MoS of Fabrication and Installation Pipe Rev 0

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Methode of Statement
for Fabrication and Installation Piping System
Aviation Fuel Farm
ORIGINATED BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY DISTRIBUTION
Dade M Joni Hendri Fajar Rahmad D M. Iskandarsyah

Engineer Const. Manager Project Manager Director
BRIEF OF REVISION.
REV ISSUED EFFECTIVE

NO. DATE. DATE.
0 21 November 22 November
2023 2023
TABLE OF CONTENT
No. Descriptions Page

Method of Statements DOCUMENT NO. :
SMI-DIA-MOS-PIP-001
for Fabrication and Installation Piping System ISSUED DATE :
Aviation Fuel Farm Depot Project 21 November 2023
Dhoho International Airport

UNIT ISSUING : APPROVED BY : PAGE REVISION
Engineering 2 of 18 0
1. GENERAL 4 of 18
1.1. Scope 4 of 18
1.2. Codes and Standards 4 of 18
1.3. Units 4 of 18
GENERAL REQUIREMENT 4 of 18
2.
2.1. Qualification 4 of 18
2.2. Material 4 of 18
2.3. Drawing and Documents 5 of 18
3. FABRICATION 5 of 18
3.1. General 5 of 18
3.2. Cutting 6 of 18
3.3. End Preparation 6 of 18
3.4. Cleaning 7 of 18
3.5. Alignment and Trimming 7 of 18
3.6. Spacing 7 of 18
3.7. Socket Weld Assembly 8 of 18

3.8. Seam Welding Distance 8 of 18
3.9. Pre Heating 9 of 18
3.10. Welding 9 of 18
4. ASSEMBLING AND ERECTION 12 of 18
4.1. General 12 of 18
4.2 Flange Joints 14 of 18
4.3 Threaded Joints 15 of 18
4.4 Mechanical Joint 16 of 18
4.5 Tubing Joint 16 of 18
4.6 Erection of Pipe Suppport 16 of 18
4.7 Erection of Under Ground Pipe 17 of 18

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5. INSPECTION AND TESTING 17 of 18
6. CLEANING OF PIPING SYSTEM 17 of 18
7. PAINTING AND INSULATION 18 of 18
1. GENERAL
1.1. Scope
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1.1.1. This specification covers the requirements for the Fabrication and
Installation Piping System Aviation Fuel Farm Depot Project Dhoho
International Airport. Those test, examination, etc. are covered in
related Project Specification as mention here para. 1.3.
1.2. Codes and Standards

This specification supplements or modifies to the requirements of
Document No. 23NO01-DB-40-001 “Piping Design Basis Aviation Fuel
Farm Depot Project Dhoho International Airport” when applied.
1.3. Units
The metric units shall be applied as the measurement system in
documents and drawing. Nominal size of piping components shall be
measured in inches for which abbreviation of NPS.
2. GENERAL REQUIREMENT
2.1. Qualification
2.1.1. Person who are engaged for welding work shall pass the qualification
test.
2.1.2. Persons who are engaged for alignment, assembling, erection, etc.
shall be experiences.
2.2 Material
2.2.1. All piping material shall be in accordancw with code & standard to be
followed.
2.2.2. Temporary supports are not to be tack welded to pipe walls. In case
where this is unavoidable the tack area is to be repaired.
2.2.3. All welding consumables selection shall be in accordance with drawing
and approved Welding Procedures. Consumables are to be
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segregated as to type and are to be stored as the manufacturer

recommendation. The mill certificate of welding electrode shall be
filed and documented.
2.3. Drawing and Document

