GS Ep Exp 201 02

Exploration & Production
GENERAL SPECIFICATION
GS EP EXP 201
Operations preparation during project -

Maintainability & Inspectability criteria
02 09/05 Document rewriting.

01 09/03 Change of Group name and logo
00 12/00 B. Turpain
Rev. Date Notes
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General Specification Date: 10/05
GS EP EXP 201 Rev: 02
Contents
1. Scope ....................................................................................................................... 3
2. Application............................................................................................................... 3
3. Reference documents............................................................................................. 3
4. Terminology............................................................................................................. 4
5. Generalities.............................................................................................................. 5
5.1 Specification purpose ........................................................................................................5
5.2 Nature of maintainability and inspectability criteria............................................................5
6. General design studies........................................................................................... 6

6.1 Project design ....................................................................................................................7
6.2 Redundancy, spare capacity, modularity...........................................................................7
6.3 Standardisation..................................................................................................................8
6.4 Items selection...................................................................................................................8
6.5 Accessibility .......................................................................................................................9
6.6 Handling.............................................................................................................................9
6.7 Monitoring and testing equipment....................................................................................11
6.8 Equipment identification...................................................................................................12
7. Specific design criteria ......................................................................................... 13

7.1 Pipelines, structure ..........................................................................................................13
7.2 Piping, valves and vessels...............................................................................................14
7.3 Electrical equipment ........................................................................................................16
7.4 Instrumentation equipment ..............................................................................................17
7.5 Mechanical equipment.....................................................................................................18
7.6 Domestic equipment ........................................................................................................18
Appendix 1 Material selection comparison table................................................... 19
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1. Scope
The availability of industrial facilities is directly affected by the downtime associated with their
maintenance and inspection activities. This may vary significantly depending upon the
complexity of the plants, its maintainability, its inspectability, and the statutory requirements.
In order to achieve the required performance it is necessary to anticipate the maintenance and
inspection requirements at project phase, and to ensure suitable maintainability and
inspectability of the concerned plant.
This specification aims at defining maintainability and inspectability criteria, both technical and
organisational, necessary to ensure the installations’ integrity throughout their life, that shall be
assessed throughout the pre-project and project phases. These requirements complement as
necessary those provided in other Company General Specifications.
2. Application
This General Specification is applicable to all construction projects including the erection of new
facilities, or the modifications of existing ones, whether implemented by integrated project
groups or by the modification/construction or maintenance teams of the affiliates; it concerns all
facilities operated by the Company.
3. Reference documents
The reference documents listed below form an integral part of this General Specification. Unless
otherwise stipulated, the applicable version of these documents, including relevant appendices
and supplements, is the latest revision published at the EFFECTIVE DATE of the CONTRACT.
Standards
Reference Title
EN 13306 Maintenance Terminology
ISO 14224 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Collection and exchange
of reliability and maintenance data for equipment
Professional Documents
Reference Title
Not applicable
Regulations
Reference Title
Not applicable
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Codes
Reference Title
Not applicable
Other documents
Reference Title
Not applicable
Total General Specifications

Reference Title
GS EP EXP 203 Maintenance preparation during a project phase, Documentation
GS EP EXP 205 Maintenance preparation during a project phase, Spare Parts
GS EP EXP 211 Plant Integrity Minimum Inspection requirements
GS EP EXP 213 Plant Integrity Maintenance requirements (under project)
GS EP ECP 103 Process sizing criteria
GS EP SAF 261 Pressure protection and relief emergency shut-down and
depressurisation
GS EP STR 002 Permanent lifting or handling devices for offshore installations
GS EP MEC 290 Rotating machines packages
GS EP ELE 001 Electrical design criteria
GS EP ELE 364 Electrical installations
GS EP PVV 107 Flexibility analysis
GS EP PVV 109 Allowable loads on static equipment (flanges and nozzles)
4. Terminology
Maintainability Ability of an item under given conditions of use, to be retained in, or
restored to, a state in which it can perform a required function, when
maintenance is performed under given conditions and using stated
procedures and resources. (EN 13306)
Note: In the above definition, and in the context of the present General
Specification, the term maintainability is understood to also include the
ability to permit inspection of equipment, named by extension inspectability.
Vital Equipment whose failure immediately decreases the level of safety, affects
the environment, or impairs export or production.
Critical Equipment necessary for health and general welfare of the personnel, or
whose failure may affect the environment, or impair export or production.
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Secondary Equipment whose failure neither affects safety, nor the environment, nor
production.
Shutdown strategy The strategy applicable for the planned shutdowns states the intent to either
proceed to regular total shutdowns like in the refinery sector and applied
generally in the LNG plants, or alternatively to perform the maintenance
and inspection works independently unit by unit, or to adopt an intermediate
policy (partial shutdowns).
5. Generalities
During the course of a project Maintenance Engineering is performed, consisting of several
simultaneous activities:
• Maintainability and Inspectability studies GS EP EXP 201
• Documentation management GS EP EXP 203
• Spare-parts selection GS EP EXP 205
5.1 Specification purpose

