This course provides an in-depth technical knowledge of Oil & Gas subsea pipelines.
Public :
Engineers and technicians involved in the design, construction or operation of Oil & Gas subsea pipelines and risers.
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
In order to be able to follow this training, trainees are asked to fulfill at least one of the criteria below:
either a proven experience in the design or the conception of pipelines of at least 1 year,
or to be evolving towards a conception position or subsea pipeline design.
Course Content
PIPELINE OPERATION: INTRODUCTION & MAIN CONSTRAINTS
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Definitions. Architecture of Oil & Gas production facilities.
Pipeline concepts.
Riser concepts.
Fabrication of carbon steel line pipe.
Constraints associated to subsea environment.
Flow regimes and instabilities.
Maintaining the flow in pipelines: management of deposits.
Preservation during shutdown, restart.
Production monitoring and control from surface.
Impact of operational constraints on architecture and design.
DESIGN OF RIGID PIPELINES & RISERS
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Overview of pipeline design phases.
Survey techniques and route selection.
Thermal performance design.
Mechanical design.
Internal & external corrosion.
Materials.
Stability.
Spans.
Expansion and buckling.
Risers design specificities.
Limit state design.
FLEXIBLE PIPELINES DESIGN
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Specificities of flexible pipeline design.
OFFSHORE PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Pipe lay methods (S, J, reel, tow).
Initiation/abandonment, installation of in-line structures.
Pipe lay vessels & equipment.
Welding and NDT.
Comparison of installation methods.
SHORE APPROACH CONSTRUCTION
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Shore approach construction and horizontal drilling.
TRENCHING & PROTECTION
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Requirements for pipeline protection.
Soil classification.
Overview of protection methods.
SUBSEA TIE-IN METHODS
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Conventional tie-ins including hyperbaric welding.
Deep-water tie-ins.
Thermal insulation of tie-ins.
PRECOMMISSIONING & PIGGING
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Introduction to pipeline pigging.
Pipeline precommissioning.
Operational pigging.
Intelligent pigging.
PIPELINE INTEGRITY
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Pipeline failures.
Management of integrity.
Inspection and maintenance.
Assessment of pipelines with defects. Requalification.
Repair.
WORKSHOP
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Worked example covering the main topics of the training.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Understand the fundamental concepts for designing subsea pipelines,
Comprehend the construction methods and laying techniques, including subsea tie-in and shore approach,
Manage pipeline integrity, inspection and repairs.
Ways & Means
Lectures carry numerous examples from ongoing projects.
Trainers are specialized engineers, currently involved in deep-offshore projects.
Learning assessment
Assessment by test at the end of the course.
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Additional information :This module is part of the course “Subsea Activities”. Training “Subsea Activities” may be validated once both modules have been completed.
Coordinator :IFP Training trainer (permanent or contracted) having a good expertise and/or experience of the related topics, trained to adult teaching methods, and whose competencies are kept up-to-date.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com
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