The depletion of most onshore and near shore off-shore oil reserves has shifted the focus of petroleum exploration and production to deep water off-shore word wide. Owing to the greater depths and different type of related physical environment and associated risks involved i.e. deep-water, the future pipelines need to be designed and analyzed with a different approach as compared to those onshore. The work presents a comprehensive yet concise structural analysis methodology of a deep water pipeline. The parameter investigated is expected-but-unforeseeable axial change in length coupled with deflection as a result of a conceptual before-service hydrostatic testing of a fairly long deep-water pipeline section. Various simple, plausible and most commonly confronted physical scenarios and situations in off-shore pipeline laying are presented with different possible corresponding loading schemes and, analyzed and discussed before delineating the conclusions. It has been endeavored to implement both analytical and numerical solution where ever possible supported by consistent background theory for adequate understanding.

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