The purpose of the present specification is to define the maintainability and inspectability criteria
that shall be considered throughout the project process by all parties involved in or in charge of:
• The project design, coordination or supervision,
• The engineering, the specification, selection or purchase of materials and equipment, the
construction, the installation, or the commissioning,
• The supply of pieces of equipment or services (vendors),
• The operations preparation including the maintenance engineering, the inspection
engineering, the baseline surveys and the start-up of the facilities.
• The maintenance engineering QA/QC.
It ultimately aims to ensure that the maintainability and inspectability criteria are met thus
ensuring the required availability and integrity of the facilities throughout their operational life.
5.2 Nature of maintainability and inspectability criteria

The maintainability and inspectability criteria cover various aspects, of both an organisational
and technical nature which may be intrinsic (only related to item) or extrinsic (context
dependant). They cover preventive and corrective maintenance requirements, major overhaul,
revamping and inspection works. They are established in light of various obligations and of
economic considerations.
They include but are not restricted to:
• Consistency between the design, the maintenance and inspection strategies resulting
from the operating philosophy, and the applicable standards and rules: legal
requirements, Company HSE standards,
• Consistency of equipment and associated maintenance/inspection philosophy with the
maintenance and inspection resources that can be mobilised, and with the industrial
environment, context of after sales services, available logistic support,
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• Consistency with the shutdown strategy: process by-pass, amount of spare parts and
capital spares, tools sets, working space around packages, accommodation facilities,
lifting and storage facilities, maintenance and inspection staff, etc.
• Spare capacity, redundancy of items (hot or cold stand-by),
• Standardisation of equipment (other similar equipment already installed, or subject to
installation),
• Modularity (possibility of partial exchange by module, possibility of alternative running
modes involving equipments from different units or trains,
• Equipment and item environment: access, physical constraints (temperature, smoke,
gases, etc.), others,
• Handling facilities (possibilities for installation or removal),
• Dismantling/tooling (convenient dismantling possibilities, availability of standard or special
tools),
• Internal access (convenient access to internals),
• Potential hazard constraints (e.g. corrosive or contaminated products, stress level, etc.),
• Standardisation of components (components suitability to various pieces of equipment),
• Equipment condition monitoring (possibility of on-line or off-line monitoring, of sampling,
availability of measurement points), facilities for defect analysis and for efficient diagnosis,
• Availability and usefulness of required documentation,
• Availability of the necessary supporting means: workshops, warehouse, stock, support
contracts, etc.
6. General design studies

Specific maintainability and inspectability related studies shall be carried out during the course
of the project. They shall first be taken into account to validate the equipment lay-out, and the
main project options, and shall be followed up along the project to ensure consistency of the
final delivered installations.
These studies include but are not restricted to:
• Validation studies on certification or inspection matters, as defined in chapter 5.1,
• Reliability and risk assessment studies, as defined in chapter 5.2,
• Accessibility study, as defined in chapter 5.5,
• Handling – lifting studies, as defined in chapter 5.6,
• Complementary maintainability and inspectability reviews, as necessary.
Such studies shall typically be carried out for the packages and other equipment of high
value, subject to heavy maintenance, and with critical impact on operations. This includes
but is not limited to: the power generation systems (main and emergency units), the gas
lift, or gas injection or gas export compression packages, the water injection packages,
the water treatment units, the oil export systems, and the export metering systems.
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In such cases the maintainability reviews shall detail the expected performance
(availability, reliability, etc…), the main maintenance/inspection operations and schedules,
etc.
• Other specific studies as necessary, like inspection reviews aiming at assessing the
inspection plan. Such reviews may be initiated to evaluate for instance the internal
corrosion then define the corrosion prevention and monitoring means, or to investigate
and validate certification aspects, or for other purpose.
All these studies shall be supported by adequate reports that shall be inserted in the final
project documentation.
6.1 Project design

