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Learning pathways
Subsea training courses
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Welcome to the Learning Pathways
course guide
Launched in 2019, our

easy-to-navigate structure
to guide you through your
training needs.
How does it work?

Still covering our range of subsea engineering courses, Learning To assist with your navigation we have devised three levels of
Pathways simplifies how to find the right course for you. learning; Foundation, Application and Specialisation.
Learning Pathways has been designed to be of benefit to your

journey along your career path. Starting with your business area,
either projects, operations or decommissioning then your sector The foundation courses are our basic level
and finally your discipline, whatever your level, we have a technical courses providing engineers new to the subsea
course which will improve your understanding of your field. discipline with initial knowledge. This level
assumes basic oil and gas industry knowledge
Our world-renowned training courses are written by practising and an engineering education.
engineers and maximise retention through engaging material and
practical case studies. Our course content is constantly reviewed
based on industry best practice, codes and standards, but also
with our extensive offshore project experience. The application courses are designed to
support engineers in applying their skills within
Since running our first training course in 1995, our broad portfolio their chosen field. These courses assume the
has helped over 8,000 engineers to develop their subsea skills knowledge of the foundation courses and
and capabilities in over 40 countries, and we are still counting! build on this base level.
This is all in alliance with our Enhanced Reference Library – our

extensive library of over 200 engineering topics spanning the
whole life-of-field available on-line, launched in 2017. The specialisation courses cover detailed
technical topics designed for experienced
And remember, alongside our training, we are always on hand engineers looking to develop a particular
to support your team with engineering consultancy either as a speciality. Again, they assume the general
standalone service or combined with training and mentoring. knowledge of the application courses and
dive more deeply into the subject.
We look forward to seeing you on our next course!
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Oil and Gas
FOUNDATION APPLICATION SPECIALISATION
Further Fundamentals Carbon Freespan CP design

FLOWLINES/ Design of Subsea Steel riser assessment Dynamic
Subsea design of of flow capture On bottom and external
subsea project and spool and riser analysis
PIPELINES pipelines subsea
delivery assurance and storage stability corrosion
pipelines pipelines design remediation protection
engineering networks
Design
SUBSEA Value
Projects
Subsea Subsea Subsea

HARDWARE engineering
appreciation systems and project
AND for design
hardware delivery
optimisation
CONTROLS
Construction
Installation
FLOWLINES/ Subsea Construction calculations Reeling
PIPELINES pipelines of subsea for subsea calculations
pipelines pipelines
SUBSEA Installation
analysis of
HARDWARE Subsea Subsea
subsea structures
AND appreciation controls
and sea
CONTROLS fastenings
Decom
Overview of Decommissioning
decommissioning programme
regulations and development
planning and execution
Operations
management
Integrity Integrity Integrity Lifetime Freespan

Subsea Offshore Dynamic Corrosion
FLOWLINES/ Pigging extension of assessment
Integrity
management: management management defect On bottom

pipelines remedial and plugging rigid pipelines and riser analysis
PIPELINES lessons of subsea of flexibles assessment stability
works and flexibles remediation
learned pipelines and risers
SUBSEA
Subsea
HARDWARE Subsea Subsea
systems and
AND appreciation controls
hardware
CONTROLS
Operations
support
Planning & Subsea

Subsea Subsea executing Subsea
appreciation systems and
pipelines subsea controls
hardware
intervention
Renewables
Subsea
power
cables
Overview of decommissioning
regulations and planning
About the course Learning outcomes
This one day course provides learners with an overview of Explain the knowledge necessary for project readiness,
the regulations that apply to the decommissioning of North thus enhancing company’s ability to deliver successful
Sea oil and gas fields. It covers the rules that apply to the decommissioning programmes
complete decommissioning process from concept planning Gain an overview of North Sea decommissioning and an
to onshore disposal. Given the current climate and the need understanding of the applicable regulations and legislation
to reduce the taxpayer contribution to decommissioning, in the region
the course also considers how new cost saving approaches Identify the key considerations to be made at each
can conform to the current regulatory regime. This stage of a decommissioning project, including the
course is suitable for anyone working in or interested in planning process and the submission of the required
the decommissioning sector, and will develop learners’ documentation prior to commencement of the execution
knowledge of the applicable regulations and legislation. phase
Day 1
Overview of decommissioning in the North Sea
• North Sea infrastructure
• When is the end?
• Decommissioning commitment
• Learning from other sectors
Legislation
• Decommissioning legislation and regulations
• Safety
• Decommissioning programme
• Role of the regulators
• PLANC register
Planning for decommissioning

• Asset late life considerations
• Collaboration and campaigning
• Project management and liabilities
• Cost estimations
• Contracting strategy
• Stakeholders
Group exercise (completed following the course)

• High level review of a typical outline decommissioning
programme for a typical North Sea oil and gas field, highlighting
the regulations and planning considerations associated with
each section of the programme
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Subsea appreciation
This course provides learners with the knowledge of the Identify the issues affecting subsea production
equipment used, market drivers and issues affecting subsea List and explain the key drivers influencing subsea
production systems. It is ideal for those who are unfamiliar system design and subsea field layout
with subsea but require an overall understanding of this area. Explain the design and functionality of subsea
equipment and how the different components interface
This course covers subsea field development, system with one another
configurations, subsea trees, control systems, umbilicals and Describe subsea intervention techniques
manifolds. Recent developments in subsea pumping and
compression will be discussed here, while diver and diverless
inspection and intervention will also be covered in this course.
Day 1 Day 2
Introduction to subsea Subsea production control equipment
• Evolution and history of subsea development • Subsea trees
• Key drivers for going subsea • Subsea control systems
• Main elements of a subsea system • Umbilicals
• Subsea manifolds and structures
Drilling and completing a subsea well
• Drilling sequence and components Subsea processing
• Well logging and testing • Subsea multiphase flow meters
• Completion sequence and components • Subsea pumps and compressors
• Subsea separation and water reinjection
Subsea system configuration • Subsea HIPPS
• Subsea field layout
• Template configuration Subsea intervention
• Cluster configuration • Diving
• Daisy chain configuration • ROV types and tools
• Hybrid configuration • ROV operations
• Satellite configuration • AUVs
• Inspection and repair
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Subsea pipelines
Essential for subsea engineers or those new to the industry, this Explain key considerations for pipeline design
course provides an overview of the lifecycle of a subsea pipeline. Compare appropriate manufacturing methods and
Learners are guided through from design to installation and material selection
operation to decommissioning. Apply knowledge of installation processes and construction
support to projects
Helping learners understand the different components, associated Explain the principles of pipeline integrity, including flow
processes and risks, this course includes modules on pipeline assurance and inspection
design considerations, pipe manufacturing methods and materials Identify the importance of repairs and pipeline
selection. With scenario-based exercises on installation methods decommissioning
and analysis of survey results, this course will help learners to
Explain regional differences
develop their capabilities in the effective management of subsea
pipelines.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Introduction of pipeline systems Pipeline design Installation methods Introduction to pipeline integrity
• Example field layouts • Pressure • S-lay • Failures: frequency
• Pipeline and cable uses • Design approaches • J-lay and incidents
• Subsea equipment • Diameter sizing • Reel-lay • PIMS
• Platforms and floating • Wall thickness for bursting • Bundles and towed
production systems • Wall thickness for installations Pipeline inspection
• Riser configurations hydrostatic collapse • Flexibles and umbilicals • Risk-based inspection plan
• Wall thickness for • External survey
Route selection local buckling Construction support • Internal inspection
• Survey types • Global buckling • Landfalls • Anomaly assessment
• Survey techniques • Trenching and burial
• Routing of pipelines External coatings • Pre-commissioning Repairs and modifications
• External corrosion and • Repairs
Pipe manufacture protection Tie-ins, spools and risers • Hot taps, tees and wyes
• Rigid steel pipe • Cathodic protection • Tie-ins and spools • Remedial works
• Flexible pipe • On-bottom stability • Rigid steel riser installation
• Thermal insulation and • Flexible riser installations Decommissioning
Materials management • Regulations
• Selection for strength Pipeline operations • Case studies
• Selection for corrosion Common work • Flow assurance
resistance • Construction survey • Operational controls
• Clad and lined pipelines • Route preparation • Additives
• Welding • Pigging
• Non-destructive testing (NDT) • Safety systems

