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UMSIRE - JIP

Umbilical Termination Size Reduction

12th June 2012

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2 Source: Subsea7

The problem

Why UMSIRE?

One trend that has emerged in recent years in the design of umbilical systems is the progressive increase of the size and weight of end terminations

Driven by the need to integrate functions normally found on manifolds, this emerging trend poses extremely severe challenges to installers and appears to be compounded by the differing requirements of parties in the supply chain (FEED contractors, termination designers, operators and manufacturers)

2000 2012

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The consequences

Why UMSIRE?

COST Oversize terminations often require

a bespoke solution leading to “re-inventing the wheel” syndrome

Carousels may have to be deployed instead of reels

TIME Increase in lead time Longer fabrication and assembly Increase in vessel time Installation vessel availability

RISK Together with terminations, bend

stiffeners and bend restrictors have grown in size and weight

Lack of clear definition of acceptable level of risk resulting in over-engineering

UTAs are not properly designed for lifting and over-boarding

RELIABILITY Long term reliability of the

umbilical system can be jeopardised

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The solution

Why UMSIRE?

Following an Umbilical Manufacturers’ Federation initiative, several major umbilical installation contractors (Acergy, Saipem, Subsea7 andTechnip) and OTM Consulting collaborated towards the launch of a JIP for the development of a RP

The document would address the need to standardise the shape of umbilical terminations and identify guidelines for their size and weight

UMSIRE JIP objective: to reduce the size of umbilical terminations through increased understanding of the key issues associated to their design, manufacturing and installation and the development of a RP

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UMSIRE - timeline

Apr 2011

Sep 2011

June 2012

Sept 2010

A scoping meeting was held with the installers to

agree on the outline of the

JIP

UMSIRE JIP Launch meeting

took place. 15 companies

attended

UMSIRE JIP Kick off meeting

Meetings held regularly every 3

months

(September 2012 meeting taking place in

Houston)

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Current members

UMSIRE

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UMSIRE working group structure and deliverables

WG 1 Configurations

WG 2Economic/Risk

Analysis

WG 3UTA design guidelines

DELIVERABLE

Technical Report (TR) mapping the complexity of the

most common umbilical systems

and giving indications on the type of installation

vessel required

DELIVERABLE

Technical Report (TR) correlating

the umbilical system

complexity/UTA size against cost

and risk

DELIVERABLE

Recommended Practice (RP)

covering all the design aspects for smaller and lighter

UTAs

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Progress to date

Carried out 2 surveys mapping UTA’s functionalities to their size to identify correlations

Using a different approach to identify a “baseline” system taking as reference the constraints imposed by closed tensioner systems

WG 1 Configurations

DELIVERABLE

Technical Report (TR) mapping the complexity of the

most common umbilical systems

and giving indications on the type of installation

vessel required

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Progress to date

Prepared a draft table of content

Drafted sections on: UTA configuration Structural design requirements Geometry Interfaces Tubing Electrical/optical requirements

WG 3UTA design guidelines

DELIVERABLE

Recommended Practice (RP)

covering all the design aspects for smaller and lighter

UTAs

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How could the UMSIRE JIP deliverables be integrated with API 17 standards?

Questions?