Pipeline Installation

Dr. Amnart Rittirong

Dr
ramnart@gmail.com
 I t ll ti Techniques
Installation T h i

„ S-lay installation technique

„ Installation of flexible riser at PLEM
„ Spool installation
„ Shore Approach
Derrick Lay Barge
S-Lay
L Configurations
C fi ti
 Installation Procedures
„ General approach
„ Start
Start--up operation
„ Start
Start--up positioning
„ Drop dead man anchor

„ Pretensioning check

„ Rigging with pull-

pull-up head
„ Pipelay operation
„ Laydown operation
„ Target box positioning

„ Flange
Flange--up laydown head and connect with A&R
winch
„ Release tensioner
Start--up Operation
Start
Pipelay
p y Operation
p
St ti 0: Ready
Station R d Rack
R k
St ti 1a: Fit
Station Fit--up
St ti 1b:
Station b Root
R t & hot
h t pass
Station 2: Fill pass
St ti 3: Fill pass
Station
Station 5a: NDT
Station 5b: Repair
Station 7: Field joint
Heat Shrink
Sleeve
Infill
•Foam
•Mastic resin
Station 8: To Seabed
L d
Laydown H d
Head
Pipelay Operation: Anchor Handling
Pipelay Operation: Anchor Handling
Pipelay
p y Operation
p
Analysis
A l i off S-
S-Lay
L Stress
St
 I t ll ti Analysis
Installation A l i off Pipelay
Pi l

Standard software
„ Offpipe

„ OrcaFlex

„ ABAQUS
 Design Scenario
„ Static Analysis
„ Dynamic analysis
„ Start--up analysis
Start
 D i Parameters
Design P t

„ Pipeline material grade

„ Water depth
„ Tensioner capacity
p y
„ Stinger overbend radius
„ Stinger buoyancy requirements
„ Sea state (Dynamic analysis only)
„ Response Amplitude Operator: RAO
(Dynamic analysis only)
 Design
g Criteria
„ DNV Criteria – Simplified (Sect.
(Sect.13
13 H300)
300)
„ Thi simplified
This i lifi d llaying
i criteria
i i may be b usedd as a preliminary
li i
simplified criterion of the local buckling check during early
design stages.
 Static Analysis
„ Pipelay configuration
„ Determine pipe submerged unit weight
„ Determine the radius of curvature
„ Determine the required
q tension
(Centenary's equation)
„ FEA analysis
„ Static analysis
„ D
Dynamic i analysis
l i
„ Start up analysis
 Radius of curvature
„ Govern by the overbend stress
„ As
A minimum
i i as possible
ibl to
t minimize
i i i the
th requiring
i i
tension
„ Estimated from the following equation

„ Radial stress

ED
σ =
2R
„ Minimum overbend radius

ED
R =
2 SYMS
PLEM and Flexible Riser
Installation
 Flexible Riser

Why do we need the heavy chain ?

PLEM Components
Suction
Suct o Ca
Caisson
sso
Mooring
M i Joint
J i t
Heavyy Chain
Flexible Riser
Ri
Riser Buoy
B
Buoy Attachment
Riser Lift
Riser String Pulled Down to PLEM
Hose Assemblyy
Riser and Mooring System Configuration on Seabed
Abandon Arrangement
g
Fl
Flange P
Protector
t t
Sho e App
Shore Approach
oach
Pulling
g Layout
y
Pulling
P lli Head
H d
Pulling Facilities
 Pi li Fittings
Pipeline Fitti

„ Flanges
„ Gasket
„ Ball valves
Flange
Fl and
d Gasket
G k t
W ld Neck
Weld N k Flange
Fl
S i l Flange
Swivel Fl
K
Kamos G k t
Gasket
Subsea Ball Valve
Hydratight Bolt Tensioning
 Anode

Bracelet Anode, Galvalum III

Replacement Anode
 Assignment
A i t

„ Explain how to control stress and strain in

the pipeline during installation
„ What factors control the winch capacity
for pipeline shore approach?
„ E l i how
Explain h i ll suction
to install i caisson
i