Subsea power cables
This foundation level course details each phase of the lifecycle Select the correct route for a cable
of subsea cables used in offshore wind power applications, Demonstrate ways to optimise cable protection
power interconnectors between oil and gas assets, and Compare a variety of installation methods
transnational networks.
Use worked examples to apply lessons learned
to your projects
Discussing common failures seen over recent years, the tutor
Identify methods to reduce the risk of failure
will provide learners with knowledge on how to identify, solve
and mitigate issues to avoid down time and costly subsea
repairs. This course covers understanding of risk management
and the root causes of failures, as well as providing latest best
practice and standards. Health and safety considerations are
also covered with safety moments demonstrating the need for
continuous improvement in order to protect an ever increasing
workforce during a risky operation/activity.
This course is ideal for installation contractors, engineers

and project managers, as well as insurance and investment
professionals looking to better understand the risk of assets
they are insuring or investing in.
Day 1 Day 2
Project overview Cable installation
• Typical project structure • Pre-installation design and analysis
• Feasibility studies • Types of vessel
• Consenting • Deck layouts and key installation equipment
• Environmental impact studies • Surface laying
• Surveys • Plough burial
• Route selection • ROV burial
• Cable production • Other types of burial
• Installation • Rock dumping
• Post-lay activities • Case study – part 4: installation
• Case study – part 1: overview
Offshore structure connection
Cable routing • Cable entry types
• Selection of route corridor • Entry protection
• Geophysical survey • Internal cable management
• Route determination • Pull-in analysis
• Charting • Installation equipment and methods
• Geotechnical survey • Case study – part 5: connections
• Burial methods
• Burial performance prediction Landfalls
• Case study – part 2: routing • Landfall selection
• Horizontal directional drilled installation process
Cable design • Surface lay and trenched process
• Cable types for array • Landfall joint bay
• Export and interconnectors • Case study – part 6: landfalls
• Design qualification
• Cable performance characteristics
• Hauling devices and joints
• Case study – part 3: design
Carbon capture and storage In association with
networks
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is a key Explain how CCUS is a key technology in creating a net-
technology that enables hydrocarbon-producing countries to zero future for the hydrocarbon industry
meet zero-carbon targets. The UK, the EU, Norway and 23 Describe the capture and storage technologies that serve
countries have pledged to become carbon zero, with most a CCUS network
targeting carbon neutrality by 2050.
Explain the thermodynamics and transport properties of
CCUS fluid mixtures
CCUS involves capture of waste CO2 - from power
generation, industry, hydrogen production and biomass - for Predict the design challenges of CO2 transportation
long-term geologically stable storage. A transport network systems
must safely and reliably connect the CO2 capture to the Create an operating philosophy for a CCUS transport
storage location. network
Share practical experience and lessons learned from real
This course focuses on the design and operation of full-chain CCUS projects
CCUS networks from capture to storage. Learners will leave
this course understanding the opportunities of CCUS projects
and empowered to lead discussions about hydrocarbon
developments in a zero carbon future.
Day 1 Day 2
Introduction Operating modes of CO2 transport networks
• Case study and motivation • Single phase operation - gas, liquid, dense phase and
• Carbon neutrality and industrial decarbonisation supercritical
• CCUS value chain • Multiphase operation
• Global CCUS outlook • Operating margins
• Global experience in CO2 transportation in pipelines • Practical session
Fundamentals of carbon capture, utilisation and storage Operating philosophy of CO2 transport networks
• Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) • Normal steady-state operation
• Oxyfuel • Shutdown and cooldown
• Post-combustion • Restart
• Pre-combustion • Depressurisation
• Hydrogen production • Hydrate management
• CO2 utilisation
• Geological CO2 sequestration and storage: reservoirs and saline Thermal-hydraulic modelling of CO2 transportation networks
aquifers • Modelling challenges
• Leakage and monitoring • Review of single and multiphase flow simulators
• Current practices in modelling of CO2 transportation networks
Transportation of CO2
• Ship Designing a CCUS network: a practical guide
• Pipeline • Planning and concept selection
• Safety case
Thermodynamic behaviour of CO2 • Technical risk
• Practical (re)introduction to thermodynamics and transport • Execution risk
properties • Transitioning from design to operation
• Modelling challenges
• Equations of state Case study: the HyNet project
• Impact of impurities in CO2 streams on thermodynamic • Project story
properties • Key challenges
• Review of thermodynamic property packages • Discussion
• Practical session • Solutions
Construction of subsea pipelines
This course provides learners with an opportunity to improve their Summarise techniques of offshore pipeline installation and
knowledge of offshore pipeline installation techniques. It also identify the strengths and limitations of each
allows them to enhance their appreciation of the capabilities of
Evaluate construction methods for different scenarios
the latest pipe-lay vessels and equipment and gain confidence in
identifying the best technical solutions for the projects. Identify protection requirements for subsea pipelines
Explaining a variety of pipe-lay and pipeline protection methods Identify the health, safety and environmental implications of
for rigid and flexible risers, this course will develop learners’ ability pipeline installation
and confidence to select the most suitable method for different Describe legal, quality and commercial considerations for
scenarios. Associated activities including surveying, diving and offshore construction
pre-commissioning are discussed in this course, as well as the
latest methods for decommissioning pipelines. This course also
covers the construction process for risers, spools, stalk-ons,
pipeline end manifolds (PLEMs) and terminations (PLETs) and
alternative installation methods such as mechanical connectors.

S-lay J-lay Landfalls Seabed modification
• What is S-lay? • What is J-lay? • Pull ashore into cofferdam • Sweeping
• S-lay vessel types • J-lay sequence • Pull offshore from onshore • Rock removal
• S-lay process • J-lay projects construction site • Protection
• S-lay market and vessels • J-lay vessels • Directionally – drilled landfalls • Rock dump
• Insulated lines • J-lay performance • Concrete mattresses
• Lay curve control • Rapid pipe welding Tie-ins • Protective structures
• Mechanical connectors • Flanged connection by diver • Crossings
Pipe supply, welding, NDT and ECA • J-lay from drilling rig • Hyperbaric welding
• Line pipe supply and • Diverless tie-ins Post-lay trenching and burial
specifications Bundles and towed installation • Ploughing
• Welding procedure • What are bundles? Pre-commissioning • Jetting
• Welding methods • Bundle design • Gauging and flooding • Cutting
• NDT • Bundle fabrication • Hydrotesting • Cable trenching
• ECA • Towhead structures • Dewatering, air and vacuum • Trench transitions
• Towing methods drying • Backfilling
• Insulation and heating • Testing of valves and controls
systems Diving and ROV operations
• Deep-water bundles Quality, safety, health, and • Diving and equipment
• Pros and cons of bundles environment (QSHE) • ROV operations
• Surface tow • Law
• QA
Installation of flexibles • HSE management
• Unbonded flexibles • Risk assessment
installation process • Health
• Umbilical cables • Safety
• Bonded hoses • Environmental
Reel-lay Survey
• What is reel-lay? • Survey methods
• Reel-lay process • Survey operations
• Reel-lay market and vessels
• Special considerations

