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Inspection
HydroFest 11th April 2012
Kevin Donald
Why Inspect?
Definition of a Pipeline
Agenda Types of Survey
Positioning
Data Processing
The Future
Conclusions
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Legislation Statutory
Instruments
Why Inspect? Cost of Failure
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Why Inspect?
Pipelines Safety Regulations
1996
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Why Inspect?
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Why Inspect?
Cost of Failure
Environmental
Loss of Production
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Riser / Spoolpiece
Pipeline Definition Sealine
Landfall
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Pipeline Definition
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Pipeline Definition - Riser/Spoolpiece
Most vulnerable in Splash Zone
and can degrade rapidly due to
Instability
Current
Wave Action
Corrosion - electrical & chemical
Movement
Impact - Collision
Inspection options
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Pipeline Definition - Sealine
North Sea
20,000+km pipeline
Pipelines: gas & oil & water
Umbilicals - electric, hydraulic, chemical
elements.
Cables - electrical & fibre optic
Multifunction pipeline bundles
At risk from
Anchors & Trawl gear
Instability
Current & Wave Action
Corrosion - electrical & chemical
Main Types of Inspection
Buckling (upheaval & lateral)
GI = Acoustic sensors Munitions
GVI = Visual sensors
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Pipeline Definition - Landfall
The part of the export pipeline in the inshore
zone
TOB to @ 3km offshore.
Through the inter-tidal zone.
Buried, rock-dumped or in conduit.
Protected
At Risk From:
Anchors & Trawl gear
Munitions
Very Strong Currents
Wave Action - to seabed
Erosion / Deposition
Beach activities
Corrosion - chemical & electrical
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General Imaging (Acoustic)
General Visual Inspection
Types of Survey
Landfall
RATS
Diver
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Types of Survey
Inspection Survey Platform Type / Method Component Notes / Restrictions
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Types of Survey General Imaging (GI)
Sensors
Sidescan Sonar
Multibeam Echosounder
Single Beam Echosounder
Sub-Bottom Profiler
Magnetometer
Sensor Platforms
DP Vessel
Towfish
ROTV
AUV
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Types of Survey GI
Fingerprints
B Pipe clearly spanning
F
Pipe with seabed buildup towards sonar
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Types of Survey GI
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Types of Survey - GI
Upheaval Buckling
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Types of Survey GI
Multibeam Bathymetry
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Types of Survey GVI
Lay comfort
Freespans
Pipeline damage
Debris
Anodes and cathodic protection
Seabed features and targets
Pipeline and cable crossings
Lateral movement
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Types of Survey GVI
Sensors
Cameras
Depth
Altitude
Cross Profilers
Pipetrackers
MBE Bathymetry
SSS
Cathodic Protection
Temperature
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Types of Survey GVI
Cross Profilers
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Types of Survey GVI
Dual Cross Profilers
ROV High Fly
ROV Low Fly
Pipetracker
Flowline
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Types of Survey GVI
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Types of Survey GVI
UXO
Air dropped mine
Ordnance adjacent to pipeline
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Types of Survey GVI
Examples of damage to
pipelines
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Types of Survey Landfall
Sensors and Methods
MBES
Sidescan
Sub bottom profiler
Trailing Wire CP
RTK GPS
Small ROV
Divers
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Types of Survey Risers and spools
Sensors and Methods
Rope Access Teams above
splashzone
Cameras on poles / divers in
splash zone
Eyeball ROV to the seabed -
Vessel or platform deployed
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Surface
Positioning Sub Surface
Timing
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Positioning
Surface
GNSS RTCM, PPP
RTK
INS IMU/Heading
Range bearing systems
Sub Surface
USBL
INS
IMU
Doppler Log
Pressure Sensor
CTD/SVP
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Navigation
Sensor Data
Pipeline Events
Data Processing
Data Formatting/Deliverables
QC
Data Storage
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Data Processing
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Data Processing
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Data Processing
What the client wants
Anomalies threatening
integrity of asset - immediate
Significant features - 24hrs
All observable anomalies - 7
days
Survey report and all events -
4 weeks
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Data Processing
Integrity Management:
Pipeline Reporting Inspection
System Multimedia
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Data Processing
Anomalies
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Video
The Future AIV
GIS
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The Future
Video
HD
Improved resolution &
image/colour definition
3D
Depth of field
LED Lighting
Shock resistant & longer life
Challenge
Data volume
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The Future - AIV
Provides a cost-effective, low-risk
inspection system to aid field
survey and integrity management
and intervention activities
Operates directly from a host
facility e.g. FPSO, platform or
infield support vessels
The AIV has no tether which
enhances vehicle manoeuvrability
and the capability to access
confined spaces
The AIV carries an array of
navigation tools and sensors that
are powered by its own onboard
battery power source.
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The Future
GIS
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Pipeline inspection is a mature business
Methodologies for the use of the current
tools are well established
New technology continues to deliver cost
Summary and efficiency benefits along with
implementation challenges
The client in the office is getting closer and
closer to the data
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seabed-to-surface
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