From the conceptual studies until finalisation of the design, the following criteria shall be taken
into account and assessed in accordance with the expected performance (availability and
reliability ).
The equipment design and associated operating philosophy, including the maintenance and
inspection strategies, shall be consistent with:
- The applicable statutory requirements (e.g. ensuring that the design is such that the
inspection requirements are taken into account in the availability figures defined at
design stage, eventually proceeding with a RBI review).
- The HSE standards, both those issued by external bodies and by Company (e.g.:
ensuring that the design is such that the associated maintenance operations can be
carried-out in compliance with the Company HSE standards).
- The applicable certification obligations associated to product delivery (e.g.: ensuring
that the gas metering systems are designed and certified in accordance with the export
gas sales agreement, and the contractual calibration procedure).
- The necessary resources (manpower, vendors, external support or services, etc.) and
means (workshops, tools, logistic facilities, external means, spare parts, etc.), that can
be economically developed or mobilised in due time (e.g. ensuring compatibility of
selected technology with the industrial environment).
6.2 Redundancy, spare capacity, modularity

From the conceptual studies until finalisation of the design, the equipment redundancy shall be
evaluated in front of the performance expectations (availability and reliability), taking all
maintainability aspects into account.
This evaluation shall be based on equipment Vital, Critical or Secondary rating (as specified in
chapter 3), and on the results of inspectability studies, and shall lead to specify:
• The modularity requirements on the redundant systems (typically process trains running in
parallel), in order to minimise the effects of partial shutdown with an optimized number of
units (1 x 100 %, or 2 x 50 %, or 3 x 33 %, or other).
• The needs for active redundancy (hot installed spares; i.e. running in normal mode).
• The needs for passive redundancy (cold installed spares; i.e. in stand-by in normal mode).
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• The needs for spare units (capital items) kept on board, or in remote locations, or subject
to ad-hoc service contracts.
The needs for spares or redundancy shall be clearly identified for each vital and critical
equipment item.
The benefit of selecting equipment with modular design shall be identified and taken into
account in the project specifications.
6.3 Standardisation
Standardization shall be the rule whenever feasible, in particular for items or components
already operated in the same facilities or site or asset.
The following rules shall be observed during the course of equipment selection:
• The pieces of equipment and components of the same design and similar duties shall be
standardised.
• For new equipment or facilities to be installed within an existing operating Company, the
standardisation review shall take into account the design of the existing facilities, the
existing stock of spare parts, the skills and capabilities already developed by the staff, and
as the case may be, the existing support contracts.
• For existing installations extension, except when justified by documented technical or
economic studies approved by the Company, the high value items or packages shall be
standardized. It concerns, but is not limited to, the long lead items: gas turbines,
generators, compressors and other engines, offshore cranes, DCS, ESD and F&G
systems, LV and HV electrical switchboards.
6.4 Items selection

During the course of equipment selection, the equipment and consequently the vendors and the
items shall be selected with due consideration for the following maintainability and inspectability
criteria:
• Field proven equipment,
• Equipment belonging to the Company approved materials’ lists,
• Minimum maintenance over the life of the facilities,
• Life cycle cost. For the major items with high maintenance costs such as rotating
machineries or cranes or control systems, the bids commercial evaluation shall be made
considering the life cycle cost. It shall take into account, over a sufficient period of time, all
the costs associated with the maintenance and inspection requirements and shall include
the manpower, the spare parts, the support contracts and other associated costs. It shall
in particular include as necessary the replacement costs (purchasing, rental) associated to
the refurbishment of major components subject to long turn around time (rotors, engine
components, crane components, etc.), or to the replacement made necessary for
obsolescence reasons (DCS and other control systems). ,
• The after sales services that may or may not be offered by the vendor and / or other
contractors, as sole supplier or in competitive bids,
• All usual criteria establishing the quality of the offer and of the vendor: ISO certifications,
references, etc.
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Appendix 1 presents a comparison table which may be used to rank the offers of high value
equipment. Depending on the equipment, the selected criteria will be attributed different
weights.
6.5 Accessibility
On a systematic basis, an accessibility study taking into account the inspection and
maintenance requirements shall be carried out for all the projects in order to ensure that the
design is satisfactory and matches with the performance expectations.
The following rules shall be observed for the equipment located in open areas, as well as the
arrangement / content of the packages.
• The access to equipment shall be evaluated in light of the Company HSE standards and
rules, in particular about working at height, working in hazardous situations, working with
specific protective equipment, evacuation requirements, etc.
• The equipment shall be installed in a convenient and accessible manner, preferably from
a watch walkway.
• The lay-out of the equipment shall be designed in such a way that its access can be
made without prior dismantling of any other equipment located in its vicinity.
• The plant layout and equipment package design shall allow for the inspection of the
facilities, including provision for the access of necessary additional equipment: mobile
units, cranes, trucks, inerting gas racks, etc.
• As far as practicable, the equipment supposed to be used from time to time shall be
made removable so that they can be kept in protected area when not in use, and
maintained off site.
• The facilities shall be designed in order to efficiently isolate, drain and inert individually
the equipment whenever necessary.
6.6 Handling
6.6.1 General principles

