Integrity Management of Riser and Subsea Systems

Steve Hatton Peter Falconer Thursday, 21 February 2008

About 2H Offshore
Established in 1993 Involved in the design of riser systems and specialist subsea components Provides independent advice on design, assessment, inspection, mitigation, and monitoring requirements Pioneered the process of Integrity Management for Deepwater Risers

Background - Market Need

Risers are welded tubular structures State of the art design with complex loading Fatigue critical Complex installations, pushing boundaries of equipment Short operational history Failures are unacceptable Subsea, flowlines and pipelines are similarly important

Riser & Subsea Assurance

Objectives: To operate and maintain a pipeline & risers in a manner that protects life, property, and the environment for the service life of the asset 2H have been involved in Riser & Subsea IM for more than 10 years On one contract alone 2H are currently responsible for:
8 deepwater field developments 7 types of risers 3 different hull forms

Increasing industry, and regulatory body, interest as need and benefits become understood

Life of field protection

Design Fab Inst

Operations Issues
Personnel changes Service changes Reservoir changes

Corrosion Fatigue

Accidents Events Expertise

Providing effective barriers?

Integrity management

How often should we inspect?

How much monitored data should we collect?

How critical is our next intervention?

Risk management

Confidence Rating Criticality

Extreme Very High High Medium Low Negligible a b b c d Very Low Low Medium High Very High

Manually assign inspection interval/ determine monitoring b b c d e b c d e f c d e f g d e f g h

Inspection requirements

TSA depletion

Anode degradation

Coating damage

Missing fairings

Excessive marine growth

Monitoring
Corrosion Accelerations Inclination Angular rate Displacements Stress and strains Curvature Heading Pressure Temperature Environmental

Continuous process

Fatigue tracking methods

1: Structural 2: Environmental

Top tensioned riser response data

Often measuring: Riser tension and stroke in conjunction with vessel motion and environment Typical arrangement: 3 or more load cells allowing bending moment to be determined ROV installed motion loggers Internal annulus pressure

ASSURE Systems and INTEGRI Products

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Integrity Systems Using Monitoring Products

INTEGRIpod M Stand alone Motion logger INTEGRIpod MA Acoustic Motion logger INTEGRIstick Bending INTEGRIcollar Tension / bending INTEGRIcuff Mooring Chain

Summary
IM programme is critical in maintaining subsea and riser assurance Competence of team is essential Inspection must be looked at in conjunction with effective monitoring Aims should be identified before installing monitoring systems Subsea monitoring offers significant benefits to risk reduction Monitoring systems are effective in providing early warning of anomaly development and to confirm integrity 2H is established as a market leader