Decommissioning programme
development and execution
This course provides learners with an awareness of the Describe the benefits of collaboration and campaigning
approaches, issues and challenges associated with for decommissioning projects
developing decommissioning programmes for North Sea oil Explain how collaboration can be applied and controlled
and gas fields. throughout the project in accordance with BS 11000 and
identify potential pitfalls and the means of avoiding them
It details the complete decommissioning process from Identify the methodologies currently adopted for well
beginning to end covering: planning activities and plugging and abandonment and the decommissioning of
considerations; well plugging and abandonment; approaches offshore structures and pipelines
to the decommissioning of structures and pipelines and the Gain an insight into emerging and transferable
associated onshore activities. In addition, given the current technologies, innovations and developments that could
climate and the need to reduce the taxpayer contribution improve process efficiency and safety whilst reducing the
to decommissioning, innovation leading to cost saving costs associated with the decommissioning process
approaches will be considered and discussed.
This course is suitable for anyone working or interested in

the decommissioning sector, and will provide learners with
the knowledge of the various stages of a decommissioning
project and what is involved, including the applicable
regulations and legislation.
Day 1 Day 2
Initiating a decommissioning project Decommissioning of structures (part 2)
• Decommissioning commitment • Floating facilities
• Learning from other sectors • Subsea structures
• Legislation and regulations • Case studies
• Decommissioning plan/programme
Pipeline decommissioning
Decommissioning project planning • Pipeline cleaning
• Cost estimation • Removal options
• Project management • Mattresses and grout bags
• Comparative assessment • Decommissioning in-situ
• Case studies
Well plugging and abandonment
• Well configurations Onshore disposal
• Plugging and abandonment methods • Transportation and load in
• Challenges, costs and timing • Onshore locations and capabilities
• New technology • Hazardous materials and permitting
• Live well abandonment • Waste hierarchy
• Case studies
Group exercise
Decommissioning of structures (part 1) • Devise a decommissioning programme for a North Sea field
• Topsides facilities development
• Platform jackets
• Gravity based structures
Design of subsea pipelines
This is a vital course to help engineers understand contractors’ Describe key considerations for pipeline design
output, design houses to apply calculations to projects and Describe the rules and process for pipeline routing
regulatory bodies to follow up-to-date industry codes. With Explain the process for selecting pipeline diameter
discussions around industry developments and the latest
Evaluate various pipeline materials and make appropriate
technologies, this course explains the principles of subsea recommendations
pipeline design.
Compare various corrosion protection methods
Providing guidance on routing, diameter sizing and materials Perform calculations based on industry codes
selection, this course enhances awareness of the numerous
factors which must be considered when designing a pipeline.
Explaining how to assess design calculations to industry codes,
as well as pragmatic approaches to analysis techniques, the
tutor will work through a number of exercises with the learners to
promote application of knowledge learnt.

Pipeline routing Materials specification Design for strength On-bottom stability
• Rules for routing • Material selection • Design principles • Review of fundamentals
• Exercise • Review of material properties • Bursting • Oceanography
• Route survey • Specification of line pipe • Collapse • Hydrodynamics
• Alignment sheets • Buckling and combined • Resistance
Corrosion stresses • Stability analysis
Pipeline diameter • Internal corrosion • Strain-based design • Computational fluid dynamics
• Sizing for flow • External corrosion • Worked example • Worked example
• Fluid properties • Chemical methods
• Flow fundamentals • External coatings End expansion and spoolpieces Bottom roughness and intervention
• Single-phase flow • Cathodic protection • End force and expansion • Bottom roughness analysis
• Multi-phase flow • Anode design factors • Span design codes
• Worked example • End expansion • Span assessment
Thermal design and insulation • Worked example • Static analysis
• Need for thermal design • Temperature profile • Vortex-induced vibrations
• Fundamentals of heat transfer • Spoolpieces • Intervention
• Pipeline heat transfer • Worked example
• Insulation design
considerations
• Insulation systems
• Application of insulation
• Operational problems in
deep water

Fundamentals of flow assurance
engineering
In association with

Flow assurance (FA) is critical for effective design and operation Describe the role of flow assurance throughout an oil and
of oil and gas pipeline systems. The aim is to assure the flow gas project lifecycle
of hydrocarbon fluids economically from the reservoir to Analyse the relationships of the reservoir-flowlines-topsides
processing facilities. Professional application of this discipline
Predict flow assurance challenges to multiphase flow in
enables the maximum operability, reliability and viability of an oil
pipelines and their possible mitigation
and gas asset.
Develop a systematic approach to perform reliable flow
Managing these challenges is becoming more complex assurance analysis in design of oil and gas system
because of development of fields under harsher conditions, Apply lessons learnt from case studies to real world projects
such as high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) reservoirs,
deepwater fields and heavy oil.
By completing this course, learners will be able to assess flow

assurance issues that may affect a pipeline during its design
and operation. Learners will be able to do this by performing a
reliable analysis and providing solutions to assure uninterrupted
oil and gas production. Learners will work through professional
exercises and discuss case studies to apply their knowledge.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Introduction Hydraulic and thermal analysis Review of flow assurance modelling tools
• Case study and motivation • Single-phase flow • Key tools
• Flow assurance and the project lifecycle • Hydrodynamics of multiphase flow • Application
• Flow assurance and other engineering • Heat transfer • Trouble shooting
disciplines • Introduction to wellbore modelling
• Why is it important? • Introduction to flow modelling Flow assurance surgery
• Case study - subsea system design • Professional experiences
Fluids • Key issues
• Reservoir fluids Flow assurance deliverability and operability • Discussion
• Fluid thermodynamics • Chemical injection • Solutions
• Introduction to fluid characterisation • Slugging control
• Experiments and simulations • Pigging
• Case study - fluid characterisation • Challenges during steady-state and
transient scenarios
Production chemistry • Case study - flow assurance
• Hydrates considerations in the design of a gas
• Waxes and asphaltenes condensate development
• Scales • Mechanical and thermal flow assurance
• Corrosion management
• Sand
• Emulsions and foam
Further design of subsea pipelines
Summarise the design approaches for HP, HT and high
Ideal for pipeline engineers looking to extend their knowledge,
corrosion
this course takes a problem-based approach, imparting decades
of our experience of the more complex design issues affecting Design for collapse and buckle propagation resistance
pipelines. We recommend attending our Design of subsea Explain how to calculate corrosion rates and determine
pipelines course before taking this course, or having prior the associated mechanisms and methods
knowledge of the subject. Describe the evaluation of different levels of strain and
their design requirements
High pressure (HP), high temperature (HT) and highly corrosive
Investigate the causes of fatigue and how to calculate
fluids and gases are covered in this course, giving learners an
acceptability
informed approach to conflicting methods of mitigating HP and
HT problems. With design exercises, practice calculations and Explain how to assess and mitigate pipeline walking
analysis of case studies, this course will teach learners how to Predict potential hazards and recommend pipeline
apply the correct codes and assess solutions to pipeline failures. protection methods

Pipe soil interaction Lateral buckling Fatigue HIPPS
• Soil types and properties • Virtual anchor spacing • Principles of fatigue • Configuration and components
• Pipeline embedment • Design process • Fatigue loadings • Design applications
• Axial pipe-soil interaction • Out-of-straightness surveys • Design for fatigue
• Lateral resistance • Buckle mitigation • Worked example Pipeline protection
• Buried pipeline upheaval • Case studies • Hazards
resistance Upheaval buckling • Pipeline loads
• Upheaval buckling Expansion, walking and anchoring • Pipeline load capacity
Hydrostatic collapse mechanism • End expansion • Risk and safety analysis
• Need for buckle arrestors • Upheaval buckling analysis • Pipeline walking • Pipeline coatings
• Buckle arrestors • Worked example • Walking modes • Rock dump
• Worked example • Pressure effects • Trenching for impact
Strain-based design • Walking and lateral buckling protection
Corrosion • What is strain-based design? • Anchoring • Protection structures
• Corrosion mechanisms • Loading • Other prevention and • ‘Soft’ protection options
• Corrosion control • Low strain requirements mitigating measures
• Corrosion rates • Moderate strain requirements • Case study
• Case studies • High strain requirements

Integrity management: lessons
learned
Designed to enhance technical knowledge of integrity management Describe the key features of an integrity management
issues, this application course helps engineers understand the more system
complex issues affecting pipelines and risers. Apply root cause analysis (RCA) to case studies
Recommend practices to reduce the risk of pipeline failure
Consisting of numerous case studies of pipeline failures, learners will
Apply lessons learned to your pipeline and riser projects
review root causes and how lessons learned can be applied to their
pipelines. Learners will also learn how to incorporate integrity into all
phases of offshore pipeline projects, reducing operating costs and
the risk of pipeline failure.

