L7 - RISERS

y RIGID RISER - FOR PLATFORMS

y FLEXIBLE DYNAMIC RISERS
– DESIGN
– MANUFACTURING
– TESTING
– ATTACHMENTS
– FIELD EXAMPLES
– DEEPWATER REQUIREMENTS
y STEEL CATENARY RISERS
– FIELD EXAMPLES
y RISER TOWERS
– FIELD EXAMPLES
RIGID RISERS
PRE-INSTALLED RIGID RISER COMPONENTS

‘I’ TUBE ‘J’ TUBE

RIGID RISERS AS PART
OF JACKET
CONSTRUCTION
RIGID PRODUCTION
& DRILLING RISERS
ON PLATFORM
 SEMISUBMERSIBLE
PRODUCTION PLATFORM
FPSO

Turret with piping

Swivel stack

Riser hang-off
turret

Guide tube

Flexible Riser
risers
Flexible Riser in a Lazy S

Mooring
Mooring lines Mooring lines
lines
Mooring lines

in a Lazy Wav
e
DISTRIBUTED BUOYANCY FROM FOAM
MIDWATER ARCH – BUOYANCY BLOCKS ALONG RISER
TANKS TETHERED TO SEABED

FLEXIBLE DYNAMIC RISERS

ARGYLE FIELD – SEMI WITH
RIGID RISER
 BASIS OF REQUIREMENT FOR A FLEXIBLE DYNAMIC RISER
AS LINK BETWEEN SEABED AND FLOATER Max Horizontal Excursion
- 25m + 25m
POINT M - MEAN POSITION OF TURRET
BOTTOM Max Vertical Excursion B
POINT A - BOTTOM DOWN MAX Up 8m
EXCURSION OF TURRET BOTTOM Down 10m
M
POINT B - TOP UP MAX EXCURSION OF A
TURRET BOTTOM
RISER CATENARY
SECTION (this provides
reservoir of length to cope
with the FPSO movements
RISER TENSION SECTION

NOTE - IN TOP UP POSITION THE RISER IS ALMOST STRAIGHT.

IN BOTTOM DOWN THE RISER IS ALMOST TOUCHING THE SEABED
FLEXIBLE PIPE STRUCTURE

Coflexip
Pipe

BASIC PRODUCTION FROM STEEL

TAPES AND EXTRUDED PLASTIC
FLEXIBLES CONFIGURATIONS
STANDARD RISER CONFIGURATIONS

FREE HANGING STEEP S

LAZY S STEEP WAVE LAZY WAVE

Risers for Floating Production Semi

Flexible pipe design and analysis data specifications
- Typical data required
TECHNIP (Coflexip) – France
– Brazil
– Angola
MANUFACTURERS OF
FLEXIBLE PIPE / RISERS
– Malaysis
WELLSTREAM – Newcastle
– Florida
NKT – Denmark
 Manufacturing Process - Wellstream Ltd, Newcastle

Hydro
Extrusion Test
Bays

Insulation

Pipe Completion

Tensile Armour

Extrusion

Pressure Armour

Carcass
 FLEXIBLE PIPE TESTING

24-hour Hydro Test High Pressure Development - Burst Tests

FLEXIBLE DYNAMIC RISERS
ON DELIVERY REELS
SPACE REQUIREMENTS
FOR RISERS AND
MOORING SYSTEMS IN A
FPSO TURRET
DEVICES CONNECTED OR
ATTACHED TO FLEXIBLE
RISERS
 Snorre B Production Semi-
Submersible, Snorre TLP and
Snorre Subsea Production Systems
operating in Norway

Anasuria FPSO with Multiple Risers

 POSSIBLE MEASUREMENT
APPROACHES
Monitor Riser Motions

Monitor Shape and

Spatial Position of Riser

Monitor Roundness
of Inner Bore

Monitor Presence and

Integrity of Buoyancy

Monitor Acoustic and

Vibration Signature

Leak Detection

Monitor Touchdown and

Seabed Interface

INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF FLEXIBLES

 FLEXIBLE PIPE
Deepwater Solution - Integrated Production
Bundle - Hot Water

External Plastic Sheath

Thermal Insulation

Tubes
CSOforPatent
Hot Water or/and
Gas Lift

Flexible Riser
Structure
GIRASSOL RISER TOWERS
RISER TOWER DETAILS
SLOR RISERS
The SLOR consists of a single vertical steel pipe connected to the foundation pile at
the seabed and tensioned using a buoyancy cans at the top. The top of the buoyancy
can is typically located 50-100m below the mean water level. The SLOR is generally
situated 100-500m away from the vessel depending upon water depth and the vessel
excursions.

The offtake assembly is

connected to a flowline via rigid
jumper.

The foundation pile is either suction pile, driven or

drilled and grouted pile. The bottom assembly of the
SLOR is connected to the foundation pile using a high
integrity connector and terminated with an offtake
assembly.

The bottom assembly connection to the foundation

pile is achieved by roto-latch (or any flex element) or
using a tapered stress joint.
 STEEL CATENARY RISERS

500 FT REGION
WITH VIV SUPPRESSION
LMS STRAKES

HULL RISER
PIPING

TENDONS FLEX JOINTS

STEEL CATENARY
RISERS

TOU
FIRST USE OF SCRs CHD
OW
NR
E GI
ON
(2 860
FT
W ATE
“AUGER” STEEL CATENARY RISERS RD
E PT
H)
 FIRST USE OF SCR’s ON A
PRODUCTION SEMI-
SUBMERSIBLE (P 18 Semi in
Brazilian water)

FIRST USE OF SCR’s FROM A

FPSO (Bonga FPSO - Nigeria)