With my colleagues we were wondering which kind of standards and formulas we should use to verify the resistance of an offshore pipeline to local buckling – collapse in case of metal losses.
As you know ASME B31.G is related to corroded pipeline for which bursting is the governing loads and...
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ASME 31.8 location class 4 and ISO 13623 location class 5 have the same definition that states "when four building are prevalent and heavy traffic is present and undergdound facilities are present". Is anybody aware of references where these three requirements are stated to be present at the...
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ASME 31.8 location class 4 and ISO 13623 location class 5 have the same definition that states "when four building are prevalent and heavy traffic is present and undergdound facilities are present". Is anybody aware of references where these three requirements are stated to be present at the...
Is anybody aware of any requirements for fugitive emission test for ball valves to be installed subsea?
Are the requirements set in ISO 15848-1 applicable also for subsea valves?
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i have to select between API 5L X60 and API 5L X65 PSL2 linepipe. Considering the type of fluid to be transported and the design conditions there is no difference between the two in terms of corrosion and wall thickness, what is the most economic? Is X65 cheaper than X60?
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we have an existing long pipeline (130 Km) currently installed w/o exteranl coating and not buried that need to be heated in order to avoid the cool down of the fluid that has an high pour point.
does anybody have any experience of long pipeline heat traced? Is it possible to have a...
Is it possible to use Cesar II software per pipeline stress analysis as an alternative to the most common softwares for such application like Sage, AutoPipe or Abaqus?
I always saw Cesar II application on piping.
Does anyway have experience on that or list pros and cons?
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Filippo
I have been told by our engineering contractor that it is a good engineering practice to consider acceptable all end expansions of onshore pipeline minor than 100 mm.
Is there any reference for this kind of values? Is it really a common practice or not?
We need to install an isolation joint to separate the underground pipeline from the above ground plat section. Unfortunately not enough space was considered on the abovegorund section therefore currently one of the possible solution is to install the isolation joint underground.
Is there any...
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we are installing an high WT 12" pipeline for gas injection (600 bar) with a differential temperature of around 80 degree celsius. To guarantee the compliance with allowed stress values, our engineering contractor is proposing to install the most critical bends into buried concrete pit in...
I need to install thick pipeline in very cold environment (-30C). Longitudinal stress due to thermal expansion (working temperature is 80 degree) is making the overall stress analysis non passing. Therefore we ere thinking to heat the pipeline after laying and before backfilling to reduce the...
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in case i want to execute a river crossing using HDD system, is anybody aware of any limitations on the minimum width of the river to use this technology or it depends only from the elastic bending radius of the pipe?
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Filippo
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is anybody aware of the design factor that should be used to verify the thickness of a pipeline in the hydrotest condition, according to ASME B 31.8 code?
I usually is a value of 0.95, but i didn't find any actual reference of such value on ASME B31.8
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I'm dealing with a Contractor for the execution of an internal intelligent inspection with a smart pig of a 26" gas pipeline.
We agreed to execute such intelligent inspection as baseline for the future pipeline life just after the line hydrotest, when the pipeline is still flooded...
According to API RP 2201, in case of an hot tapping activity, welded fitting and hot tapping machine shall be pressure tested before the cutting execution.
the test pressure is suggested to be at least equal to the internal operating pressure of the run pipe, maximum 1.1 the internal pressure...