Integrity management systems Integrity during design and Integrity during operation Flexible integrity management
• Integrity management installation • Flow assurance • Codes and standards
process • Steel pipeline design • Operation and remediation • Materials and makeup
• Document management and • Steel riser design • Inspection methods • Inspection, monitoring and
reporting • Steel pipeline installation testing methods
• Emergency response • Steel riser installation Case study 3: pipe-in-pipe failure • Design and installation
• Incident investigation and • Pre-commissioning during operation incidents
learning • Pipeline design • Deterioration and damage
• Integrity management Case study 2: installation and • Pipeline failure
standards operational failure • Pipeline repair options Case study 5: flow-induced
• Field development • New pipeline pulsations
Risk based inspection • Flowline design • Lessons learned • Theory and dependencies
• RBI process • Flowline installation • Potential problems
• Inspection criticality • Riser design Case study 4: pipeline operational • Corrective actions
• Inspection methods and • Riser installation failure • Lessons learned
frequency • Failure detection • Background to the problem
• Steel catenary riser case • Failure causes and • Buoyant span assessment Integrity management of umbilicals
study consequences • Remedial works • Design
• Repair options • Lessons learned • Manufacture
Case study 1: pipeline installation • Lessons learned • Installation
failure • Operation
• Pipeline installation failure
• Failure investigation Case study 6: umbilical failure
• Pipeline repair • Hudson Field
• Lessons learned • Blockage in inhibitor and
methanol hoses
• Lessons learned
Integrity management of flexibles
and risers
This course is suitable for learners involved in the integrity Explain the need for and components of an integrity
management of flexible pipelines and risers (both rigid and flexible). management system
It builds a comprehensive understanding of the threats particular Recognise the riser configurations commonly utilised in
to these components and how they can be mitigated. From the oil and gas industry and describe their unique features
development of the integrity management system to assessment
Identify the differences between rigid and flexible risers
of the scheduled inspection, testing and monitoring results, the
make up and their associated integrity threats
course provides learners with the skills needed to understand
and manage the condition of their assets throughout their life. Recognise the inspection, monitoring and testing options
available to mitigate these threats
Apply best practice to develop risk-based inspection
approaches
Evaluate the impact of inspection findings on fitness-for-
service of the flexibles and risers throughout life

Integrity management system Rigid riser integrity threats External inspection Detailed flexible analysis
• Need for integrity • Common degradation • Inspection and reporting • Assessment of degradation
management system mechanisms for rigid pipe criteria • Flooded annulus conditions
• Components • Fixed riser threats • Global external inspection • Static and extreme analysis
• Audit and update • Top-tensioned riser threats techniques • Fatigue analysis
requirements • Steel catenary riser threats • Additional inspection
• Implementation • Hybrid riser threats requirements for flexible risers Offshore repairs
• Integrity management • Case studies • Annulus testing • Defect repair options and
standards and guidance • Inspection of pig traps and applicability
Operational integrity management ancillary components • Spool repairs
Riser types, uses and configurations • Flow assurance • Targeted external inspection • Mechanical connectors
• Host selection and impact on • Monitoring and testing and direct assessment • Case studies
riser selection requirements and approaches
• Production risers and for flexibles and rigid risers Internal inspection Late life integrity management and
configurations • Leak detection • Available technologies intervention
• Export risers and • Inspection approaches • Benefits and limitations • Late life integrity management
configurations • Inspection planning and risk- • Special considerations for considerations
based inspection flexibles and risers • Inspection and monitoring
Flexible pipe integrity threats • Industry available failure • Tool selection process requirements
• Flexible pipe construction statistics • Operability and obsolescence
• Riser system design and • Case studies Rigid riser fitness-for-service issues
ancillary components • Applicable codes and • Typical late life interventions
• Identification of flexible standards • Case studies
degradation mechanisms • Corrosion defect assessment
• Definition of integrity threats • Fatigue assessment
• Case studies • Global analysis

Integrity management of subsea
pipelines
Highly recommended for anyone involved in the maintenance and Describe the importance of a robust pipeline integrity
integrity of assets and pipelines, this course offers a thorough management system
understanding of the engineering principles behind successful Describe appropriate measures for maintaining pipeline
integrity management. integrity
Identify typical integrity threats to offshore pipeline
With case studies and worked examples, this course will introduce systems and the associated risks
all applicable codes to which assessments can be performed. Select the most appropriate inspection technique to
This course also includes a site visit* to a manufacturer where detect the presence of these threats
learners will have the opportunity to see subsea inspection tools Describe commonly used integrity assessments and
and advanced inspection techniques being demonstrated on pipe associated repair options
samples, reinforcing what they have learnt. Select the most appropriate integrity assessment
approach for various scenarios
Describe the approach for life extension of subsea
pipelines

Pipeline integrity management Flow assurance External inspection Dent assessment
system (PIMS) • Introduction to flow assurance • What to look for • Dent properties and behaviour
• What does a PIMS involve? • Flow regime • Inspection methods • Causes of dents in subsea
• Causes of flow restriction • Riser and flexible inspection pipelines
Stability • Flow control methods • Pig trap inspection • Methods of assessment
• Pipeline instability • Protection measures
• Sources of data Corrosion overview Risk-based inspection
• Analysis methods • Types of corrosion • Technical Integrity Isolation
• Stabilisation options • Corrosion rate modelling Assessment (TIA) overview • Operations issues
• Corrosion monitoring • Risk-based inspection plan • Tethered isolation plugs
Thermal buckling • Control measures • Failure mechanisms • Remote set isolation pigs
• What is a thermal buckle? • Risk assessment • Remote set spheres
• Why are they a problem? Pigging • Risk/Reliability based • Pipe freezing
• Assessment • Types of operational and inspection • High friction pigs
• Mitigation and remediation cleaning pigs • Inspection frequency • Hot tap and stopple
• Piggability of pipeline • Environment and safety
Spans • Pig suitability Defect assessment
• Span detection • Launching and receiving • Defect types and loadings Offshore repairs
• Assessment of spans • Defect assessment levels • Composite repairs
• Stress and buckle checks Internal inspection • Defect assessment codes • Clamp repairs
• Vortex-induced vibrations • Gauge pig • Corrosion defect interaction • Spool repairs
• Remedial measures • Calliper pig • Mechanical connectors
• Magnetic flux pig • Hyperbaric welding
• Ultrasonic pig • Others
• Inertial mapping unit
• Inspection of flexibles Life extension
• Other inspection technologies • Ageing assets and KP4
• Pipeline design life
• Pipeline life extension
*for Aberdeen based courses only subject to availability
Offshore remedial works
This course is intended for everyone involved in the offshore Describe the inspection, investigation and analysis
repair and remediation process, starting from asset integrity techniques utilised to identify features and determine the
engineers to service providers. It covers everything from need for repair or remediation
identification and assessment of the feature to design, testing Recognise the preparatory works that may be required
and execution of the repair or remediation process, giving before repair and how they can be achieved
learners an overall understanding of all stages of the process
Explain the repair methods available and their capabilities,
and their role within it.
along with the importance of pre-mobilisation testing and
procedure development
Select the appropriate remediation option for a range of
pipeline features identified during inspection
Day 1 Day 2
Inspection and investigation techniques Common remedial works
• Common problems • Stabilisation options
• Inspection methods • Span and buckle remediation
• Investigation and analysis • Installation of protection measures
• Case study • Retrofitting of anodes
Preparatory works Buoyant span case study

