MAR 563
Subsea and Pipeline Engineering
3
Course Description
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. explain the requirements and challenges of deep-water oil exploration and field
development;
2. perform basic design of subsea pipelines, risers, cathodic protection, etc.;
3. describe and state the significance of wellheads and Xmas trees, manifolds and well
clusters, flowlines and pipelines, risers and umbilicals, etc.; and
4. discuss the procedure for the installation of SPS items, operation of ROVs, AUVs and
pigging.
Course Outline
Deepwater field development and subsea engineering. Wellheads and Xmas trees; manifolds
and well clusters; flowlines and pipelines. Subsea operation and control system. Installation
of SPS items; divers/ROVs/AUVs. Subsea systems inspection, maintenance and repair.
Deepwater risers and umbilicals. Flow assurance and system design. Introduction to design
of subsea pipelines and risers. Pipelaying methods. Mechanical design considerations.
Corrosion; wall thickness and material grade selection, seabed pipeline stability analysis,
inspection and maintenance.