A Justification for Designing and Operating Pipelines Up to Stresses of 80% SMYS

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin McLamb ◽  
Phil Hopkins ◽  
Mark Marley ◽  
Maher Nessim
Keyword(s):  
Yield Strength ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Remote Locations ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Minimum Yield

Oil and gas majors are interested in several projects worldwide involving large diameter, long distance gas pipelines that pass through remote locations. Consequently, the majors are investigating the feasibility of operating pipelines of this type at stress levels up to and including 80% of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) of the pipe material. This paper summarises a study to investigate the impact upon safety, reliability and integrity of designing and operating pipelines to stresses up to 80% SMYS.

Design of crack arrestors for ultra high grade gas transmission pipelines: simulation of crack initiation, propagation and arrest

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-319
Author(s):  
F. Van den Abeele ◽  
M. Di Biagio ◽  
L. Amlung
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
High Grade ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Ductile Crack ◽  
Reinforced Plastics ◽  
Four Point Bending

One of the major challenges in the design of ultra high grade (X100) gas pipelines is the identification of areliable crack propagation strategy. Recent research results have shown that the newly developed highstrength and large diameter gas pipelines, when operated at severe conditions, may not be able to arrest arunning ductile crack through pipe material properties. Hence, the use of crack arrestors is required in thedesign of safe and reliable pipeline systems.A conventional crack arrestor can be a high toughness pipe insert, or a local joint with higher wall thickness.According to experimental results of full-scale burst tests, composite crack arrestors are one of the mostpromising technologies. Such crack arrestors are made of fibre reinforced plastics which provide the pipewith an additional hoop constraint. In this paper, numerical tools to simulate crack initiation, propagationand arrest in composite crack arrestors are introduced.First, the in-use behaviour of composite crack arrestors is evaluated by means of large scale tensile testsand four point bending experiments. The ability of different stress based orthotropic failure measures topredict the onset of material degradation is compared. Then, computational fracture mechanics is applied tosimulate ductile crack propagation in high pressure gas pipelines, and the corresponding crack growth inthe composite arrestor. The combination of numerical simulation and experimental research allows derivingdesign guidelines for composite crack arrestors.

Integrity Assessment of Multiple Dents in Oil and Gas Pipelines Using Probabilistic Design Analysis

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Husain Mohammed Al-Muslim ◽  
Abul Fazal M. Arif
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Mechanical Damage ◽  
Pipe Material ◽  
Probabilistic Design ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Pressure Loading ◽  
Integrity Assessment ◽  
Oil And Gas Pipelines ◽  
Input Parameters ◽  
Pipe Geometry

Mechanical damage in transportation pipelines is a threat to its structural integrity. Failure in oil and gas pipelines is catastrophic as it leads to personal fatalities, injuries, property damage, loss of production and environmental pollution. Therefore, this issue is of extreme importance to Pipeline Operators, Government and Regulatory Agencies, and local Communities. As mechanical damage can occur during the course of pipeline life due to many reasons, appropriate tools and procedures for assessment of severity are necessary. There are many parameters that affect the severity of the mechanical damage related to the pipe geometry and material properties, the defect geometry and boundary conditions, and the pipe state of strain and stress. Moreover, multiple damaged areas may exist and interact like in the case of a hit by a multiple-tooth excavator. The main objective of this paper is to determine the distance and orientation where interaction of multiple dents is significant. The strain and stress fields are evaluated for static pressure loading and the stress range and fatigue life are evaluated for cyclic pressure loading. Accordingly, guidelines are developed for the integrity assessment of multiple dents in oil and gas pipelines. The input parameters of the problem including the pipe material, pipe geometry, dent dimensions, and distance and orientation between two dents have a great variability. Therefore, probabilistic design approach is applied to determine the sensitivity and correlation between the output and input parameters. The base case deterministic FEA model has been validated with full-instrumented full-scale tests conducted by Pipeline Research Council International as part of their active program to fully characterize mechanical damage.