• Excavation design and implementation • Background to the problem
• Coating removal • Buoyant span assessment
• Cleaning and surface preparation • Remedial works
• Lessons learnt
Repairs
• Repair scenarios Remediation design
• Diving and ROV considerations • Rockdump berm design
• Repair methods, functionality and capability • Protection requirements
• Major repairs • Mattress considerations and specification
• Isolation requirements • Consideration of seabed mobility
Execution and testing

• Procedure development and process safety
• Pre-deployment testing
• Setting up and surveying
• Executing
• Testing and acceptance
• Case study

Planning & executing subsea
intervention
This two day course provides an awareness of the main Recommend preferred type of intervention(s) and tools
aspects of subsea intervention and will help learners address given a specific mission role or scenario
typical subsea issues, such as choke failures, dropped Investigate and analyse data from non-routine work and
objects, pod failure, valve failure, flying lead or jumper failures. from a routine inspection report and develop a remedial
plan
Focusing on the different types of intervention and the typical Develop a logistical plan for implementing an intervention
methods for inspection, repair and maintenance, learners Develop a contingency plan and recommend a procedure
will gain an understanding of how to assess unique subsea based on results of the risk assessment
emergency problems and identify solutions. Moving on from Describe lessons learned that should be considered in
identification through to logistics and testing, this course will subsea systems design
teach how to develop risk based remedial and contingency
plans. The tutors will also share their experience of subsea
component failures and interventions during the course.
This course is ideal for engineers, technical team leaders and

managers looking for a grounding in the tools and methods
available for subsea intervention.
Day 1 Day 2
Introduction to intervention Logistics and planning
• ROVs and ROV tooling • Resources
• Diving • Contracting
• AUVs • Economic and schedule considerations
• Marine support vessels
• Subsea pigging Execution and testing
• Procedure development and process safety
Inspection and investigation techniques • Pre-deployment testing
• Common problems • Setting up and surveying
• Survey methods • Executing
• Inspection and testing methods • Testing and acceptance
• Data management
• Investigation methods and analysis Designing for intervention
• Understand why designs have changed
Intervention scenarios • Understand importance of learning lessons
• Isolation options • Explain what stops lessons being learnt
• Debris removal
• Anode replacement
• Stabilisation options
• Leak repair
• Pipeline repair
• SCM change-out
• Choke change-out
• Jumper and flying lead replacement
• Instrumentation change-out
Steel riser and spool design
This course will give learners an understanding of the key Describe and evaluate various types of riser and spool
aspects of steel riser and spoolpiece design. Starting with an Describe the types of loads experienced by risers and
introduction to the types of riser and spool commonly used, the spools
course will explain the key design considerations for fixed rigid
Explain the design process and key considerations for steel
risers, top-tensioned risers and steel catenary risers.
spool and riser design
Design to avoid the key failure mechanisms and ensure
With steel risers being used in both shallow and deep water integrity for the full design life
applications, the method of installation and connection can
Describe the different installation and tie-in methods
influence the design. Installation and tie-in methods are also
discussed in detail here. The final day of the course will present
the time dependent failure mechanisms, such as fatigue and
corrosion and how to design to protect against them, before
finishing with a summary of the integrity management of steel
spools and risers so that the designer can understand how to
design with integrity in mind.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Steel riser design Steel catenary risers Connection methods
• Riser types • Components • Flanged connections
• Diameter and wall thickness selection • Design requirements and analysis • Hyperbaric welding
• Coating selection • Installation • Diverless connections
• Static loading
• Dynamic loading Spoolpieces Time dependent failure
• Requirements • Riser fatigue assessment
Fixed rigid riser design • Types and configurations • Improving fatigue life
• Types of fixed rigid riser • Calculation methods • Corrosion
• Design requirements • Metrology and construction
• Installation methods Steel riser integrity management
• Monitoring
Production top-tensioned risers • Inspection
• Components • Damage assessment
• Design requirements and analysis • Repair
• Installation

Subsea controls
Ideal for anyone new to subsea controls or working in Identify a range of subsea equipment and its functionality
associated support roles, this course explains how control Explain how subsea control systems operate
systems operate and the engineering principles involved.
Compare different types of subsea control systems
Identify the issues associated with the design and
This course will give learners the opportunity to see what manufacturing of subsea controls equipment
different parts of the system look like, get an independent
Recognise new technologies
comparison of the kit and equipment available, and gain
a greater insight into this specialist area. Key areas that
are often overlooked will be discussed in detail, such as
managing availability and the reliability of controls.
Day 1 Day 2
Design criteria Subsea equipment Operation of system Intervention of system
• Oil or gas or both • Umbilical • System options • Safety and environment
• Type of platform • Subsea umbilical termination • Hydraulic • Workover
• Distance from platform to unit (SUTU) • Electrical • Installation and workover
reservoir • Subsea distribution unit (SDU) • Communications control system (IWOCs)
• Water depth • Jumpers/flying leads • Redundancy • Emergency quick disconnect
• Reservoir pressure and • Electrical/hydraulic • Signal Commands (EQD)
temperature connectors • DCV operation • Divers/ROVs
• Number of wells • Subsea control module (SCM) • Cleanliness standards
• Number of functions • Subsea electronic module System interfaces • Inspection, repair and
• Project life expectancy (SEM) • Supervisory control and data maintenance (IRM)
• Valves acquisition (SCADA) • Tools
Selection of system • Screen mimics
• Direct hydraulic • Logging on/off Future developments
• Piloted hydraulic • Valve opening/closing • Obsolescence
• Sequence hydraulic • Valve foot printing • Future developments for
• Electro hydraulic • Page selection systems
• Multiplex electro hydraulic • Trending • Subsea processing
• All electric • Reports • Better well management
• Calculation
Topside equipment • Inter locks
• Master contol station (MCS)
• Remote operator workstation Fluid types, selection, management
(ROWS) and cleanliness
• Electrical power unit (EPU) • Synthetic fluid
• Uninterruptible power supply • Water based fluid
(UPS) • Environmental legislation
• Hydraulic power unit (HPU) • Cleanliness manufacturing
• Topside umbilical termination • Cleanliness offshore
unit (TUTU) operations
• Chemical injection unit (CIU) • Cleanliness standards
• Measuring cleanliness
• Filters
• Wear mechanisms
• Flushing
Subsea project delivery
This course provides an overview of a project’s lifecycle, with Describe the process of subsea project delivery
emphasis on project delivery. Course learners will learn the Define and explain all the phases of a project lifecycle
various stages of a project lifecycle and project management Define the pre-Front End Loading phase of a project
processes including, cost and planning, quality assurance, health lifecycle and explain the tasks involved in it
and safety assurance, risk management and procurement. Define Front End Loading phase of a project lifecycle and
explain the three stages - visualisation, conceptualisation
This course is essential knowledge for those wishing to become and definition
involved in the project development lifecycle and understand how Explain the need for quality assurance and health and
to successfully deliver subsea projects. safety assurance in a project
Describe how risk is identified and managed successfully
in a project