Particular attention shall be given to the handling and rigging facilities. This aspect includes the
identification and specification of:
• The lifting means, fixed or mobile, permanent or temporary, fully or partially equipped,
removable as necessary,
• The transfer routes (roads, bridges, ways), the lay down areas and the storage areas
permanent or designed for particular works (turbo-machinery overhauls for instance).
The lifting / handling requirements are applicable for the handling of loads exceeding twenty
kilogram (20 kg), and cover the equipment installed in open areas as well as inside the
packages.
Attention shall be given to the maintainability of the lifting devices. They must not be multiplied
excessively, and must remain accessible for maintenance or inspection. Easy access for
installation and/or removal shall be considered for the units like the chain blocks that are
normally not permanently in place.
The transfer routes, lay-down areas, and storage areas shall be clearly identified, and the
maximum acceptable loads shall be indicated.
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All the pieces of equipment or components which may have to be lifted shall be provided with
certified, identified and marked lifting points.
6.6.2 Handling study
6.6.2.1 Scope of study

For each project a handling study shall be performed. It shall be used at project design stage to
define the handling philosophy and to specify the needs for the major lifting equipment (pedestal
cranes, overhead cranes, etc.), the transfer routes, and the storage / lay-down areas. It shall
then be developed during the project course to ensure that all the lifting, handling and rigging
requirements are taken into account safely, in accordance with the Company standards.
It shall specify the requirements for handling facilities depending on:
• The concerned loads, (weight, and as necessary volume and height under the hook).
• The frequency of use, based on the preventive and corrective (estimated) maintenance
and the inspection needs,
• The urgency of the interventions, subject to criticality and redundancy.
• Other requirements such as for example the need for low clearance operations (e.g.
dismantling or rebuilding of mechanical equipment in situ, or installation of mechanical
components with tight adjustment: exchanger bundle, rotating equipment rotor, etc.).
• Safety considerations with regards to the risk of dropped object, to safety protection for
personnel against load rocking (on floating units in particular), to hazardous areas (e.g.:
choice of fixed electrical overhead cranes -Eex type- against mobile diesel cranes for
onshore facilities).
This study shall specifically address, in dedicated chapters the cases of equipment subject to
frequent or occasional maintenance / inspection operations: turbo-machinery (driving and driven
components), submersible pumps, cranes, heat exchangers, valves, PSV, filters, HVAC
equipment, transformers, electrical heaters, flare tips, telecom equipment, wells (for wire line
equipment handling), other.
It shall address the dismantling, transfer and storage of equipment and components as well as
the transfer and storage consumable materials, chemicals, and temporary means: lubricants,
methanol, TEG, MEA, MDEA, nitrogen racks, welding sets, special tools, etc.
6.6.2.2 Handling matrix

As a general principle, and unless otherwise specified by Company, the requirements for the
handling facilities to be associated to the pieces of equipment shall be specified on the basis of
the figure 1, which requirements may be adjusted as follows:
• For the onshore facilities, depending on the availability and accessibility of mobile cranes,
and on the needs for suitability to hazardous areas
• To prefer powered units rather than manual ones when the maintenance operations are
infrequent but involve multiple lifting operations or operations over high heights (e.g.
typically for the submersible pumps), or operations related to vital equipment which
downtime must be absolutely optimised.
• To prefer mobile units, whenever possible (accessibility) and if fully safe for use, rather
than fixed ones that need to be maintained.
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A matrix similar to the following one shall be systematically issued.