scholarly journals Pipeline Bending Strain Measurement and Compensation Technology Based on Wavelet Neural Network

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Li ◽  
Maolin Cai ◽  
Yan Shi ◽  
Qingshan Feng ◽  
Shucong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Original Method ◽  
Wavelet Neural Network ◽  
Measurement Unit ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Pipeline Inspection ◽  
Bending Strain ◽  
Oil And Gas Pipelines

The bending strain of long distance oil and gas pipelines may lead to instability of the pipeline and failure of materials, which seriously deteriorates the transportation security of oil and gas. To locate the position of the bending strain for maintenance, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) is usually adopted in a Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG). The attitude data of the IMU is usually acquired to calculate the bending strain in the pipe. However, because of the vibrations in the pipeline and other system noises, the resulting bending strain calculations may be incorrect. To improve the measurement precision, a method, based on wavelet neural network, was proposed. To test the proposed method experimentally, a PIG with the proposed method is used to detect a straight pipeline. It can be obtained that the proposed method has a better repeatability and convergence than the original method. Furthermore, the new method is more accurate than the original method and the accuracy of bending strain is raised by about 23% compared to original method. This paper provides a novel method for precisely inspecting bending strain of long distance oil and gas pipelines and lays a foundation for improving the precision of inspection of bending strain of long distance oil and gas pipelines.

Procedure for Identifying Deformations in Oil and Gas Pipelines Subject to External Forces, Based on Primary ILI Data

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Galvis Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Mechanical Damage ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Oil And Gas Pipelines ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
External Forces

Oil and gas pipelines that pass through mountainous terrain are subject to an increase in the number of sections affected by the bending deformation’s resulting from external forces, which, when coupled with the construction and operational processes of the systems, cause mechanical damage to the pipelines that has led to containment losses, resulting in operational cost overruns and harmful effects on the environment and on nearby communities, while leaving at high risk the integrity of the petroleum infrastructure. By using primary data obtained through so-called “smart” in-line inspections or intelligent line inspections (ILIs), the occurrence and magnitude of these deformations and displacements of the pipelines can be determined. With the aid of geotechnical analytical techniques, this information can facilitate the interpretation of the processes that induce these thrusts. The starting point is the existing knowledge of the characteristics of the installation of the pipelines and of the clearances permitted by the rules and/or reference standards of the industry. The next step consists of comparing that data against the XYZ Data inertial mapping data (obtained through rotations of the XGP geometric tool) in one or more ILI runs, as part of the mechanical analysis procedure. As a recommended practice, an algorithm is developed for handling the ILI data, showing in parallel the geotechnical zoning data, illustrating it with a study algorithm.

scholarly journals Optimization of distribution of emergency resources for emergency rescue points of oil and gas pipelines

2021 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 01016
Author(s):  
Y.Y. Chen ◽  
L.B. Zhang ◽  
J.Q. Hu ◽  
Z.Y. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Resources Allocation ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Emergency Rescue ◽  
Oil And Gas Pipelines ◽  
Fixed Proportion ◽  
Optimized Allocation ◽  
Resource Shortage

According to the inherent characteristics of long-distance oil and gas pipelines, the optimization of emergency resources allocation can be implemented to maximize the utilization of pipeline emergency resources under a certain cost of emergency investment. We built an improved solution of a multiple knapsack problem in a greedy algorithm, proposed maximizing Emergency Resources Factor (ERF) as the greedy strategy, and established the optimization model of emergency resources allocation. This model innovatively combines factors such as the centrality of rescue points, the risk of pipe sections, and the necessity of emergency resources. The results show that, compared to a conventional resource allocation in a fixed proportion, an optimized allocation can reduce resource shortage and redundancy by 2.660% and 1.051%, respectively. Therefore, this model can be used to control the initialization of resource allocation in emergency rescue points of long-distance oil and gas pipelines.

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