2.3.1. All Drawing and document which cover the piping construction work
shall be listed, issued, and control in accordance with “ Drawing and
Document Control Procedure”.
2.3.2. Piping work shall be carried out in accordance with drawing and
document as “for Fabrication” or “for Construction”, unless otherwise
instructed.
3. FABRICATION
3.1. General
3.1.1. All material for fabricate should be storage and protected frim rain,
especially stainless steel.
3.1.2. Stainless steel shall be separated from carbon steel fabrication work.
3.1.3. Tools and equipment’s used in stainless steel fabrication shall be lined
by using suitable with stainless steel material (not affect the
properties) and not used on other than stainless steel fabrication.
3.1.4. The bolt holes of flanges shall be located symmetrically from a
vertical center line in a horizontal pipe line, and from plant north in a
vertical pipe line unless otherwise indicated in the drawing.
3.1.5. Marking of piping materials shall be in accordance with the procedure
or project specification.
3.2. CUTTING
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3.2.1. The point where the pipe is to be cut shall be marked accurately
according to the isometric drawings or to cut particular field
installation.
3.2.2. The schedule and heat number are to be transferred to all of cuts (if
required)
3.2.3. In case of gas cutting, cutting surfaces shall be round off to remove any
edge and roughness and be made flush and smooth so as not to
harm welding quality. The angles of preparations shall be within the
code tolerances or welding procedure specification. In case of
unequal thickness there are to be no angle deviations around off cut.
3.2.4. If pipe is cut using the oxy acetylene (for Carbon Steel pipe) process all
cut edges are to be round back to remove any drag lines or
imperfections.
3.2.5. Abrasive disc used for cutting and grinding of austenitic stainless steels
or other high Cr-Ni steel shall be iron free.
3.3. END PREPARATION

3.3.1. End preparation for groove weld specified in the Welding Procedure
Specification are acceptable.
3.3.2. If piping component ends are bored, such boring shall not result in the
finished wall thickness after welding less than the minimum design
thickness
3.3.3. If the piping component ends are upset, they may be bored to allow
for a completely recessed backing ring, provided the remaining net
thickness of the finished ends is not less than the minimum design
thickness.
3.3.4. Preparation of branch connection shall follow to below figure.
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3.4. CLEANING
Surfaces for welding shall be clean and shall be free from paint, oil,
rust, scale or other material which is detrimental to welding.
3.5. ALIGNMENT AND TRIMMING

3.5.1. The inside diameters of piping components to be butt welded shall be
aligned as accurately as is practicable within existing commercial
tolerances on diameters, wall thicknesses, and out-of roundness.
Alignment shall be preserved during welding. The internal
misalignment of the end to be joined shall be according to the
approved WPS.
3.5.2. When the internal misalignment exceeds the allowable, it is preferred
that the component with the wall extending internally be internally
trimmed as per comparison 4:1.
3.6. SPACING
The root opening of the joint shall be given in the Welding Procedure
Specification.
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3.7. SOCKET WELD ASSEMBLY

In assembly of the joint before welding, the pipe shall be inserted into
the socket to the maximum depth and then withdrawn approximately
1/16 in. (1.6 mm) away from contact between the end of the pipe and
the shoulder of the socket. In sleeve type joints without internal
shoulder, there shall be a distance of approximately 1/16 in. (1.6mm)
between the butting ends of the pipe.
3.8. SEAM WELDING DISTANCE

When a pipe having a longitudinal weld seam is used in a horizontal
line, the pipe shall be laid so that longitudinal weld seam is not on the
bottom or top of the pipe. Allocation and relation among
circumferential, longitudinal and other (branch, support, etc.) welds
shall be as shown in next figure :
3.8.1. Circumferential and longitudinal weld seam
The minimum distance shall be five (5) times the pipe thickness or
over
3.8.2 Branch pipe and weld line on run pipe
The minimum distance shall be 6 mm or three (3) times the pipe
thickness whichever that smallest.
3.8.3 Support/Shoe and Weld seam of seam of main pipe
The minimum distance shall be 6 mm or over/
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3.9. PREHEATING
3.9.1. Preheating, if required shall be in accordance with approved WPS.
3.9.2. Preheating temperatures are to be controlled using temperature
crayons or digital thermometer.
3.10. WELDING
3.10.1. GENERAL REQUIREMENT
3.10.1.1. Circumferential butt welding shall be performed without
the use of backing ring. Back shielding with argon gas
shall be required according to the WPS
3.10.1.2. The maximum inter-pass temperature shall be in
accordance with the approved WPS/PQR
3.10.1.3. Welding shall not be carried out in adverse weather
conditions where there is impingement of rain, sleet
storm or excessive wind at the working area, unless
appropriate and adequate protection is provided.
3.10.1.4. The bevel shall be fully cleaned so that there is no rust,
oil, paint, sand, moisture, etc. remaining. Care shall be
taken that stainless steel does not come into contact with
any form of zinc based material. Where a bevel is not to
be welded immediately it shall be protected to prevent
contamination.
3.10.1.5. Spatter, slag, etc. on the weld or in the heat affected zone
shall be thoroughly removed from the metal surface.
3.10.1.6. Arc strike on base metal shall be avoided at all time. Arc
strike if any, shall be ground flush and penetrant test shall
be provided.
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3.10.1.7. Welding and heat treatment (preheating, PWHT) for a