Introduction to Subsea project Project organisation and documents Procurement and contracting Project economics and evaluation
delivery • Major project documents • Procurement and contracting methods
• Project and project lifecycle • Codes and standards strategy • Project economics
• Project team organisation • Types of contracts • Pre and post approval
Introduction to pre-FEL and FEL • Procurement activities
• Pre-Front End Loading Execution phase of project lifecycle • Economic evaluation methods
• Front End Loading (FEL) • Project management Risk management • Sensitivity analysis
• The FEL process processes • Risk management • Monte Carlo simulation
• Industry examples • Project planning • Risk register
• Cost management and • Group exercise: risk register Case studies
FEL stages – visualization and estimating • Economic evaluation case
conceptualisation • Cost estimating exercise Logistics and supply chain study
• Visualization stage • Management of information management • Monte Carlo case study
• Conceptualization stage • Management of change • Supply chain
• Definition stage • Logistics
Value Improving Practices (VIP)

• Types of VIP
• Value engineering

Subsea systems and hardware
This course covers subsea systems and hardware from design Identify the key drivers influencing subsea system design
and installation through to commissioning and operation. Ideal and subsea field layout
for engineers, technical team leaders and managers looking for Explain the design and functionality of subsea equipment
an overview of the area, this course will help learners manage and how the different components interface with one
subsea projects and understand the important aspects of subsea another
systems. It also provides a comprehensive understanding of Recognise the pros and cons of equipment type selection
subsea field development and the equipment used in subsea for different scenarios
production systems. Explain the installation and commissioning of subsea
equipment
The course will teach learners the key drivers influencing Identify the vulnerabilities of subsea systems and
subsea system design, field layout and how to assure high measures required to assure high integrity and reliability
system reliability. It goes into detail about subsea hardware
configurations including the pros and cons of different subsea
tree types. Also covered is subsea drilling, wellheads, control
systems, umbilicals, manifolds, jumpers, connection systems
and developments in subsea processing. Finally, it will identify
key subsea system vulnerabilities and give insight into subsea
inspection, maintenance and repair activities.

Introduction to subsea Drilling a subsea well Subsea controls Subsea processing
• Key drivers for going subsea • Drill rig types and operation • Control system types • Subsea multiphase
• Main elements of a subsea • Drilling sequence • Topsides controls equipment flowmeters
system • Drilling hardware including • Subsea controls equipment • Subsea pumps and
subsea wellhead system, • Control fluids compressors
Subsea system architecture and BOP and drilling riser • Fail safe shutdown • Subsea separation and water
design • Umbilical systems reinjection
• Subsea system design Completion of a subsea well • Flying leads (EHC) • Future technology
considerations • Well logging and testing • Subsea HIPPS
• Host facilities and export • Completion sequence Installation and commissioning
route and hardware Jumpers and connectors • Installation issues
• Subsea flowlines and risers • Tubing and tubing hangers • Design considerations • Installation methods
• Tie-back distance • Down-hole safety valve • Metrology and installation • At the seabed
• Enhanced recovery • Gas lift valves methods • Installation videos
• Flow assurance and chemical • Down-hole chemical • Rigid spoolpieces • Commissioning
injection injection • Flexible jumpers • Well hook-up and
• Subsea pigging • Down-hole sensors • Mechanical connections commissioning
• Water depth issues • Intelligent completions • Well put on production and
• IMR strategy • Installing subsea tree and tree Design of subsea structures start-up
• Reliability and redundancy cap • Manifold and template design
• Template versus cluster • SSIV structures Subsea IRM
configuration Subsea trees • ILTs, PLETs, PLEMs • Subsea vulnerabilities
• Daisy chain configuration • Dual-bore vertical tree • Manifold foundations • Diving
• Hybrid configuration • Horizontal tree • Piping design • ROV types and tools
• Satellite configuration • Mono-bore vertical tree • Manifold structural frame • ROV operations
• Subsea to beach • Tree selection • Fishing protection • AUVs
• Valve functions • Coating and cathodic • Subsea inspection and repair
• Instrumentation protection techniques
• Retrievable components • Subsea valve types and • Integrity testing and workover
function of subsea wells
• Fabrication and testing
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Corrosion defect assessment
About the course
This course enables learners to assess the acceptability of
corrosion defects identified on their pipeline assets. Throughout
the course, a range of defect assessment approaches will
be explored, along with their capabilities and limitations. This
course will enable learners to make informed decisions when
performing defect assessments, or reviewing the work of
others.
Learning outcomes
Describe criteria for fitness-for-service
Evaluate various defect assessment approaches, including:
- ASME B31G method
- DNVGL-RP-F101 approaches
- Finite element analysis
- Engineering criticality assessment
Apply appropriate defect assessment approach to determine
pipeline fitness-for-service
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Corrosion threats ASME B31G approach Use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Types of corrosion • Differences between original and modified • When to move to an FEA based approach
• Defect categorisation approach • Inspection data requirements
• Corrosion control measures and • Levels of assessment • Applicable of API579
effectiveness • Defect acceptance criteria and • Corrosion defect modelling and
• Corrosion monitoring and inspection measurement uncertainty determination of acceptability
techniques • Defect assessment worked example • Case study
• Case studies • Long defects and deep pits
ECA
Fitness-for-service assessment DNVGL-RP-F101 • Defects requiring ECA
• Classification of corrosion defects • Differences between Part A and Part B • Applicable codes and standards
• Corrosion rate modelling approach • DNVGL-RP-F108 and BS7910 approaches
• Corrosion defect interaction • Levels of assessment • Worked example
• Defect assessment approaches • Defect acceptance criteria and
• Assessment limitations and applicability measurement uncertainty Exercise
• Determination of fitness-for-service • Defect assessment worked example • Determine the acceptability of a corrosion
• Ongoing management • Longitudinal and circumferential defects defect identified by recent ILI run in a multi-
and validity limits phase pipeline system
• Supplementary use of Kastner approach
Dynamic riser analysis
This course provides learners with the key components, loads and Describe dynamic riser configurations and components and
interfaces affecting dynamic riser response, and how these are how they are modelled in dynamic analysis
simulated within the analysis. In addition to riser configurations Explain the dynamic loads acting on a riser and how these
and components and their analytical modelling, this course loads are generated and assessed
also presents the dynamic loads on risers from vessel motions,
Predict dynamic responses of risers
waves and vortex shedding and the analytical methods for their
assessment. The critical failure modes for rigid and flexible Describe the critical failure modes for both flexible and rigid
dynamic risers are presented in this course, while also covering risers and how onset of failure is predicted
analytical methods for prediction of failure. This course also details Apply the main industry design codes and practices relevant
industry software packages for undertaking dynamic analyses to dynamic riser analysis
and a detailed break-down of setting up and running a dynamic Identify the main software packages available for dynamic
analysis using a leading industry package, OrcaFlex. riser analysis
Explaining the interfaces between the riser, the vessel and seabed
and their influences on dynamic response, this course is suitable
for engineers wishing to undertake or commission analysis of rigid
or flexible dynamic risers.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Dynamic riser types and uses Global bending and dynamic analysis Vortex-induced vibrations
• Production vessels • Analysis steps • Sections of risers at risk
• Top-tensioned risers • Software • Modelling VIV
• Flexible risers • Catenaries • General design approach
• Steel catenary risers • Pipe stresses • Riser dynamics and natural frequency
• Hybrid risers • Worked example • Orcaflex approach
• Drilling risers • Vessel motions and dynamic loads • Tank trials comparisons
• Load cases
Introduction to FPSOs • Fatigue assessment Fatigue and fracture mechanics
• Overview of FPSOs • Fatigue loadings
• Types of FPSO FPSO vessel motions • Riser fatigue assessment
• Mooring and turret arrangements • Components of motion • S-N curves and SCF stress concentration
• Types of vessel motion • Rainflow counting
Riser interfaces and components • Wave frequency motion • Flexible and umbilical fatigue mechanisms
• Overview of riser to vessel interfaces • Drift and higher order motion • Fracture mechanics
• Top-tensioned riser components • Defining motion with RAOs • Improving fatigue life
• Flexible riser components
• Steel catenary riser components Waves and currents Design basis and riser analysis
• Hybrid riser components • Metocean data • Design considerations
• Drilling riser components • Tides • Typical development of design
• Wind • Input verification
• Currents • Modelling of non-linearities
• Waves • Design of connectors
• Theories and spectra • Worked example
• Hydrodynamic loadings • Basis of design
• Prepare input data
Soil-riser interactions • Modelling process
• Soils and soil types • Output data analysis
• Survey methods
• Deriving soil properties
• Riser behaviour
• Scour, settlement and
embedment

