Day. The project would need new types of pipe, specialized ships for laying the pipe, and massive amounts of personnel and time.
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The HAIS pipe was a “3” lead pipe, 2 layers of prepared tape, 1 layer of bitumen cotton, 4 layers of mild steel tape, jute bedding, a layer of steel armor wires, and an outermost layer of jute servings(PLUTO,PLUTO PIPELINE,PIPELINE UNDER THE OCEAN, Nov. 2014)”. Variants of these pipes are still used today for the transport of oil and gas under the ocean. During testing, they found out that the HAMEL pipe was the main pipe, but HAIS pipe was used on the end. The reason for that decision was that HAIS pipe had so much lead that every item of lead in England would be needed to produce the needed length of pipe for the operation.
Due to the scale of Operation PLUTO, many men (approximately 1000 sailors) and ships (13 major ships and many smaller vessels) were involved. Captain J. F. Hutchings commanded Operation PLUTO. The main pipe laying ships were the following: Empire Ridley, Empire Baffin, HMS Holdfast, and HMS Algerian. These ships were specially equipped to lay the pipe by means of a Conundrum. Improved models of these innovative ship designs are still being used in the essential process of extracting and transporting oil, petrol, and natural
In World War II, the Allies needed a steady and reliable supply of petrol (gasoline) for their armor (tanks and armored vehicles), trucks, and airplanes. After months of work, they had a concrete strategy, Operation PLUTO (PipeLines Under The Ocean); a plan to build the first major undersea pipeline to transport massive amounts of fuel across the English Channel. The fuel would be used to supply the Allied Armies with the much needed fuel for military offensives in the European Theater after D-Day. The project would need new types of pipe, specialized ships for laying the pipe, and massive amounts of personnel and time.
The architects of Operation …show more content…
The HAIS pipe was a “3” lead pipe, 2 layers of prepared tape, 1 layer of bitumen cotton, 4 layers of mild steel tape, jute bedding, a layer of steel armor wires, and an outermost layer of jute servings(PLUTO,PLUTO PIPELINE,PIPELINE UNDER THE OCEAN, Nov. 2014)”. Variants of these pipes are still used today for the transport of oil and gas under the ocean. During testing, they found out that the HAMEL pipe was the main pipe, but HAIS pipe was used on the end. The reason for that decision was that HAIS pipe had so much lead that every item of lead in England would be needed to produce the needed length of pipe for the operation.
Due to the scale of Operation PLUTO, many men (approximately 1000 sailors) and ships (13 major ships and many smaller vessels) were involved. Captain J. F. Hutchings commanded Operation PLUTO. The main pipe laying ships were the following: Empire Ridley, Empire Baffin, HMS Holdfast, and HMS Algerian. These ships were specially equipped to lay the pipe by means of a Conundrum. Improved models of these innovative ship designs are still being used in the essential process of extracting and transporting oil, petrol, and natural