Handling & Lifting requirements - Typical offshore case
Permanent use:
Permanent structure
> 2 times a month
&
(transfer areas, workshops,
Powered hoisting system
etc.)
Permanent structure
Permanent structure
Very frequent use: &
&
5< <25 times a year Powered hoisting
Manual hoisting system
system
Permanent structure
&
Powered hoisting system
Permanent structure (Pedestal or overhead crane)
&
Frequent use:
Nothing Powered hoisting
1 < < 5 times a year
system
(removable)
Permanent structure &

Occasional use: removable manual hoisting system
1 < < 5 times every 5 years or
Mobile unit Permanent structure
&
Powered hoisting
system
(removable)
Low use:
1 < < 2 times every 10 years
20 kg 500 kg 1 ton 5 tons 10 tons Load
Figure 1
6.6.2.3 Transfer
The study shall also include the analysis of the transfer requirements. The study shall not be
limited to the installed equipment or components but shall also consider the specific items that
may have to be brought at site; e.g. coiled tubing, intelligent pig, remote operated vehicle (ROV)
spread, consumables, etc.
For each item subject to a possible transfer the study shall indicate:
• The selected route for the transfer,
• The means to be used for the transfer (e.g. wheel trolley, powered or un-powered).
The tools and mobile units necessary for the transfers shall be provided as part of the project
equipment. This may include wheel trolleys, tracks trolleys, and any other item.
The routes shall be properly designed and identified (on location and on the drawings), with
regard to load capacity, in order to safely accommodate the transfers.
6.7 Monitoring and testing equipment

At each of the successive stages, from the basic engineering until the final selection and
construction of equipment, the requirements for monitoring and testing equipment shall be
evaluated.
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It includes a review of means allowing to properly evaluating the soundness of the facilities, with
minimum operations disruptions, in line with the continuous objective of mastering the
equipment integrity.
This review shall assess the need for complementary accessories, devices or systems, and
shall concern but not be restricted to the following devices:
• The corrosion monitoring systems (probes, coupons) to be installed on piping and
pipelines sections or other process equipment,
• The vibrations and displacement monitoring systems associated to the rotating machinery
equipment,
• The sampling points on process systems (associated or not to on-line analysers) or on
utility equipment (e.g. on the hydraulic systems, to monitor the condition of the pumps and
motor),
• Measuring points and adequate instruments (Flow, Pressure, Temperature, Current, etc.)
allowing to evaluate or calculate the efficiency or capacity of a given equipment or process
(e.g. fire pump, gas turbine, electrical batteries, etc.),
• Enhanced facilities aiming at minimizing the adverse effects of the tests made on the
safety systems, on either safety (for instance when the tested system is unavailable
during the test), or on production (such as shutdown of facilities), or on
maintenance/inspection organization (for the fire and gas detection tests which are
manpower consuming). Requirements for such enhanced facilities are further described in
GS EP SAF 261.
6.8 Equipment identification
6.8.1 Functional identification

For safety reasons as well as for maintenance and inspection purpose, the pieces of equipment,
the vessels, the lines, the instruments, the pipes, the cables, and generally all the independent
items shall be properly identified, tagged and marked.
This requirement equally applies to the mechanical, electrical, instrumentation,
telecommunication, structural, or process items, associated to a given function.
The tag marks shall be indelible, of an appropriate size, and fitted in a visible place. It shall not
necessarily be marked on the item itself, in particular when it refers to pieces of equipment
which may be frequently removed for calibration or reconditioning purpose and later reinstalled
in another location.
6.8.2 Physical identification

The equipment subject to movements from one functional location to another shall be
identifiable, usually by a manufacturer serial number, unless specified otherwise.
For the lifting devices, each non-captive item shall be given a specific individual identification
code or number, which will be used for certification purpose from the initial manufacturing stage,
and then for the subsequent inspection and re-certification campaigns.
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7. Specific design criteria

The following chapter indicates maintainability and inspectability criteria specific to particular
equipment, depending on their nature or duty. They specify design requirements that shall be
enforced.
7.1 Pipelines, structure
7.1.1 Pipelines
All requirements related to pipelines are part of the GS EP EXP 211.
7.1.2 Structure
7.1.2.1 Offshore jackets

