A Quick Guide to Pipeline Engineering

D Alkazraji (Author)

9781845694906, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 26 March 2008

176 pages
18.7 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.19 kg

Pipeline engineering requires an understanding of a wide range of topics. Operators must take into account numerous pipeline codes and standards, calculation approaches, and reference materials in order to make accurate and informed decisions.

A Quick Guide to Pipeline Engineering provides concise, easy-to-use, and accessible information on onshore and offshore pipeline engineering. Topics covered include: design; construction; testing; operation and maintenance; and decommissioning.

Basic principles are discussed and clear guidance on regulations is provided, in a way that will prove useful to both engineers and students.

• The Quick Guide Series
• Invitation to New Authors
• Preface
• Summary
• Chapter1: Principles of Pipeline Design
  • 1.1 Effect on the environment
  • 1.2 Routing
  • 1.3 Approval and legal considerations
• Chapter 2: Design Approach
  • 2.1 Factors that influence the length of a pipeline
  • 2.2 Choosing a wall thickness for the pipeline
  • 2.3 Choosing an appropriate material grade for the pipeline
  • 2.4 Toughness
  • 2.2 Operational pressure
  • 2.6 Temperature effects
  • 2.7 Surge
  • 2.8 Pipeline coating
  • 2.9 Pipeline protection
• Chapter 3: Pipeline Construction and Risk Assessment Techniques
  • 3.1 Pipeline manufacturing methods
  • 3.2 Land preparation, excavation and pipe stringing
  • 3.3 Corrosion protection
  • 3.4 Pipeline codes and standards
  • 3.5 Risk assessment techniques
  • 3.6 Quantitative risk assessment
  • 3.7 Qualitative risk assessment
• Chapter 4: Pressure Testing and Commissioning
  • 4.1 Pressure testing
  • 4.2 Commissioning
• Chapter 5: Pipeline Operation
  • 5.1 Magnetic inspection
  • 5.2 Ultrasonic inspection
  • 5.3 Geometric tools
  • 5.4 In-service defects and corrosion mechanisms
• Chapter 6: Pipeline Maintenance
  • 6.1 Assessment of internal and external corrosion features
  • 6.2 Assessing dents/profile distortions
  • 6.3 Significance of manufacturing and construction defects
• Chapter 7: Pipeline Condition Monitoring and Repair Methods
  • 7.1 Pearson survey
  • 7.2 CIPPS survey
  • 7.3 DCVG survey
  • 7.4 Repair techniques
• Chapter 8: Pipeline Decommissioning and Industry Developments
  • 8.1 Pipeline decommissioning
  • 8.2 Pipeline industry developments
• References
• Index

Subject Areas: Structural engineering [TNC]