STD 139
STD 139
STD 139
FOR RESTRICTED
CIRCULATION
No.
INSPECTION
OF
PIPELINES-OFFSHORE
FOR RESTRICTED
CIRCULATION
No.
INSPECTION
OF
PIPELINES-OFFSHORE
Prepared by
COMMITTEE ON DESIGN AND
INSPECTION OF PIPELINES
NOTE
OISD publications are prepared for use in the oil and gas industry under
Ministry of Petroleum & Chemicals. These are the property of Ministry of
Petroleum & Chemicals and shall not be reproduced or copied and loaned or
exhibited to others without written consent from OISD.
Though every effort has been made to assure the accuracy and reliability
of the data contained in this documents. OISD hereby expressly disclaims any
liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from their use.
The Oil Industry in India is 100 years old. Due to various collaboration
agreements, a variety of international codes, standards and practices are in vogue.
Standardisation in design philosophies and operating and maintenance practices at a
national level was hardly in existence. This, coupled with feed back from some
serious accidents that occurred in the recent past in India and abroad, emphasised
the need for the industry to review the existing state of art in designing, operating and
maintaining oil and gas installations.
With this in view, the then Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 1986
constituted a Safety Council assisted by Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD)
staffed from within the industry, in formulating and implementing a serious of self
regulatory measures aimed at removing obsolescence, standardising and upgrading
the existing standards to ensure safer operations. Accordingly, OISD constituted a
number of Functional Committees comprising of experts nominated from the industry
to draw up standards and guidelines on various subjects.
*(Took over as Leader w.e.f June/89 on Shri Karode’s retirement from Oil India Ltd).
INSPECTION OF PIPELINES-OFFSHORE
CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Scope
3.0 Definitions
9.0 Documentation
10.0 References
INSPECTION OF PIPELINES - OFFSHORE
i) Anchor chains of buoys for wear, tear v) API 1111 - Recommended Practice for
and tension. Design, Construction, Operation and
ii) Fenders for damage Maintenance of Offshore Hydrocarbon
iii) Draft of buoys Pipelines.
iv) Hose configuration
v) Hose with respect to PLEM vi) API 2200 - Repairs to Crude Oil, Liquefied
vi) Sacrificial anodes Petroleum Gas & Products Pipelines.
vii) Swivel joints and turn table
vii) API 2201 - Procedures for Welding or Hot
8.5 YEARLY INSPECTION tapping on equipment containing
Flammables.
The following items shall be inspected yearly
viii) API 500C - Classification of Locations for
i) Expansion joints Electrical Installations at Pipeline
ii) Oil swivel seats Transportation Facilities.