I'm a project engineer currently working on a project designing an SSIV (subsea isolation valve) system. The umbilical size is 4-inch, and the pulling head is about 6-inch but the pipeline/subsea consultant has proposed that the umbilical J-tube diameter to be 16". To me this seems to be an...
I'm a subsea engineer with mechanical background. Recently I was assigned to a project which require design of a subsea umbilical, which will comprise bundle of hydraulic and chemical tubes as well as power and signal cable. Being a mechanical guy, I really need some basic idea on the power...
I have a subsea gas well with reasonable amount of water content. Tieback distance to the host platform is about 5 miles, and it is an 8" pipeline. Initial calculations show that there'll be slugging. So my flow assurance engineer advises periodical pigging operation.
My question is, is there...
I'm currently working on an oil and gas subsea project whereby the client plans to tie-back a two-well marginal field (to a common manifold, and then) to their host facility, which is some 8 miles away.
As part of the given operating philosophy, they'd like to have the pipeline piggable. The...
I'm a facilities engineer who has just started to venture into subsea production system. My question, is it technically possible to drill shallow water subsea well (say around 300ft water depth) from a jack-up rig or a tender-assist barge? If not, why?
I'm just curious because in this part...
In most pig trap design that I've encountered, there a 2 pig trap barrels, a major barrel and a minor barrel, connected with a reducer.
Why do we need two barrels? Can't it be just long single size barrel?
Is there any rules/codes or formula to determine minimum length of bolts for flange, both RF and RTJ? What are major parameters required to decide the length?
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I'm working on a detail design for an ofshore platform vent snuffing system. The vent system, in the first place is not meant for continuous venting; it is thre only for upset cases. Max venting rate will be 40mmscf. And this platform is unmanned.
The client is asking us to design a CO2...
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Can someone help me on CO2 snuffing for offshore platform vent stack. I mean, does anyone know any guidelines or standards that could guide in calculations of number of CO2 bottles required for the snuffing operations.
I know B31.4 is meant for liquid pipeline transportation, whereas B31.8 is for gas transmission.
Apart from this distiction, I would really appreciate if someone can tell me what are the major differences between these codes.
Is there any standard/best practices/rule of thumb exist on how to obtain a pipeline age derating factor?
I'm currently working on an old (15 yrs) subsea 18" crude oil pipeline which need to be revived.
I understand that the best way is to do physical inspections, which might include...
Which one between SS304, SS304L and SS409 is the better material for internal parts of gas driven turbo-generator exhaust. The application is for an offshore gas platform. As such, it shall suit a marine environment,ie. exposure to high humidity and saltwater/chloride environment.
Which one between SS304, SS304L and SS409 is the better material for internal parts of turbo-generator exhaut. The application is for an offshore gas platform. As such, it shall suit a marine environment,ie. exposure to high humidity and saltwater/chloride environment.
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when people talks about caldded pipe, what does that mean? does that mean you add some other materials to the original pipe material to strengthen it? how does the cladding process take place- physically or via certain chemical processes?
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Can anyone who is familiar with the Hazen-Williams equation for liquid line sizing tell me the most appropriate value of the "C" factor for duplex stainless steel piping materials?
rgds,
Suraiya
For some reasons, a small fabricator who has obtained job for some piping works with my company had run out of low temp CS A333 elbows. As an alternative , they proposed use of CS A106 elbows.
Can anyone tells me if it is okay to use elbows made of normal CS A106 materials , which will be...
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Our company had awarded a contract to design and construct a gas-gas heat exchager (shell and tube)type for offshore natural gas field application. Gas tapped from high temp. wellhead will be utilized in the shell to transfer heat to low temp.gas which will be inside the tube. This is...
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What is the type of metal used as reflective metal for compact disc (CD). Is it true that the base metal used as the reflective metal is aluminum? In that case, wouldn't it be highly possible for the CD surface to be subjected to filiform corrosion esp. as it is coated with polymer?
