Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Scientific and Methodological Provision of Safety of Offshore Subsea Pipelines with Defects according to Risk Criteria

  • MATERIALS MECHANICS: STRENGTH, DURABILITY, SAFETY
  • Published:
Inorganic Materials Aims and scope

Abstract

Scientific and methodological aspects of ensuring the safety of offshore subsea pipelines according to accident risk criteria are considered. A conceptual approach to assessing the hazard of defects according to risk criteria is formulated by analyzing modern norms and requirements on pipeline design. A probabilistic model for assessing the risk of accidents at offshore subsea pipelines considering the randomness of defects and damage from accidents is developed. The criterial conditions for the permissibility of defects in pipelines are formulated. Two conceptual directions for developing a procedural framework for calculating the permissible defects versus risk criteria are proposed on this basis. The first direction consists in elaborating semi-probabilistic calculation procedures using differentiated margin factors, considering the accident risk level. The second direction consists in solving the problem of the probability of pipeline failure, taking into account the restrictions in the form of a preset risk value. The probability and scale of accidents are linked through a risk matrix. The calculation methodology is developed using a semi-probabilistic concept for the most typical defects in offshore subsea pipelines. The suitability of the pipeline for operation after in-line diagnostics is determined using a three-level assessment of permissible defect sizes. The first level is basic and determines permissible defect sizes according to the strength criteria for pipelines exposed to the main loads, i.e., internal overpressure and external hydrostatic external head. The second level is extended and determines permissible defect sizes according to the strength criteria, taking into account the impact of additional longitudinal and bending loads on pipelines. The third level is special and determines permissible dimensions of cracks and cracklike defects according to the crack resistance characteristics of the pipeline metal. The novelty of the method consists in the justification of the margin factors through the failure probability levels corresponding to a preset class of damage and losses. A scheme for making decisions on the permissibility of defects according to risk criteria has been developed. An example of the assessment of the hazard of defects in offshore subsea pipelines is presented.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 5.
Fig. 6.
Fig. 7.

REFERENCES

  1. Borodavkin, P.P., Morskie neftegazovye sooruzheniya. Chast’ 1. Konstruirovaniye (Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities, Part 1: Design), Moscow: Nedra-Biznestsentr, 2006.

  2. Bay, Y. and Bay, Q., Subsea Pipeline Design, Analysis and Installation, New York: Elsevier, 2014.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Bay, Y. and Bay, Q., Subsea Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management, New York: Elsevier, 2014.

    Google Scholar 

  4. GOST (State Standard) R 54382-2011: Oil and gas industry. Subsea pipeline systems. General technical requirements, 2013.

  5. ND 2-020301-005-e: Rules for the classification and construction of subsea pipelines, 2017.

  6. RR1114: Offshore accident and failure frequency data sources-review and recommendations, Derbyshire: HSE Books, 2017.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Christou, M. and Konstantinidou, M., Safety of offshore oil and gas operations: Lessons from post accidental analysis, Report EUR25646EN, 2012.

  8. Arkadov, G.V., Getman, A.F., and Rodionov, A.N., Nadezhnost’ oborudovaniya i truboprovodov i optimizatsiya ekspluatatsii AES (Reliability of NPP Equipment and Pipelines), Moscow: Energoatomizdat, 2010.

  9. Zainullin, R.C., Morozov, E.M., and Aleksandrov, A.A., Kriterii bezopasnogo razrusheniya elementov truboprovodnykh sistem s treshchinami (Criteria for Safe Fracture of Pipeline System Elements with Cracks), Moscow: Nauka, 2005.

  10. Gaspariants, R.S., Calculation of the strength and durability of pipelines with corrosion defects of metal loss, Neftegaz. Delo, 2008, no. 1, pp. 34–39.

  11. Mirzoev, A.M., Review of approaches and methods for assessing the technical condition the linear part of gas pipelines, Neftegaz. Delo, 2012, no. 4, pp. 111–123.

  12. Timashev, S.A., Bushinskaya, A.V., Malukova, M.G., and Poluyan, L.V., Tselostnost’ i bezopasnost’ truboprovodnykh sistem (Integrity and Safety of Pipeline Systems), Yekaterinburg: UrO RAN, 2013.

  13. Leis, B.N. and Stephens, D.R., An alternative approach to assess the integrity of corroded line pipe. Part II: Alternative criterion, Proceedings of the 7th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, USA, May 25–30, 1997, pp. 635–641.

  14. DNV-RP-F101: Corroded pipelines, Det Norske Veritas, 2010.

  15. Manual for Determining the Remaining Strength of Corroded Pipelines, ASME B31G, A Supplement to ASME B31G Code for Pressure Piping, New York: Am. Pet. Inst., 2009.

  16. SINTAP, Structural Integrity Assessment Procedure, Final Revision, EU-Project BE 95-1462, 1999.

  17. BS7910:2013: Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures, 2013.

  18. OST-23.040.00-KTN-574-06: Trunk oil pipelines. Determination of strength and durability of pipes and welded joints with defects, Moscow, 2011.

  19. Ivantsov, O.M., Kharionovskii, V.V., and Tchernii, V.P., Sopostavlenie metodik rascheta magistral’nykh truboprovodov po normam Rossii, SShA, Kanady i evropeiskikh stran (Comparison of Calculation Methods for Trunk Pipelines According to the Standards of Russia, USA, Canada and European Countries), Moscow: Gazprom, 1997.

  20. Amaya-Gómez, R., Sanchez-Silva, M., Bastidas-Arteaga, E., Schoefs, F., and Munoz, F., Reliability assessments of corroded pipelines based on internal pressure. A review. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01988082.

  21. DNVGL-ST-F101: Submarine pipeline systems, 2017.

  22. Makhutov, N.A., Bezopasnost’ i riski. Sistemnyye issledovaniya i razrabotki (Safety and Risks: System Research and Development), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 2017.

  23. Lepikhin, A., Moskvichev, V., and Makhutov, N., Probabilistic modelling in solving analytical problems of system engineering, in Probabilistic Modelling in System Engineering, London: IntechOpen, 2018, pp. 1–22.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Lepikhin, A.M., Makhutov, N.A., Moskvichev, V.V., and Chernyaev, A.P., Veroyatnostnyi risk-analiz konstruktsii tekhnicheskikh sistem (Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Technical System Designs), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 2003.

  25. ANSI/API 5L: Specification for Line Pipe, Washington: API, 2013.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 101000, Moscow, Russia

    N. A. Makhutov

  2. Federal Research Center for Information and Computational Technologies, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    A. M. Lepikhin

  3. NTTs NefteGazDiagnostika, 105066, Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Lepikhin & V. V. Leshchenko

Authors
  1. N. A. Makhutov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. A. M. Lepikhin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. V. Leshchenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to N. A. Makhutov, A. M. Lepikhin or V. V. Leshchenko.

Ethics declarations

The author declares that he has no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Translated by S. Kuznetsov

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Makhutov, N.A., Lepikhin, A.M. & Leshchenko, V.V. Scientific and Methodological Provision of Safety of Offshore Subsea Pipelines with Defects according to Risk Criteria. Inorg Mater 58, 1556–1562 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168522150055

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168522150055

Keywords:

Search

Navigation