About the course
This course provides a detailed technical introduction to subsea pipeline design and the engineering principles and codes that govern it.
Duration: 4 days
Level: Practitioner
You will gain from this course
- An understanding of the engineering principles behind pipeline design, enabling you to make the correct recommendations and decisions
- The ability to do calculations and understand the codes and guidelines they follow
- Know-how on which questions to ask
- Up-to-date information on the latest developments and technologies used
Worked examples and step by step tutoring of design calculations builds a complete understanding of design codes that can be applied to current and future projects.
Who this course is for
Anyone who actually does pipeline design work or who has to approve pipeline design or interface with pipeline designers, including:
- Pipeline and subsea engineers
- Design engineers
- Facilities engineers
- Flow assurance engineers
- Subsea pipeline specialists
- Project engineers and managers responsible for design engineers and pipelines
- Planning and costs engineers
- Government regulators and inspectors
More information
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Course outline
The modules for each day are listed below:
Pipeline routing
Rules of routing, Route survey, Alignment sheets, Route planning exercise
Diameter sizing
Sizing for flow, Flow regimes, Flow fundamentals, Single phase flow, Diameter sizing exercise
Thermal design
Thermal profile analysis, Cooldown during shut-in, Insulation issues, Insulation systems, Application of insulation, Operational problems in deep water, Case studies, Insulation thickness exercise
Materials specification
Linepipe codes, Material properties, Specification for different services, Materials selection exercise
Corrosion
Principles of internal and external corrosion, Anti-corrosion coatings, Chemical methods, Cathodic protection, Anode design, Anode design exercise
Design for strength
Design principles, Bursting, Collapse, Buckling and combined stresses, Strain-based design, Wall thickness exercise
End expansion and spool pieces
Thermal expansion, Forces, strain and stress, Geotechnical considerations, Accommodation of expansion, Spool bend and lift, End expansion exercise
On-bottom stability
Review of fundamentals, Oceanography and geotechnical design, Hydrodynamic loads, Soil resistance, Stability analysis methods, Computational fluid dynamics, Stability prediction exercise
Bottom roughness and intervention
Seabed profile, Bottom roughness analysis, Design for spanning, Intervention methods
Three easy ways to book1. Online by credit card
2. By telephone +44 (0) 1732 371 391
3. Fax your booking form to +44 (0) 1732 361 646
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Jee’s courses now count towards credits for an MTech with Curtin University, Perth WA and an MSc with RGU, Aberdeen.
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