welding end valves shall be carried out with the seat
opened to prevent seizing by thermal affect.
3.10.1.8. Weld internal protrusion at the weld neck joint of an orifice
flange, shall be removed flush and smooth with grinder.
Any concavity in the root shall be repaired and than
ground flush.
3.10.1.9. Socket welding shall be performed at least 2 layers weld
and end point of respective layer shall not be over lapped.
3.10.2. WELDING REQUIREMENT
3.10.2.1. All welding work shall be performed by qualified welders
and as per approved Welding Procedure Specification.
3.10.2.2. All welders shall be identified by establishing a badge
system as per range qualification.
3.10.2.3. Tack welding shall be carried out as follows :
3.10.2.3.1. Either root or bridge tack welding method may
be applied.
3.10.2.3.2. Avoid improper fit-up which would cause
residual stress
3.10.2.3.3. Keep the correct root gap as per WPS
3.10.2.3.4. Provide sufficient external pipe clamps or
internal spiders for setting up
3.10.2.3.5. Bridging pieces shall never be hammered off
and shall be removed by grinding. The bridging
material shall be the same P numbers as the
parent material.
3.10.2.3.6. Tack weld shall be performed by qualified
welders
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3.10.2.4. Butt joint welding of the pipes shall be performed as per

WPS.
3.10.2.5. Branch connection shall be welded as per drawing or
project specification, standard and code.
3.10.2.6. Fillet welding of pipe to slip-on or socket weld flanges shall
be performed as per specification, standard and code.
3.10.2.7. All piping components for which welding has been
completed shall bear the painted marking with the
identification symbol of the welder as confirmation.
3.10.2.8. Spool piece no. shall be clearly marked on fabrication and
shall be have clearance inspection and heat treatment (if
any) before erecting to site.
3.10.3. HEAT TREATMENT
If any preheating required and PWHT work required by WPS, the heat
treatment method shall be follow to procedure or project
specification.
3.10.4. STORING
3.10.4.1. Inside of fabricated components shall be cleaned.
3.10.4.2. Opening shall be covered to prevent foreign mater such as
sand and dust etc. from entering into piping components.
Bevel and flange faces and threaded ends, shall be
protected to prevent damage due to cleaning work and
handling of storing.
3.10.4.3. Zinc contamination of stainless steel and high Ni-Cr steek
shall be avoided.
3.10.4.4. Pipe spool are to be neatly stored and are to be piled one
on top of the other.
3.10.4.5. Pipe spooling is to be kept unit segregated.
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3.10.4.6. Pipe is to be kept off the ground at all times and stacked
on the correct type of Dunn age.
3.10.4.7. Flange faces are to be protected at all the times.
4. ASSEMBLING AND ERECTION

4.1. General
4.1.1 Fit-up tolerances shall be kept as per WPS or project
specification. If hot work to be performed in the vicinity of
instrument control or power.
4.1.2 Cable duct, an adequate protective cover shall be provided in
advance so as not to damage the cables.
4.1.3 When work is carried out in the vicinity of piping made of, or
lined with special materials such as plastics, rubber, glass, etc.
care shall be taken so as not to damage them.
4.1.4 Valve shall be assembled in clean condition, they shall not be
opened during piping erection except that welding and heat
treatment or a welded valve joint shall be carried out with
valve opened.
4.1.5 Pipe shall be cleaned out spool by spool after fabrication
4.1.6 The following requirement shall be observed for piping support.
4.1.6.1 Pipe support shall be fabricated and installed in
accordance with pipe support details
4.1.6.2 As a rule the location of pipe supports shall be in
accordance with the piping arrangement drawing
and hook up drawing
4.1.6.3 In case of spring hanger, travel stops are to be
removed after all hydro testing and flushing
completed.
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4.1.6.4 A shoe support shall be attached to pipe in