The jacket shall be fitted with referenced marks to ease the subsea inspections; permanent
markers shall be installed or, in the case of painted jackets, light paint colour shall be selected.
The design of the jacket, down to the second level below the sea level shall allow the
installation of mechanical marine growth preventers or cleaning devices. The appropriate needs
shall be identified and provided at project stage; they shall cover at least the requirements for
non obstruction of the cleaning devices and for the resistance of the coating to abrasion.
Project schedules shall allow for a baseline inspection of the jacket to be undertaken in the
construction yard prior to load out.
The facilities shall be provided with an appropriate system to record the environmental oceano-
meteo forces; these data being necessary for the recertification of the platforms.
7.1.2.2 Topsides
Provision shall be made for the temporary installation of equipment in relation with the
maintenance and inspection operations. These requirements shall be taken into account in the
handling study (refer also to the chapter 5.6). They may concern the following items:
• Spare components (for turbine gas generator, compressor, rotors, generators, heat
exchangers, etc.) brought on board for major overhauls,
• Consumables of high consumption or which may be heavy or of large volume (lubricants,
chemicals, filter cartridges, etc.),
• Intelligent pig,
• ROV (remote operated vehicle) spread.
The topside steel structures shall be designed in such a way that access to all structure
components shall be possible for inspection purpose.
Project schedules should allow for a baseline inspection of the topsides to be undertaken in the
construction yard prior to load out.
7.1.3 Cranes and lifting / transfer devices

The following rules complement the Company general specification GS EP-STR-002
(Permanent lifting or handling devices for offshore installation).
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7.1.3.1 General
All the various parts of the permanent lifting facilities shall be made accessible for the purpose
of inspection or maintenance.
All the components subject to regular maintenance (jib, pulley, block, sensors, etc.) shall be
accessible without the need for specific scaffolding or similar temporary access facilities, unless
specific devices are installed in order to reduce the maintenance frequency (e.g. central
greasing system avoiding physical intervention for greasing).
In open marine areas where external corrosion is a concern, the lifting devices subject to
infrequent operations shall be provided with weather protective covers (fibreglass made for
instance), fixed or easily removable / installable without specific means.
The conditions for performing the maintenance and inspection activities on the lifting equipment
shall be studied during the project. Suitable means shall then be added to the design as
deemed necessary by Company.
7.1.3.2 Cranes
The pedestal internal shall be accessible for inspection.
Adequate facilities shall be made for the inspection/replacement of the crane slewing ring. That
may include supports or saddles of suitable capacity to jack-up the upper crane equipment. The
installation of non-intrusive slew ring monitoring devices shall, as necessary, be considered as
complementary mean for condition assessment.
For the large cranes essential to the operations, the conditions for their major maintenance and
inspection operations shall be taken into consideration at project stage. These studies, to be
provided as part of the maintenance and inspection manual, shall address the downtime
associated to the major inspections and maintenance works, and the removal/replacement
possibilities for the concerned components: slewing ring, engine or motor, boom, cylinders (if
any), pulleys, etc. On that basis, the project manager shall consider the most appropriate
options: crane standardisation (to make economical the purchase of complete components),
addition of lifting jibs or suitable structure for components handling purpose, or other.
For the major offshore cranes, the load monitoring device shall incorporate a recording function.
Access shall be made for grease sampling and rocking play measurement on the cranes slew
ring.
7.2 Piping, valves and vessels
7.2.1 General
7.2.1.1 Process isolation

