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FPS 2011 Conference.
FPS 2011 Conference
Composite Pipe For FPSO Risers Presented by Stephen Hatton
FPS 2011 Conference
Agenda
• Riser Options Overview
• Future market requirements
• Carbon / polymer (m-pipe) materials
• m-pipe riser configurations
• Deployment options
• Conclusions
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Floating Deep Water Production
Dry Tree Wet Tree
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The Riser Design Challenge
• High stresses due to vessel motions
• Fatigue sensitivity (waves, VIV)
• Mooring offsets up to 25% water depth
• Corrosion (Internal fluid and seawater)
• Vessel payload limitations
• Field lay out congestion
– Mooring line clashing
– Riser and flowline corridors
• Process flow (arrival temps and cool down)
• Installation vessel capability
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Riser Options for FPSO Applications
• Flexible Risers (Non Bonded)
• Free Standing (SLOR, Hybrid Bundles)
• Steel Catenary Risers
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Non Bonded Flexible Risers
Courtesy NKT Slide 6
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Non Bonded Flexible Pipe
• A FPS ‘workhorse’ for over 30 years
• Used in a range of catenary configurations
• But in deep water:
– Cost / metre
– Weight and vessel payload
– Robustness / damage tolerance
– Sour service capability
– Long Term Reliability
– Market Availability
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Free Standing Risers - SLOR
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Complex Installation Procedures
• SLOR’S typically need heavy lift vessels and complex
fabrication
• High day rates coupled with high equipment costs
make SLOR’S expensive
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Steel Catenary Configurations
Courtesy 2H
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Steel Catenaries Are Not an Easy or Cheap Solution
• Sensitive to fatigue and need low motion vessels
• Sensitive to H2S without internal cladding
• High vessel payloads (but less than flexible pipe)
• Complex vessel interfaces, the source of much concern in recent years
• Thick pipe walls require:
– Large Installation vessels ($$)
– Long fabrication cycles
– High installation costs
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SCR Weld and HAZ Properties A Metallurgical Balancing Act
Required to
accommodate
Loads and pressures
Required for
resistance to crack
growth and impact loads
Resistance to H2S Embrittlement (NACE)
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Corrosion and Resistance to H2S Inconel Cladding
• Reduce CO2 corrosion
• Prevent H2S embrittlement
• Avoid fatigue factor knockdown and achieve fatigue life
• Simplify weld procedure requirements
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Riser Options Conclusion
• There are many riser configurations built around non bonded flexible pipe and steel pipe for FPSO
• These systems are complex but not withstanding the industry has a good level of experiences with them
• Their installed costs are significant and an important project driver
• In the coming years corrosion and fatigue will be an ‘Achilles heel’ to aged infrastructure and a source of increasing downtime
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The Industry is Focussed on Even More Challenging Discoveries
• Deep and Ultra deep water (up to 3500m)
• High Pressures 5-15ksi
• High temperatures (150 deg C +)
• Sour service plus CO2 conditions are typical
• Complex process flow conditions
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A New Riser Pipe Material
m-pipe™ is a high quality, high strength carbon / polymer pipe with a monolithic structure from
bore to surface
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Key Performance Advantages
• Light weight - 10% of the weight in water of the equivalent steel or un-bonded flexible
• High strain to failure up to 2%
• Corrosion resistant to seawater and CO2
• Extremely high fatigue capacity
• Fatigue performance unaffected by sour service
• High temperature operation up to 390°F, 198°C
• High resistance to permeation (100 x that of pa11, pvdf, pe)
• Virtually indestructible from effects of rapid gas decompression
• Low thermal conductivity, 10x better than steel
• Better erosion resistance compared to steel
• Excellent wear resistance
………….. a good riser material
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Fully Automated Process
• A single repetitive process that integrates only two materials
• exceptional process control (parameter control, monitoring, documentation and repeatability)
• Continuous length production capability
• Dimension flexibility 2-24” diameter and wall thickness
• At the point of pipe construction a simpler process with greater control than typical either a steel pipe or non bonded flexible
Single Process
Multiple Processes
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End Fitting Development and Qualification
• m-pipe to any steel interface resolved
• Flange, hub or threaded connections
• As ‘strong as the pipe’
• Preloaded with bore seal
• Compact and light weight
• External pressure test ports
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Typical Pipe Products for 2000m Water Depth
Nominal Diameter
Depth Rating
Pressure Rating
ID
WT
OD
Weight in Air
Spoolable Diameter
(in) (m) (ksi) (mm) (mm) (mm) (kg/m) (m)
2 2000 5K 47 7 61 1.75 7
3 2000 5K 72 9.5 91 3.64 10.5
6 2000 5K 148 17 182 13.4 21
8 2000 5K 199 22 243 23.3 28
10 2000 5K 250 27 304 35.9 35
2 2000 15K 47 8.5 64 2.2 7.5
3 2000 15K 72 12 96 4.78 11.5
6 2000 15K 148 23 194 18.9 23
8 2000 15K 199 31 261 34.3 30
10 2000 15K 250 38 326 52.7 38
WT Equivalent to a 70ksi Steel Pipe
Light Weight
Small Spool Diameter Slide 20
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Status and Questions
• We have access to a new material, pipe and end
fitting
• BUT
– Question 1 – How do we best configure the riser
– Question 2 – How do we install the riser
m-pipe
Risers Catenary
Free Standing
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M-pipe as a Simple Catenary
Static Configuration and with ‘Near’ Current
Current
8in Diameter, 1000m Water Depth, 10 Deg Top Angle
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Min Bend Radius 13.6m (Near)
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Chain Tethered Simple Catenary
Iin Chain
Current
8in Diameter, 1000m Water Depth, 10 Deg Top Angle, 1in Chain, Attached 20% WD
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Min Bend Radius 26.6m (Far)
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Chain Tethered Catenary Conclusion
• Simple configuration based on the proven flexible
riser pliant wave
• Low payloads and high motion tolerance
• Low fatigue and high corrosion resistance
• Will facilitate use of FPSOs in deep and ultra deep
• Will enable critical service conditions HTHP and
UHTHP
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What about Deployment ?
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• Smaller, lower specification vessels
• Shorter installation durations
• Reduced overall installation risk
• Lower maximum lift weights
• Higher permissible deflections at lower loads
• Simplified riser mechanical complexity
(URA/LRA/Foundations)
• Reduced offshore personnel
• Shorter installation durations
• Increased operational windows
• Reduced corrosion coating damage
• Offshore re-spooling
• Increased tow feasibility
m-pipe Installation
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Barge or Construction Vessel Installation
Hub Diameter 26-30m for 8-12in diameter pipe
Small payload (100’s Te rather than 1000’s Te)
Potential for offshore respooling
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Summary
• Despite advances in riser technologies they remain complex and costly
• FPSOs are the most challenging host due to riser motions and offsets
• Ultra deep applications and more stringent service conditions are forecast
• Carbon fibre / polymer technology is coming of age and this and other industries
• It offers the potential for cost savings and simplification of the riser challenge
• In some instances it is an enabler
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