Background
Subsea pipelines have made a tremendous impact to the global oil and gas industry as a safe, reliable and effective hydrocarbons transport system. To date, there have been many examples of subsea pipeline projects where the boundaries of pipeline materials requirements, construction and installation techniques, inspection and maintenance programmes have all been established and much improved upon over many decades. Similarly, breaching into deeper water depths (1000-3000m) has seen even further improvements and technical innovation in these and other related areas.
This course will provide a comprehensive insight into the above referenced and other parameters but importantly the collective value of these parameters lend themselves to ensuring that ‘getting the design right’ approach is critical for pipeline mechanical and structural integrity over operational life and under the harsh offshore/subsea conditions.
Similarly, the knowledge of potential pipeline failures and failure mechanisms is of equal importance. Recognition of these issues provides a further insight into ensuring that pipelines provide Operators/Owners with a confidence of a ‘Continued-Fit-For-Purpose’ status of their pipelines and a confidence of preserving Operator global reputation.
Agenda
- Linepipe Manufacturing
- Pipeline materials – carbon steel, corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs) – clad and lined pipes
- Mechanical properties / Physical testing requirements
- Pipeline Pre-Requisites
- Pipeline routings
- Survey techniques
- Soils (topography and geotechnical)
- Pipeline Design Basics
- Pipe sizing, wall thickness, upheaval buckling, on-bottom-stability, free-spanning
- Flow Assurance
- Pipeline Corrosion, Corrosion & Mechanical Protection
- Internal & External corrosion – causes, mechanisms and effects
- Corrosion monitoring – tools and techniques
- Use of pipeline chemicals
- Fluid flow considerations
- Pipeline coatings (internal and external)
- Cathodic Protection (CP) design
- Concrete mattresses
- Protection structures
- Crossings
- Subsea Pipeline Constructionand Installation
- Pipeline welding
- Non-destructive testing (NDT)
- Offshore vessels, surveys/ Installation methods – S, J- lay, reeling
- Pipeline pre-commissioning and commissioning
- Pipeline Integrity Management – ‘A Duty to Care’
- Introduction to risk-based pipeline integrity management
- Subsea Pipeline failures – causes and effects
- PIMS – The Pipeline Integrity Management System – key components
- Pipeline Intelligent And Maintenance Pigging
- Pipeline Ageing
- Life extension studies
- Decommissioning and abandonment
- Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Considerations
- Health And Safety Management Systems and Plans
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
- Pipeline Codes, Standards
Target Group
- Subsea Pipeline Engineers
- Materials And Corrosion Engineers
- Integrity Engineers
- Construction & Installation Engineers / Managers
- Facilities Engineers
- Health and Safety
- Operations Engineers And Managers
- Project Managers
- Graduate Engineers
