2 - Flexible Pipe Installation

Flexible Pipe Seminar:
Installation
Flemming Dreiager - Subsea Business Development Manager Indonesia

Hotel Grand Sahid, Jakarta – Indonesia, April 2014
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Packing and transportation
3. Installation Vessels and Barges
4. Overview of installation equipment
5. Installation considerations
6. Handling precautions
7. Flowline and jumper installation
8. Riser installation
9. Installation analysis
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1. Introduction

Introduction
Anywhere Between the Wellhead to the Top of the Riser

2. Packing and Transportation

Packing and Transportation
Flexible pipes can be delivered packed on reels:

 Crate or frame / steel pallet, for very short lengths :

 Typically jumpers, whether topsides or subsea

 Flexible pipes can be also delivered packed in :

 Carousel, up to 2,500t weight capacity for long and large lines:

 Flexibles can be transported Heavy Lift Vessels and Cargos

 Flexible pipes can be transported by Barges,

Transportation to site
 On installation vessel

3. Installation Vessels and Barges

Installation Vessels and Barges
Flexible pipes can be laid using a large range of naval
supports from very small to very large and sophisticated
ones:
1. Supply Vessels (DP)
2. Conventional Anchored Barges
3. Anchor Handling Tugs (DP AHT)
4. Diving Support Vessels (DP DSV)
5. Multipurpose Construction Vessels (MCV)
One of the main selection criteria is deck space.

Installation vessels and barges
Supply Vessels
Supply Vessel installing 5km 6" flowline on Weizhou field in China

Anchored Barges
Barge installing 10.5" flowline on NAM Ameland

Multi purpose Construction Vessels
MCVs as the Deep Orient are ideal for subsea construction
and flexible pipelay projects

Horizontal laying

Vertical Laying

4. Overview of Installation
Equipment

Overview of Installation Equipment
Reels
 Typical reel size is 9.6 m OD, 4.4 m

ID and 5 m wide
 Diameter can be up to 11m
 Can accommodate up to 300 Te of

product
 Specific purpose built reel can be

made
 Partitions can be added to pack

several lines
Rigging to hold end fitting
Storage cradle
Reel snail to support stiffener
Partition
Supporting
guide post
Bend
stiffener

Reel Carrier

Reel lifted on vessel onshore and offshore

Reel Transportation/ Installation cradles
Combined Transport / Installation cradles

Bigger than storage ones

Reel installation device – under roller
Under roller with lashing system
Use for low installation tension only

up to 10 Te in shallow water depth

 Over Boarding Chute

 Radius typically ranging from 3m
up to 5m
 Flat profile or V shape profile

 V shape can provide a greater
allowable tension
 Can be placed at different location

on vessel:
 Moonpool, stern, side

Horizontal caterpillar tensioner
 Bi, Tri or Quad track tensioner
 The more tracks the greatest
allowable tightening load
 V shape pads with different
opening angles
 Maximum holding tension
around 30 Te for tri cat
 Maximum tightening force /
holding tension depending on
structure crushing resistance
 2 or 3 tensioners can be put in
line Flat profile or V shape profile
 Could take up to 90Te of installation
tension

Vertical Laying System (VLS®)
 Vertical quad tensioners installed

over moonpool
 Suitable for deep water / high

tension
 Up to 125 Te for single VLS®
 Up to 270 Te tension holding

capacity for double VLS®
 Modular system can be mounted on

different vessel
Modular Mobile System
 Lay speed up to 900m/hour

5. Installation Considerations

Installation Considerations
 Installation equipment selection depends on

 Water depth / laying tension
 Deep water / high tension calls for VLS®
 Shallow water / low tension calls for tensioner
 Specific Flexible pipe design criteria

 Minimum Bending Radius
 Crushing capacity
 Deck space / vessel limitations

 Cost comparison: vessel size and rate VS. number of trips and small vessel to install
large number of reels
 Ancillary equipment to be installed (stiffener, buoyancy …)
 Installation Engineering and Flexible Design engineering work hand

in hand as an integrated solution.

5. Handling Precautions

Handling Precautions
 Flexibles pipes are:
 A robust technical solution,
 Practically easy to install assuming
minimum basic precautions are taken to
ensure their integrity.
 Specific care must be given to:

 Ensure that there are no sharp edges along
the flexible lay path in order to protect the
flexible pipe outer sheath.
 Maintain a suitable curvature to the pipe at
all times.
 Ensure the integrity of the end fittings during
overboarding and connections
 All damages can be avoided by good

working practices

7. Flowline and Jumper
Installation

Flowline Installation
 As a terminology the Flexible Flowlines cover all static

flexible pipelines including static flexible risers (i.e in I-
tubes or clamped)
 Standard Flowlines configurations are:
 Platform to Platform (I-tubes or rigid risers),
 Platform (I-tube or rigid riser) to Subsea,
 Subsea to Subsea,

Typical Installation Platform to Platform with I-tubes
Pull-in at Departure Platform
ROV

Lay away from Departure Platform

Pull-in at Arrival Platform

For specific environment Flexible Flowlines can be protected
by:
1. Extra Layers (outer sheath and external carcass)
2. Concrete Mattresses
3. Trenching & Ploughing

First end overboarding

Intermediate connection make up - Horizontal
Grayloc hub end fitting

connection make up
Mounting of anodes

Anodes
Half shell anodes Electrical continuity

straps connected to end
fitting rear flange

Intermediate Connection Horizontal - overboarding

Last end overboarding - Horizontal

Conclusion
 Fast laying speed

 Complex and optimized routing with small radius curve
 Possibility to use DP medium sized vessel for installation on
congested fields (no anchors)
 Versatility of installation vessel / barge selection
 Various installation scenarios can be developed (temporary
abandonment, pre-installation…)
 Easy to recover and re-use

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Flexible Pipe Seminar:

Flemming Dreiager - Subsea Business Development Manager Indonesia

2. Packing and transportation

3. Installation Vessels and Barges

4. Overview of installation equipment

7. Flowline and jumper installation

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 Crate or frame / steel pallet, for very short lengths :

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 Flexible pipes can be also delivered packed in :

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 Flexibles can be transported Heavy Lift Vessels and Cargos

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 Flexible pipes can be transported by Barges,

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1. Supply Vessels (DP)

2. Conventional Anchored Barges

3. Anchor Handling Tugs (DP AHT)

4. Diving Support Vessels (DP DSV)

5. Multipurpose Construction Vessels (MCV)

One of the main selection criteria is deck space.

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 Typical reel size is 9.6 m OD, 4.4 m

 Diameter can be up to 11m

 Can accommodate up to 300 Te of

 Specific purpose built reel can be

 Partitions can be added to pack

Rigging to hold end fitting

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Combined Transport / Installation cradles

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Use for low installation tension only

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 Over Boarding Chute

 Flat profile or V shape profile

 Can be placed at different location

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 Vertical quad tensioners installed

 Suitable for deep water / high

 Up to 125 Te for single VLS®

 Up to 270 Te tension holding

 Modular system can be mounted on

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