Knowledge Maps from Scientometric Review on Composite Marine Risers

With the increasing exploration of oil and gas into deep waters, the necessity for material development increases for lighter conduits such as composite marine risers, in the oil and gas industry. To understand the research knowledge on this novel area, there is a need to have a bibliometric analysis on composite marine risers. A research methodology was developed whereby the data retrieval was from SCOPUS database from 1977-2023. Then, VOSviewer was used to visualize the knowledge maps. This study focuses on the progress made by conducting knowledge mapping and scientometric review on composite marine risers. This scientometric analysis on the subject shows current advances, geographical activities by countries, authorship records, collaborations, funders, affiliations, co-occurrences, and future research areas. It was observed that the research trends recorded the highest publication volume in the U.S.A., but less cluster affiliated, as it was followed by countries like the U.K., China, Nigeria, Australia and Singapore. Also, this field has more conference papers than journal papers due to the challenge of adaptability, acceptance, qualification, and application of composite marine risers in the marine industry. Hence, there is a need for more collaborations on composite marine risers and more funding to enhance the research trend.