OFFSHORE PIPELINE DESIGN

TRAINING INITIATIVE
18 NOVEMBER 2011
1.0 Typical Pipeline System Schematics
 2.0 Design Conditions

• What loads does a pipeline experience?

Moment + Axial
tension
(Free span)
Moment + Lay tension
External pressure Axial Compression +
(as-laid)
Internal pressure
VIV Moment + Axial
tension Moment +
Axial tension +
External pressure
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 S-lay vessel with anchors,
ETPM LB “200”

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 Reeling vessel MSV “Norlift”

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 Most common towing methods

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3.0 Malaysian Regulation
3.1 Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984
(Act 302)
(Transportation of Petroleum by Pipelines) Regulations 1985
(Ref.: Petroleum Legislation in Malaysia - ILBS 1996)

Part II
Regulation 4 - Design, etc. shall meet requirements.
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), all the design, fabrication,
installation, testing and the safety aspect of operation and
maintenance of petroleum and gas pipeline shall meet the
requirements of the American National Standard Institute
Code for -
(a) Liquid Petroleum Transportation Piping System
ANSI/ASME B31.4
(b) Pressure Piping Gas Transmission and Distribution
Piping System ANSI/ASME B31.8
3.2 Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1984
EEZ of Malaysia is an area beyond and adjacent to the
territorial sea of Malaysia which extends to a distance of
200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
• Part VI Section 21
1) No person shall construct, operate or use any artificial
island, installation or structure in the EEZ or on the
continental shelf except with the authorization of the
Government and subject to such conditions as it may
impose.
• Part VII Section 22
1) No person shall lay submarine cables or pipelines in the
exclusive economic zone or on the continental shelf
without the consent of the government as to the
delineation of the course for the laying of such cables
3.3 AUTHORITY APPROVAL

• Installation for all new offshore facilities within the EEZ

requires the approval from the relevant authorities which
falls under the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer
Affairs (MDTCA)
• The relevant ministry/departments which forms the
approving committee under the MDTCA Secretariat are
the Attorney General Chambers, Ministry of Energy
Telecom & Post, Dept. of Occupational Safety & Health
(DOSH), Fisheries Dept., Ministry of Transport, Marine
Department (Pen. M’sia/Sabah/Sarawak), Hydrography
Dept. Min. of Defense and Dept. of Environment.
• Issuance of Permit To Install (PTI) and Permit To Operate
(PTO) for all new offshore facilities within Malaysian
territorial waters is vested on DOSH’s authority.
 4.0 Typical Deliverable List
1. Pipeline Routing 12. Lateral Buckling
2. Wall Thickness & Material 13. Upheaval Buckling
Grade Selection
14. PLEM/PLET Design
3. Buckling
15. Onshore Pipeline Design
4. On-Bottom Stability
5. Pipeline Expansion 16. Pre-commissioning Study
6. Pipeline Spanning 17. Start-up, Operating
7. Pipeline External Pigging and Emergency
Corrosion Protection Manual
8. Pipeline Shore Approach
9. Installation Analysis
10. Riser Design
11. Bottom Roughness Study

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