accordance with the drawing. Any tack weld shall
not remain between shoe.
4.1.6.5 Support and bracket or pipe rack, unless shoe
supports are permanently fixed as anchor point.
4.1.7 Thermal straightening of pipe supports may be applied in
accordance with the following manner.
4.1.7.1 Torch heating or electric heating coils shall perform
heating.
4.1.7.2 Using surface thermometer, temperature-indicating
crayon, etc. shall control heat input.
4.1.7.3 Only mechanical aids such as chain block, hydraulic
jacks, etc. shall be used, Shock loading by such as
hammering shall not allow.
4.1.7.4 Working temperature shall be determined depending
on material.
4.1.8 Valves having flow direction shall be installed to conform the
flow direction in accordance with piping drawings. Care shall be
taken to the valves in case valve flow direction is reversed
against the flow direction of pipeline.
4.1.9 For all erection scaffolding shall be provided to permit safe
work condition. Especially for the work on high elevation refer
to safety regulation.
4.1.10 All material for fabricate should be storage and protected from
rain, especially stainless steel.
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4.2. FLANGE JOINTS

4.2.1. Fange joints shall be bolted up, after checking the alignment of
the flange centers and the parallel ness of flange faces, to
ensure that the contact faces bear informally on the gasket.
Bolting up shall ensure that bolt tension is spread uniformly
around the flange.
4.2.2. Cast iron flanges of equipment such as pumps shall be
tightened carefully so that the flange does to break,
4.2.3. The flange clearance for the connections of pumps,
compressor, shall be measured by the use of a clearance
gauge (filler gauge). The parallelism check and then the bolts
tightened evently.
4.2.4. Excessive stress shall not be allowed to the nozzles of rotating
machine when the flange of fabricated component is
connected, such work shall be carried out in the presence
person in charge of the mechanical work. And openings such
as flanged joint of a pump, compressor, etc. shall be kept
covered with thin metal plate or other solid blinds with handle
to prevent dust and/or foreign material from entering into the
machine.
4.2.5. Particular care shall be exercised to insure that all bolt, nut and
gasket are correctly installed in accordance with procedure or
project specification.
4.2.6. Openings such as flanged joints of equipment shall be kept
covered with thin metal plate or other solid blinds with a
handle to prevent dust and/or foreign material from entering
into the machine.
4.2.7. The flange mating to rotating equipment shall be concentric
with and not more than 1.5mm (1/16 inch) from being parallel
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to the equipment flange, measured across any diameter. Also,

before any flange bolt-up, the axial clearance between mating
flanges shall equal to the initial gasket thickness 1.5mm (1/16
inch)
4.2.8. Gasket in flanges connections that must be opened after
testing or cleaning shall not be reused. A new gasket must be
installed and any damaged bolting also replaced.
4.2.9. When installing spiral wound gasket, ensure that all flange
faces are completely clean. Do not use grease or gasket
compound on either gasket of flange faces.
4.2.9.1 Tightening Sequence (studs numbered clockwise
around flange)
4 bolt flange 1, 3, 2, 4
8 bolt flange 1, 5, 3, 7, 2, 6, 8, 4
12 bolt flange 1, 7, 4, 10, 2, 8, 5, 11, 3, 9, 6, 12
16 bolt flange 1,9,5,13,3,11,7,15,2,10,6,14,12,
8,16
20 bolt flange 1,11,6,16,4,14,19,9,2,12,17,7,20,10,
5,15,3,13,18,8
4.2.9.2. Bolt/nut bearing surfaces being good condition and the
bolt threads and nut bearing surfaces shall be coated
thinly and uniform with a lubricated to prevent sea
shore.
4.3. THREADED JOINTS

4.3.1. The standard to be applied to all threads shall be ANSI/ASME
B1.20.1 Pipe Threads (NPT)
4.3.2. Lubricant shall be removed completely from the thread and inside
of pipe after threading
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4.3.3. In a thread joint between pipe and flange, the length of thread on
the pipe shall be such that the end of the pipe is short of the
gasket surface on the flange by 1.5 to 3.0 mm when screwed in.
4.3.4. Threaded joint shall be sealed as per project specification.
4.3.5. High point vent used for hydrostatic testing only in process, flare
and fuel gas lines are to be seal welded after hydrostatic test.
Seal welded tow passes as a minimum are applied.
4.4. MECHANICAL JOINT

