Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management

1st Edition - February 21, 2014
Authors: Yong Bai, Qiang Bai
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
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eBook ISBN:
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Subsea repairs and inspection are costly for petroleum and pipeline engineers and proper training is needed to focus on ensuring system strength and integrity. Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management is the perfect companion for new engineers who need to be aware of the state-of-the-art techniques. This handbook offers a "hands-on" problem-solving approach to integrity management, leak detection, and reliability applications such as risk analysis.

Wide-ranging and easy-to-use, the book is packed with data tables, illustrations, and calculations, with a focus on pipeline corrosion, flexible pipes, and subsea repair. Reliability-based models also provide a decision making tool for day-to-day use. Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management gives the engineer the power and knowledge to protect offshore pipeline investments safely and effectively.

Foreword
Preface
Part 1 Pipeline Integrity Management

Chapter 1. Corrosion and Corroded Pipelines

1. Introduction
2. Corrosion Defect Prediction
3. Remaining Strength of Corroded Pipe

Chapter 2. Buckling and Collapse of Corroded Pipes

1. Introduction
2. Moment Capacity of Pipe Under Combined Loads
3. Collapse Due to External Pressure
4. Modification to Timoshenko and Gere’s Equations
5. Interaction of Bending and Pressure
6. Conclusions

Chapter 3. Dented Pipelines

1. Introduction
2. Limit-State Based Criteria for Dented Pipes
3. Fracture of Pipes with Longitudinal Cracks
4. Fracture of Pipes with Circumferential Cracks
5. Reliability-Based Assessment
6. Design Examples

Chapter 4. Pipeline Inspection and Subsea Repair

1. Pipeline Inspection
2. Pipeline Repair Methods
3. Deepwater Pipeline Repair

Chapter 5. Integrity Management of Flexible Pipes

1. Introduction
2. Failure Modes
3. Failure Drivers and Mechanisms
4. Integrity Management Strategy
5. Inspection and Monitoring, in General
6. Testing and Analysis Measures

Chapter 6. Leak Detection Systems

1. Introduction
2. Leak Detection Methods
3. Key Attributes of Different Methods
4. Principles of Leak Detection

Chapter 7. Fiber Optic Monitoring System

1. Introduction
2. Fiber Optic Sensor Techniques
3. Types of Sensing Fiber Optics
4. Application of Fiber Optic Monitoring on Subsea Pipelines

Part 2 Risk and Reliability Applications

Chapter 8. Risk Analysis for Subsea Pipelines

1. Introduction
2. Acceptance Criteria
3. Identification of Initiating Events
4. Cause Analysis
5. Probability of Initiating Events
6. Causes of Risk
7. Failure Probability Estimation Based on Qualitative Review and Databases
8. Failure Probability Estimation Based on Structural Reliability Methods
9. Consequence Analysis
10. Example 1. Risk Analysis for a Subsea Gas Pipeline
11. Example 2. Dropped Object Risk Analysis
12. Example 3. Use of RBIM to Reduce Operation Costs

Chapter 9. Risk-Based Inspection

1. Introduction
2. Modeling the Risk
3. Acceptance Criteria
4. RBI Process

Chapter 10. Reliability-Based Strength Design of Pipelines

1. Introduction
2. Failure Probability
3. Uncertainty Measures
4. Calibration of Safety Factors
5. Reliability-Based Determination of Corrosion Allowance

Chapter 11. LCC Modeling for Pipeline Design

1. Introduction
2. Initial Cost
3. Financial Risk
4. Time Value of Money
5. Example of Fabrication Tolerance Using the LCC Model
6. Example of On-Bottom Stability Using the LCC Model

Chapter 12. Quantitative Risk Analysis Based RBI

1. Introduction
2. Methodology and Basic Principle
3. Quantitative Risk Analysis Based RBI Process
4. Case Study

Chapter 13. Risk- and Reliability-Based Fitness for Service

1. Introduction
2. Quantitative-Risk Assessment and Target Reliability
3. SRA and Retaining Pressure Capacity
4. Corrosion Rate
5. Example of Risk- and Reliability-Based FFS

Chapter 14. Pipeline Flow Risk Assessment

1. Introduction
2. Risk Assessment Method
3. Blockage Risk Assessment
4. Failure Probability of Gas Pipelines
5. Failure Probability of Oil Pipelines
6. Summary

Chapter 15. Marine Traffic Risk Assessment

1. Introduction
2. Data Collection
3. Hazards Identification
4. PoF Assessment
5. CoF Assessment
6. Risk Assessment

Chapter 16. Consequences of Failure Modeling for Oil and Gas Spills

1. Introduction
2. Detailed Assessment
3. Oil Spill Consequences
4. Gas Spill Consequences
5. Example of an Oil Spill

Chapter 17. Environmental Impact Assessment

1. Introduction
2. The Motivation and Object of EIA
3. The EIA Process
4. Impact Analysis Methodology of Oil Spills
5. Environmental Impacts
6. Example of Assessment

Chapter 18. Oil Spill Response Plan

1. Introduction
2. Oil Spill Consequences
3. Restoration Planning
4. Affected Environment
5. Cleanup Cost and Cleanup Recovery

Index

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