About the course
This course provides a complete overview of risers, umbilicals and flexibles from their design and manufacture to installation and operational issues.
Duration: 4 days
Level: Foundation
You will gain from this course
- A comprehensive picture of the different types of risers, umbilicals and flexibles
- An awareness of their design, construction and maintenance issues
- An understanding of how they fit in with pipelines, subsea systems and production facilities
Learning about the latest developments in riser systems and understanding their suitability for different applications will broaden delegates' subsea engineering knowledge, helping them to see the bigger picture on projects.
Who this course is for
Anyone working on subsea projects who wants a full understanding of the different types of risers, umbilicals and flexibles, including:
- Graduate engineers
- Conversion engineers switching disciplines or entering the subsea industry
- Subsea and pipeline engineers
- Riser engineers
- Design engineers
- Subsea process engineers
- Engineering team managers, leaders and supervisors
- Technical specialists and engineers from manufacturer and supplier companies
More information
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Course outline
The modules for each day are listed below:
Riser types and uses
Drilling risers, Production vessel selection, Production risers, Export risers, Completion and workover risers
Rigid riser design
Design approaches, Riser sizing design, Design for fatigue
Steel catenary risers
Design of SCRs:
- SCR stresses
SCR design process
Touchdown interaction
Walking
Top termination design
Manufacture and fabrication, Installation
Fixed rigid risers
Types of rigid riser, Design of rigid risers, Installation of rigid risers
Top tensioned risers
Components of TTRs, Design and analysis of TTRs, Installation of production TTRs, Installation of temporary TTRs
Hybrid risers
Types of hybrid riser, Generic design, Fabrication and installation
Flexibles
Riser configurations, Design of flexible flowlines, Design of flexible risers, Flexible riser components, Manufacture and testing of flexibles
Umbilicals
Cross-section design, System design, Fittings, Manufacture
Flexible and umbilical installation
Storage and loadout, Flexible and umbilical installation, Riser installation, Pre-commissioning
Introduction to FPSOs
Characteristics, Uses and advantages, Arrangements of turrets and mooring systems
FPSO vessel motions
Motion components, Types of motion response, Wave frequency motion, Response amplitude operators (RAOs), Drift and higher order motions
FPSO interfaces
FPSO and choice of riser system, Effect of motion on the riser system, Mooring system effects, Riser-mooring interaction, Clashing and interference, Offloading systems
Bonded hoses
Types of bonded hose, Offloading hose configurations, Manufacture of bonded hoses, Handling and storage of hoses, Installation of hoses, Operation and maintenance of hoses
Introduction to riser integrity management
Monitoring, Inspection, Damage assessment, Repair
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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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