Freespans assessment and
remediation
Exploring integrity issues associated with subsea pipeline Describe the integrity issues associated with pipeline
spans, this course will be of benefit to subsea and pipeline freespans
engineers involved in design, integrity management and
Identify different levels of assessment and when to apply
operations. Referring to a range of worked examples, learners
them
will gain a knowledge on assessment and remediation of
subsea pipeline freespans. Complete a span assessment calculation in line with
DNVGL-RP-F105
Examining the various assessment methods used for
both new and existing pipelines which are integral to the Identify when remediation is required and what repair
assessment and remediation of pipeline freespans, all options are available
the various methods are examined including the DNVGL-
RP-F105 approach. Using the knowledge gained, learners will
apply these assessments and review a series of case studies
based on real-life scenarios using the lessons learnt.
Day 1 Day 2
Introduction to freespans Fatigue limit state (FLS) assessment
• Formation methods • Single mode response
• Failure mechanisms • Multi-mode response
• Cross-flow induced in-line VIV
Span dynamics • Acceptance criteria
• Vortex-induced vibrations • Fatigue life calculations
• Failure modes
• Calculating natural frequencies (approximate response model) Span assessment software
• Present response envelopes • DNV FatFree
• Overview of assessment levels • Plus-One
• SAGE Profile
Screening assessment • FEA
• Reduced velocity calculation
• Application and limitations Remediation
• Berm stability
Ultimate limit state (ULS) assessment • Mattress stability
• Static stress response • Prediction of future scour
• Global buckling
• Local buckling
• Third party interaction
Installation analysis of subsea structures
and sea-fastenings
Anyone involved in the analysis of subsea structure transportation Explain the stages of transportation and installation of a
and installation will benefit from this course’s detailed explanation subsea structure
of installation calculations. Calculate the static and dynamic loadings on the subsea
structures during installation
This course will give learners the opportunity to practise hand Identify and design suitable rigging for lifting and lowering a
calculations with tutor support based on industry codes and structure to the seabed
standards. Taking the learners through the stages of transportation Explain the design and configuration of spreader beams
and installation of a subsea structure, they will assess the static
Describe deck layouts and the design and considerations
and dynamic loadings on the structure and associated installation
for sea-fastenings
equipment. They will also design and select suitable rigging
for lifting and lowering the structure to the seabed, and design
spreader beams, lifting points and sea-fastenings. Giving learners
the confidence to independently assess and verify calculations,
the tutor will guide them through a variety of worked examples and
exercises, explaining how they are applied to real life scenarios.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Transportation and installation Rigging design and analysis Lifting points and lugs
• Load-out • Rigging configurations • Lugs and stiffeners
• Transportation • Wires, slings, strops and shackles • Failure modes and design requirements
• Offshore lifting • Rigging analysis • Codes and standards
• Landing, levelling and anchoring • Code requirements • Worked example
• Equipment selection
Static and dynamic loads • Worked example Deck layouts and sea-fastenings
• Static loads and dynamic effects • Transportation loads
• Vessel motions Spreader beam design • Deck layouts
• Software • Steelwork design process • Sea-fastening configurations
• Dynamic analysis • Visualisation • Sea-fastening considerations and design
• Worked example • Steelwork design codes • Foundations and deck fixings
• Combined load checks • Worked example
Lifting of subsea structures • Spreader beam configurations
• Environmental loads • Worked example
• Lifting in air
• Lifting through wave zone
• Lowering through water column
• Worked example

Installation calculations for subsea
pipelines
Anyone involved in the installation analysis of rigid pipelines Explain the key design aspects for pipeline installation by
and modules will benefit from this course’s detailed explanation S-lay, J-lay and reel-lay
of installation calculations. This course will give learners the Calculate the forces and necessary winch capacities for
opportunity to practise hand calculations with tutor support. landfall pulls and methods of reducing those loads
Assessing a selection of wire sizing for pull-in of pipelines and
Explain how the stability of an installation vessel is
lowering of modules, this hands-on experience is the perfect
determined and how the positioning of equipment on-deck
platform to boost understanding of industry standards and codes.
and the use of cranes affect that stability
Giving learners the confidence to independently assess and verify
calculations, the tutor will guide them through a variety of worked Determine the effects of vessel motions on installation loads
examples and exercises, explaining how they are applied to real life and calculate the resultant dynamic amplifications during
scenarios. installation
Design rigging and sea-fastenings for the transportation and
installation of subsea equipment
Identify the principles of holding capacity of soils, for simple
pile and anchor design

Catenaries Sagbend buckling Dynamics Lugs, deck layouts and sea
• Catenary curves • Local buckling criteria • Vessel motions fastenings
• Pipe lay catenary equations • Prediction of buckling in • Dynamics during pipe-lay • Lugs and stiffeners
• Pipe stresses catenary • Code criteria • Worked example
• Worked example • Worked example • Software • Foundations and deck fixings
• Control by tension • Buckle propagation • Worked example • Deck layouts and sea
• Output analysis fasteners
Bending stresses Landfall • Fatigue assessment
• Bending during S-lay • Landfall setup Anchors and piles
• Worked example • Worked example Lifting • Anchors
• Break-over length • Alternative setups • Static and dynamic loads • Piles
• Concrete-coated pipe • Lifting in air • Sheet pile anchorage
• Horizontal lay radii Barge stability • Lifting through wave zone • Worked example
• Stable floating bodies • Lowering through water
Reeling • Determining vessel stability column
• Reeling operations • Free liquid surfaces and • Lowering onto seabed
• Strain concentration suspended loads • Worked example
• Material qualification • Modular craft and local
• Ovalisation and buckling barges Rigging design and analysis
• Worked example • Worked example • Rigging equipment
• Rigging analysis
• Worked example
Lifetime extension of rigid pipelines
and flexibles
This course is suitable for the operator, contractor and supply Describe the LTE assessment process
chain personnel and also those regulating the process. This Identify and assess current integrity issues associated
course is designed to explore the considerations for the with pipeline system components
integrity management of the ageing systems and detail the Identify the risks associated with ageing oil and gas
steps required to justify continued and safe operation beyond infrastructure
original design life. It also covers the assessment of various
Describe the design review process needed to verify
time-dependent degradation mechanisms, operability and
pipeline design parameters
obsolescence issues. Finally, our engineering experience
in the field of pipeline lifetime extension will be highlighted Explain time-dependent degradation mechanisms and
throughout the course using a series of case studies. assess their impact on the remnant life of pipelines
Jee convened the working group responsible for the Outline the importance of late life integrity management in
development of ISO TS 12747, defining a methodology for operating pipelines
the lifetime extension (LTE) of rigid pipeline. We are currently Summarise how to place for decommissioning during late
in the process of extending the scope to include flexibles. life operations
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Introduction to the LTE process Internal inspection and assessment Remnant life assessment - internal/external
• The need for LTE • Available technologies corrosion
• Codes and standards • Tool selection process • Corrosion rate from evidence
• The data challenge • Special consideration for flexibles and • RunCom ILI comparisons
• LTE process and pitfalls risers • Industry norms and guidance
• Remnant life calculation
Pipeline and riser threats External inspection and assessment • Making recommendations
• Common failure modes - onshore • Inspection and reporting criteria
• Common failure modes - offshore • Global external inspection techniques Remnant life assessment - fatigue
• Industry guidance • Additional inspection requirements for • Principes of fatigue damage
flexible risers • Operational fatigue
Flexible pipe threats • Inspection of pig traps and ancillary • Riser fatigue
• Common failure modes components
• Industry guidance • Targeted external inspection and direct Flexible degradation mechanisms
• Inspection methods assessment • The role of JIPs
• Failure of metallic components
Operational integrity management Design review • Failure of polymer components
• PIMS • Wall thickness • Repair vs replace
• Flow assurance • Stability • OrcaFlex
• Leak detection • Linepipe specification
• Monitoring and testing • MAOP and safety systems Late-life integrity management
• IM in extended life
Risk assessment • Inspection regime and RBI
• Failure statistics • Stakeholder management
• Measuring consequence • Obsolescence
• Risk assessment process • Deommissioning

