NORSOK STANDARD

P-002
Edition 1, August 2014

Process system design

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and Gas Association and The Federation of Norwegian Industries. Please note that whilst every effort has been
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Foreword 6
Introduction 6
1 Scope 7
2 Normative and informative references 7
2.1 Normative references 7
2.2 Informative references 8
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations 8
3.1 Terms and definitions 8
3.2 Abbreviations 9
PART [I] – GENERAL PROCESS SECTION 10
4 Design pressure and temperature 10
4.1 General 10
4.2 Design pressure 10
4.3 Design temperature 11
5 General system design 12
5.1 Design for minimum impact of facility movement 12
5.2 Material selection 12
5.3 Maintenance and isolation 12
6 Safety requirements 13
6.1 Objectives 13
6.2 Safety analysis 13
6.3 Hazard and operability 13
6.4 Overpressure protection 14
6.5 Check valves 15
6.6 Piping 15
7 Line sizing criteria 15
7.1 General 15
7.2 Sizing of liquid lines 16
7.3 Sizing of gas lines 18
7.4 Sizing of gas/liquid two phase / multiphase lines 19
7.5 Sizing of flare and vent lines 20
8 General process equipment design 21
8.1 Horizontal separator design 21
8.2 Vertical separator design 23
8.3 Scrubber design 23
8.4 Atmospheric tank design 25
8.5 Heat exchanger design 25
8.6 Pig launcher/receiver design 29
8.7 Filters 29
9 Detailed requirements for system and equipment isolation 29
9.1 General 29
9.2 Physical separation 29
9.3 Level of isolation 30
9.4 Connections to flare, vents and closed drains 33
9.5 Operational drain, vent and flushing requirements 35
10 Insulation and heat tracing of piping and equipment 35
10.1 General 35
10.2 Heat conservation and frost protection 36
PART [II] – SYSTEM DESIGN SECTION 37
11 Topside flow lines and manifolds (system 13) 37
11.1 General 37
11.2 System design 37
11.3 Monitoring 37
11.4 Safety 37

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12 Separation and stabilisation (system 20) 37

12.1 General 37
12.2 Pressure and level control 37
12.3 Test separator 37
12.4 Layout 38
12.5 Injection of chemicals 38
13 Crude handling (system 21) 38
13.1 General 38
13.2 Design requirements 38
13.3 Safety 38
14 Gas compression (systems 23, 26 and 27) 39
14.1 General 39
14.2 System design 39
14.3 Compressors 39
14.4 Safety 40
14.5 Layout 40
15 Gas treatment (system 24) 40
15.1 General 40
15.2 Glycol contactors 40
15.3 Regeneration unit and storage 41
15.4 Wet gas inlet coolers 42
15.5 Safety 42
15.6 Layout 42
15.7 Environmental requirements 42
16 Gas conditioning (system 25) 42
16.1 General 42
16.2 Heat exchangers and scrubbers 43
16.3 Turbo expander and recompressor unit 43
16.4 Design pressure and temperature 43
16.5 Layout 43
17 Water injection (system 29) 43
17.1 General 43
17.2 Filtration 44
17.3 Disinfection 44
17.4 Deoxygenation 44
17.5 Pumps 44
17.6 Chemical injection 44
17.7 Monitoring 44
18 Cooling medium (system 40) 44
18.1 General 44
18.2 Filtration 45
18.3 System operating pressure 45
18.4 Expansion tank 45
18.5 Layout 45
19 Heating medium (system 41) 45
19.1 General 45
19.2 Pumps 46
19.3 Waste heat recovery units 46
19.4 Filter 46
19.5 Expansion tank 46
19.6 Layout 46
20 Chemical injection (system 42) 46
20.1 General 46
20.2 Storage tanks 47
20.3 Drip trays and drainage 47
20.4 Injection points 47
20.5 Safety 47
20.6 Maintenance 47

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21 Flare and vent (system 43) 48