The process equipment shall be provided with appropriate isolation means and
drainage/venting facilities in order to allow safe isolations, achievable in a reasonable period of
time.
7.2.1.2 Insulation
The insulation of the pipework and vessels shall be minimised and, as far as possible, limited to
that required for process and acoustic reasons.
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To prevent as much as possible the under lagging corrosion, the insulation proposed for the
purpose of personnel protection shall preferably be made with the use of guards, or other
similar means, other than insulation.
Special attention shall be given by the construction supervisors to the quality of the insulation
works and to satisfactory compliance to the following requirements:
• The insulation sections shall generally be removable and reusable.
• For all the items subject to possible dismantling such as the valves and the instruments,
the insulation shall be fitted with clamps so that it can be removed and reinstalled several
times without damage.
• The use of pop rivets shall be banned and self-tapping screws shall be preferred.
• “Windows” shall be made with removable insulation material in order to control equipment
condition in specified areas (located at 6 o’clock).
• At construction stage, the valves shall not be boxed-in until leak testing has been
completed.
• Attention shall be given to the hand operated valves, to the valves equipped with partial
stroking facilities and generally to the instruments with visible indications so that no
specific function is affected by the insulation.
7.2.2 Piping
In addition to the requirements set forth in GS EP PVV 107 & 109, the piping shall be designed
and built with due consideration for the following aspects:
• Suppression of the abrasion and corrosion risks on the pipe supports,
• Alignment; the project management shall in particular ensure proper supervision at the
time of PSV or rotating machines installation, in order to guarantee that they are not
installed with excessive stress, possibly detrimental to their safe operation.
• Lines flexibility allowing the dismantling of the valves and piping sections in reasonable
conditions, or the spading,
• Preservation of flange gap and bolting against corrosion (e.g. by use of grease and tape),
• Dead legs which shall be avoided,
• Sufficient spacing between the piping and the adjacent walls (e.g. deck floor) allowing
access to properly inspect and paint the piping.
All the fittings associated to the piping and which require access from time to time shall be made
accessible. This includes:
• The corrosion monitoring fittings,
• The flame arrestors,
• Other instruments, fittings and accessories.
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7.2.3 Valves
7.2.3.1 General
The valves requiring regular greasing which need to be insulated shall be equipped with
extended grease nipples so that lubrication can be carried out without dismantling the insulation
material.
All the valves (ESDV – SDV - BDV, control valves, isolation valves and PSV’s) shall be
positioned so as to be accessible from deck level or from permanent access platform.
7.2.3.2 PSV’s
PSV’s general design criteria are defined by GS EP ECP 103.
Unless it is not feasible, the PSV shall be systematically tested after transportation, and before
installation in place. As a consequence, a PSV test bench shall be provided and installed in the
workshop of the remote facilities (offshore and for isolated onshore plants). Adequate
transportation baskets shall be considered.
7.2.3.3 Control valves

Single control valves shall be preferred to multiple valves arrangements unless required by
specific operating conditions.
The provision of means allowing the valves maintenance with limited process disruption shall be
considered on a case by case basis, depending on valve criticality, size or repair time. These
means may include hand wheel or valve by-pass.
7.2.4 Vessels and process equipment
7.2.4.1 Vessels
The vessels shall be installed in appropriate location, with sufficient space around to allow
access for external inspection while in operation, and also for recoating (50 cm from adjacent
walls, floor, roof).
The vessel internals shall be removable for the purpose of vessel internal examination.
Weep and teel tales shall be fitted with sealant compound.
7.2.4.2 Filters
Except if they can be isolated without affecting safety, environment or production (equivalent to
secondary equipment, as per chapter 3 definitions), the filters shall be duplicated, with a spare
unit installed and with appropriate interlocking means, so that the operations are not interrupted
when a filter is under maintenance or inspection. Filters packages shall be installed with
appropriate change-over facilities when a continuous filtered flow is to be maintained.
All the filters which necessitate being monitored either for heavy equipment protection or for
maintenance optimization shall be equipped with differential pressure measurement, isolation
valves and by-passes.
7.3 Electrical equipment

For general electrical maintainability and inspectability criteria, refer to GS EP ELE 001
Electrical design criteria.
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When the manufacturer does not provide a guaranty on the terminations tightening in LV
switchgear, the design will be such that thermographical inspection of the busbars is possible.
7.3.1 Lighting
For general lighting maintainability and inspectability criteria, refer to GS EP ELE 364 Electrical
installations.
The light poles shall preferably be of hinged type.
7.4 Instrumentation equipment
7.4.1 Equipment selection
7.4.1.1 General
The instrumentation systems and components shall be selected with due consideration for field
proven materials, and minimum impact of maintenance on the process function. They shall be
standardised as far as possible.
Complementarily, the selection shall also take into account the following criteria:
• The flow transmitters shall be equipped on a case by case basis with integral digital
readout local display,
• The number of the various types of instrument shall be optimised to a minimum number of
body ratings and materials,
7.4.2 Fire and gas detection systems

The fire and gas detection systems shall be selected and designed with the best technology to
provide the most reliable functions and the lowest maintenance requirements.
In particular, the following shall be selected:
• Gas detectors with filters that are easily removable,
• Systems equipped with faults monitoring facilities.
The detectors shall be in all cases accessible for the purpose of easy and quick functional /
calibration tests.
The detectors located in inaccessible places (height, hot surface, rotating machinery packages,
etc.) shall be fitted with adequate pipework to allow the injection of the test medium from
accessible place. Alternatively, they may be fitted on hinged arms or on rails, so as to perform
the test without equipment function interruption.
7.4.3 Bulk materials