4.4.1. Mechanical joint other than flanged joint and threaded joint shall
be in accordance with manufacturer’s instruction or drawing
4.4.2. Care shall be taken to avoid distorting the sheet when
incorporating such joint into piping assemblies by welding.
4.5. TUBING JOINT

The sealing surface of the flare shall be visually checked before
assembly and any flare having damage or imperfections shall be rejected
for flare tubing joints
4.6. ERECTION OF PIPE SUPPORT

Before erection of pipe, the support may be install and tack weld if
possible. For U-Bolt type should be install during erection of pipe, tighten
of bolt will be done after complete of line pipe.
Welding work direct to pipe (example; saddle, etc.) shall be done before
hydrostatic test. Installation of spring support and adjustable support
shall follow vendor spec/procedure.
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4.7. ERECTION OF UNDER GROUND PIPE

The erection of underground pipe is as follows :
• Make sure dimensional and depth of ground excavation as per
drawing and check the surface refer the spec include the material will
be applied on the ground inside.
• Check document of spool piece have completed include inspection
report.
• Wrapping of coat for carbon steel pipe to be finish and inspection.
• Put the spool piece on the base and field weld joint to be located on
the upper ground level.
• Pilling up by sand before back fill soil
5. INSPECTION AND TESTING

Prior, during and after completion of the work of piping system, the
inspection and test shall be performed in accordance with procedure,
quality inspection scope list or project specification.
6. CLEANING OF PIPING SYSTEM

Piping systems shall be cleaned by one of the following methods :
6.1. Water Flushing
This is generally use on most lines, except for :
6.1.1. Steam Lines
6.1.2. Air lines
6.1.3. Large diameter lines where a water velocity of 1.5 m/sec
(5ft/sec.)
6.1.4. Piping systems where water is not permitted
6.2. Air Blowing
Generally used for air lines and other systems where water flushing is
not feasible.
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6.3. Hand Cleaning

Used for large diameter lines that can be manually
6.4. Chemical Cleaning
Used for cleaning of positive displacement compressor piping and
certain other system requiring a high level of cleanliness.
All flushing works (Water, Air Blowing, Hand Cleaning, Chemical Cleaning)
shall be follow to Procedure or Project Specification.
7. PAINTING AND INSULATION

All painting and insulation works shall be performed as per procedure or
project specification.

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SI/ENG-MOS/XI/23/001

ORIGINATED BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY DISTRIBUTION

Dade M Joni Hendri Fajar Rahmad D M. Iskandarsyah

REV ISSUED EFFECTIVE

No. Descriptions Page

Dhoho International Airport

2.3. Drawing and Documents 5 of 18

3.3. End Preparation 6 of 18

3.5. Alignment and Trimming 7 of 18

3.7. Socket Weld Assembly 8 of 18

4. ASSEMBLING AND ERECTION 12 of 18

4.2 Flange Joints 14 of 18

4.3 Threaded Joints 15 of 18

4.4 Mechanical Joint 16 of 18

4.5 Tubing Joint 16 of 18

4.6 Erection of Pipe Suppport 16 of 18

4.7 Erection of Under Ground Pipe 17 of 18

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5. INSPECTION AND TESTING 17 of 18

6. CLEANING OF PIPING SYSTEM 17 of 18

7. PAINTING AND INSULATION 18 of 18

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1.2. Codes and Standards

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segregated as to type and are to be stored as the manufacturer

2.3. Drawing and Document

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3.3. END PREPARATION

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3.5. ALIGNMENT AND TRIMMING

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3.7. SOCKET WELD ASSEMBLY

3.8. SEAM WELDING DISTANCE

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3.10.1.7. Welding and heat treatment (preheating, PWHT) for a

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3.10.2.4. Butt joint welding of the pipes shall be performed as per

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4. ASSEMBLING AND ERECTION

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4.1.6.4 A shoe support shall be attached to pipe in

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4.2. FLANGE JOINTS

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to the equipment flange, measured across any diameter. Also,

4.3. THREADED JOINTS

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4.4. MECHANICAL JOINT

4.5. TUBING JOINT

4.6. ERECTION OF PIPE SUPPORT

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4.7. ERECTION OF UNDER GROUND PIPE

5. INSPECTION AND TESTING

6. CLEANING OF PIPING SYSTEM

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6.3. Hand Cleaning

7. PAINTING AND INSULATION

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