On-bottom stability
Referring to a range of worked examples, this course Explain the physics behind instability
will give learners an appreciation of the integrity issues Identify unstable sections of a pipeline and the problems
associated with pipeline instability and the need to design arising from it
pipelines to avoid these issues. A beneficial course for
Assess stability of pipelines according to DNVGL-RP-F109
subsea and pipeline engineers involved in design, integrity
management and operations, learners will gain knowledge of Explain how instability occurs and the methods available
how to design, operate and remediate pipelines to manage for stability analysis
instability issues. Identify the remedial methods available to deal with
instability of pipelines
The tutor will explain primary methods of stability
assessment, including the traditional force balance approach
and the more detailed DNVGL-RP-F109 methods, along
with worked examples and delegate exercises for each. The
course will subsequently provide guidance on methods of
pipeline inspection to identify areas at risk of instability and
rectification options should stability calculations indicate
issues for a new or existing pipeline.
Day 1 Day 2
Fundamentals of pipeline stability Stabilisation options
• Causes of instability • Trenching
• Wave and current forces • Weight coatings
• Soil resistance • Anchors
• Soil liquefaction • Burial
• Mattresses
Stability assessment • Rock dump
• Analysis methods
• Data requirements Case study
• Force balance approach • Background facts
• DNVGL-RP-F109 approach • Route cause failure analysis
• Finite element analysis • Remediation
• Ultrasonic pig
On-bottom stability in practice

• Worked examples
• Force balance approach
• DNVGL-RP-F109 absolute method
• DNVGL-RP-F109 generalised method
Pigging and plugging
This course will help subsea pipeline and integrity engineers Explain the principles of operating pipeline pigs and
to understand how to use pipeline pigs and plugs to perform isolation plugs
a variety of operations. Compare different types of pigs and plugs and explain
when and how they are used
Providing an overview of pigs and plugs available and their
Investigate problems that can occur when pigging and
functionality, the tutor will explain the latest theories on
suggest resolutions
improving the reliability and accuracy of pigging, for both
cleaning and inspection purposes. Analysing case studies Apply industry lessons learned and best practice to your
and discussing how to avoid stuck pigs and plugs, learners projects
will deepen their knowledge of how to run successful and
safe pigging and plugging campaigns.
Day 1 Day 2
Introduction to pigging Pipeline cleaning
• Overview of pigs • Pipeline cleaning strategy
• Types of pigging programmes • Operational maintenance pigging
• Pig types and function
Flow assurance
• Introduction to flow assurance Inspection tools
• Flow regime • Gauge pig
• Causes of flow restriction • Calliper pig
• Flow control methods • Magnetic flux pig
• Ultrasonic pig
Piggability • Inertial mapping unit
• Assessment of pipeline piggability • Inspection of flexibles
• Modifications required • Other inspection technologies
• Flow assurance issues • Case study
• HSE considerations
Non-standard pigging operations
Pig design • Requirements for non-standard pigging
• Design of pigs • Non-standard pigging/inspection technologies
• Pig design validation • Stuck/stalled pig contingencies
• Tracking design
Pipeline isolation
Launching and receiving • High friction pigs
• Pig trap design • Types of plug
• Principles of pig launching and receiving • Plug design
• Main issues • Deployment
• Risk assessment procedures • Setting/unsetting
• Operational pigging procedures • Retrieval
• Environmental issues

Reeling calculations
Detailing the engineering behind reel-lay installation, this is Explain the principles and processes of pipeline fabrication
an advanced course that demystifies this complex field. Ideal and installation using reel-lay
for reeling companies and anyone involved in the design and Identify and assess the key design aspects of the reeling
installation of pipelines, this course explains the fundamentals of process, such as the implications of cumulative plastic strain,
reel-lay. ovalisation and weld defects, while also listing the key pitfalls
Calculate the required tensions and forces in the pipeline and
The tutor will explain key design aspects, such as the implications
on associated equipment during reeling, and also the limits
of cumulative plastic strain, ovalisation and weld defects using
for these forces to prevent failure
worked examples and exercises. Learners will receive guidance on
codes and patents and review lessons learnt from past successes Explain how strain concentrations can form during the reeling
and failures, developing their skills for installation projects. process, the potential effects of these concentrations, and the
safeguards against them
Specify materials and qualification testing for pipe installed by
reel-lay

Reel-lay process Key technical aspects Strain-concentration effects Material and weld defects
• Reel-lay system configuration • Strain concentration • Stress-strain curves • Welding methods
• Spooling • Material qualification • Effect of strain on material • Welding procedures
• Installation • Weld defects properties • Inspection methods for welds
• Lay down • Ovalisation • Plastic behaviour during • Defect assessment methods
• Reeling forces reeling • Worked example – crack
Reeling history and current market • 13% chrome pipe • Geometric discontinuities growth during reeling
• History and development of • Clad pipe • Material strength • Exercise – effect of load
reeling • Plastic-lined pipe discontinuities cycling on root crack weld
• Reeling ships and companies • Lay process control methods fatigue life
around world Codes and patents • Strain concentrations at • DNV ECA methodology
• Codes relating to reeling discontinuities
Case studies: failures and successes • Around the world • Safeguards Advances
• Canapu pipe-in-pipe success • Patents related to reeling • Optimised reeled pipe design
• Åsgard field joint buckling Ovalisation • Cost-effective reeling
failure Reeling forces • Ovalisation and recovery • Deep water pipeline and riser
• Foinaven twisting problem • Force to reel-on • Collapse pressure and • SCR hybrid installation
• Tambar stress cracking failure • Stresses once reeled-on combined loading • Clad pipe qualification
• Nile insulation success • Elastic energy in reel • Worked example
• Dahlia spool site set-up • Force needed to straighten
success • Gripping force
• Worked example
• Stationary versus traversing
straightener
Value engineering for design
optimisation
This course provides an overview of the use and application Define the concept of value engineering
of value improving practices, and, in particular, value Explain the importance of engineering in optimising
engineering for design optimisation. Value engineering will be design
taught to course learners; why, when and how to put it into
Recognise when and how to apply value engineering for
practise and how value engineering may be used to optimise
maximum benefit
the design of oil and gas capital projects. This course is
essential knowledge for those wishing to understand how to Identify the use of reliability and availability for value
apply value engineering. engineering
Identify the use of lifecycle costing for value engineering
Complete a value engineering design optimisation
exercise
Day 1 Day 2
What is value? Reliability and availability techniques
• Definition of value • Failure metrics
• Value improvement practices • Reliable data
• Data sources
Value engineering • Applications
• Why use value engineering?
• When to use value engineering? Lifecycle costing
• How to use value engineering • CAPEX & OPEX
• Net Present Value
Value engineering application • Lifecycle costs
• Value engineering application tools
• VE workshop Case study
• FAST diagrams • Application of reliability and lifecycle costing to subsea projects
• Cost drivers
Value engineering exercise
Case study
• Application of value engineering and life cycle costing techniques
for offshore topside facility projects

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