The compression fittings shall be:
• Selected in accordance with the operator, who may have already decided the
standardisation to a particular fittings manufacturer on the facilities.
• Standard for the whole concerned project, packages included: metric or US, of a specific
brand, which shall be common to all materials suppliers.
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7.5 Mechanical equipment

General maintainability requirements are stated in GS EP MEC 290 Rotating machines
packages.
Specific attention shall be paid to the accessibility around the units so as to ensure maintenance
in acceptable conditions.
7.5.1 Condition monitoring facilities

The mechanical equipment shall be provided with minimum monitoring equipment aiming at
identifying efficiently the soundness of the unit, thus optimizing the preventive and corrective
maintenance.
It shall include, depending on criticality of equipment, the following devices:
• Hour meters, for all rotating equipment,
• Vibration and shaft displacement monitoring,
• Torque-meters (for large turbo compressor and turbo pump units),
• Suitable sensors for data collection and monitoring of the main gas turbine parameters:
P0-T0, P1-T1, P2-T2, etc…, so that the turbine performance can be calculated,
• Computerised performance monitoring systems associated to the control system of the
main turbo-machinery equipment, whenever proposed by vendor and proved reliable,
• Differential pressure manometers on the filters (air, oil, other),
• Oil sampling point for oil analysis,
The vital and critical equipment shall be provided with suitable alarm and trip devices to prevent
failures.
7.6 Domestic equipment

Attention shall be given to the domestic equipment and components to be installed in the
buildings and within the accommodations such as:
• Galley equipment
• Electrical fittings
• Plumbing fittings
• Doors and associated fittings, air-locks tightness,
• Floor, ceiling and wall covering
• Furniture
These items shall be procured from reputable makers, specialised in industrial and heavy duty
equipment only, with established after sales services dedicated to the supply of spare parts.
A provision of spare items shall be ordered and handed over as spare parts stock at the start-up
time; it shall include about five per cent (5%) of the installed quantities of plumbing and
electrical fittings, locks and door hinges, floor, ceiling and wall elements, plus other items as
deemed necessary.
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Appendix 1
Appendix 1 Material selection comparison table
For the purpose of the final equipment selection, a comparison table shall be made to rank
the offers; it shall be designed on the basis of criteria, such as the following ones, each one
being given an appropriate weight factor:
• Environmental impact (thermal efficiency, waste, etc.)
• Performance expectations (Availability, reliability, mean time between failures, mean
repair time),
• Purchasing cost (including capital items),
• Spare parts cost, service costs,
• Life cycle cost (limited to about 10 years), including all OPEX and CAPEX expenditures,
• Redundancy, spare capacity,
• Standardisation of equipment,
• Modularity,
• Equipment environment and access, ,
• Handling facilities,
• Dismantling possibilities,
• Internal access
• Components standardisation,
• Facilities for monitoring, for curative maintenance (diagnosis),
• Other specific maintainability and inspectability aspects,
• Quality of tender documents
• Technical documentation,
• QA/QC manuals and references,
• Suitability – quality of after sales service, local support
• Possibility of support contract, vendors commitments, warranties
• Management of obsolescence by manufacturer,
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7. Specific design criteria ......................................................................................... 13

Appendix 1 Material selection comparison table................................................... 19

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5.1 Specification purpose

5.2 Nature of maintainability and inspectability criteria

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6. General design studies

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6.1 Project design

6.2 Redundancy, spare capacity, modularity

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6.4 Items selection

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6.6.1 General principles

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6.6.2 Handling study

6.6.2.1 Scope of study

6.6.2.2 Handling matrix

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A matrix similar to the following one shall be systematically issued.

Permanent structure &

20 kg 500 kg 1 ton 5 tons 10 tons Load

6.7 Monitoring and testing equipment

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6.8 Equipment identification

6.8.1 Functional identification

6.8.2 Physical identification

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7. Specific design criteria

7.1 Pipelines, structure

7.1.2.1 Offshore jackets

7.1.3 Cranes and lifting / transfer devices

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7.2 Piping, valves and vessels

7.2.1.1 Process isolation

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