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1 What Is Subsea - Standards and Rules
1 What Is Subsea - Standards and Rules
Goals
General knowledge of subsea development and production systems
Understand the building blocks forming a subsea production system
Understand the hierarchy of codes, rules and regulations
Be familiar with the control elements to execution of a subsea project
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What is Subsea?
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What is Subsea?
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Subsea example
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Operating costs are higher per well than for dry tree wells
Less reserves are recovered before reaching economic limit
Compared to dry wellheads, the access to a subsea well is expensive, making
workover less available
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Moored Semi
Tie-back to Shore
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Authorities
Auth.
Rules & Reg.
Project
Design Basis
Operator
Functional and
Design Req's
Operation &
Maint. Req's
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Standards
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References
ISO 10423/API 6A Recommended Practice for Design & Operation of Subsea Production Systems
ISO 13628-4/API 17D Specification for Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
ISO 10423/API 6A, Specification for Valves, Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
IEC 61508 / 61511 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety related systems
OLF 066 & 070 Recommended guidelines for the application of IEC 61511 in petroleum activity on Norwegian Continental Shelf
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Abbreviations
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