21.1 General 48
21.2 Knock-out drum 48
21.3 Thermal radiation 48
21.4 Flare gas recovery systems 48
21.5 Layout 49
21.6 FPSO Considerations 49
22 Oily water treatment (system 44) 49
22.1 General 49
22.2 Produced water treatment 49
22.3 Flash drum 50
22.4 Layout 50
23 Fuel gas (system 45) 50
23.1 General 50
23.2 System design 50
23.3 Fuel gas heating 50
24 Methanol injection (system 46) 50
24.1 General 50
24.2 System design 50
24.3 Storage tank 51
24.4 Injection 51
25 Chlorination (system 47) 51
25.1 General 51
25.2 System design 51
25.3 Electrolysis cells 52
26 Sea water (system 50) 52
26.1 General 52
26.2 Pumps 52
26.3 Filters 53
26.4 Prevention of marine growth 53
26.5 Layout 53
27 Fresh water (system 53) 53
27.1 General 53
27.2 Fresh water treatment 53
27.3 Maintenance 53
28 Open drain (system 56) 54
28.1 General 54
28.2 System capacity 54
28.3 Drain tanks 54
28.4 Drilling drain 54
28.5 Maintenance 54
28.6 Layout 54
28.7 Safety 55
29 Closed drain (system 57) 55
29.1 General 55
29.2 Closed drain flash drum 55
29.3 Design temperature 55
29.4 Reclaimed oil sump 55
29.5 Reclaimed oil sump pump 55
29.6 Safety 56
30 Diesel oil (system 62) 56
30.1 General 56
30.2 Storage tanks 56
30.3 Hose loading stations 56
30.4 Day tanks 56
30.5 Maintenance 56
31 Compressed air (system 63) 56

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31.1 General 56

31.2 Dehydration 57
31.3 Filtration 57
31.4 Air receiver 57
31.5 Sparing 57
31.6 Safety 57
31.7 Layout 57
32 Inert gas (system 64) 58
32.1 General 58
32.2 System design 58
32.3 Sparing 58
32.4 Operational requirements 58
33 Hydraulic power (system 65) 58
33.1 General 58
33.2 Reservoir 58
33.3 Pumps 59
33.4 Filters 59
33.5 Accumulator capacity 59
33.6 Safety 59
33.7 Maintenance 59
34 Sewage (system 66) 59
34.1 General 59
34.2 System capacity 60
34.3 Operating temperature 60
34.4 Layout 60

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Foreword
The NORSOK standards are developed by the Norwegian petroleum industry to ensure adequate safety,
value adding and cost effectiveness for petroleum industry developments and operations. Furthermore,
NORSOK standards are, as far as possible, intended to replace oil company specifications and serve as
references in the authorities’ regulations.

The NORSOK standards are normally based on recognised international standards, adding the provisions
deemed necessary to fill the broad needs of the Norwegian petroleum industry. Where relevant, NORSOK
standards will be used to provide the Norwegian industry input to the international standardisation process.
Subject to development and publication of international standards, the relevant NORSOK standard will be
withdrawn.

The NORSOK standards are developed according to the consensus principle generally applicable for most
standards work and according to established procedures defined in NORSOK A-001.

The NORSOK standards are prepared and published with support by the Norwegian Oil and Gas
Association, The Federation of Norwegian Industries, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association and The
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway.

NORSOK standards are administered and published by Standards Norway.

Reprint January 2015

In the first print, shadow elements were displayed with some of the figures in Clause 9. They have been
removed. Print format was checked and some sections were numbered due to inconsistency in the first print.
No words have been changed.

Introduction
The development of this NORSOK standard is primarily based on proven technology, but it does not
preclude the use of new technology. The system design sections are based on the most frequently used
systems, but this does not imply that alternatives may not be used (for example dehydration by use of glycol
is covered, but not the use of molecular sieves or other means).

The following changes have been made to this NORSOK standard:

x P-001 and P-100 have been combined into a single document to improve accessibility and remove
redundancy.
x Content has been simplified and some superfluous text has been deleted.
x The document has been updated to reflect current industry practice and relevant international standards.
x In clause 21.2, the sizing of knock out drum with respect to liquid accumulation, has been made more
consistent with international standards. The use of instrumented protection functions to allow for reduced
liquid accumulation capacity requires more stringent documentation.
x API Std 521, sixth edition issued January 2014 covers acoustic fatigue in piping, sizing of flare knock-out
drums, choke valve failure, water hammer and allowance for non-return valves in some depth, so these
sections have been removed or edited.
x ISO 23251 and ISO 28300 have been classed as Informative in this document as they are similar to
API Std 521 and API Std 2000, which have been recently updated and better reflect current thinking.
x For HAZOP studies, the recommendation to use full reporting has been removed. This is seen as being
up to the individual company’s standards.

The system numbers used in this NORSOK standard are those defined in NORSOK Z-DP-002.

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1 Scope
This NORSOK standard provides requirements for the following aspects of topside process piping and
equipment design on offshore production facilities:

x design pressure and temperature;

x safety instrumented secondary pressure protection systems;
x line sizing;
x system and equipment isolation;
x insulation and heat tracing.

These criteria are applicable for all processes, process support and utility systems.

Additionally this NORSOK standard defines the minimum functional requirements for process systems on an
offshore installation. The standard includes a number of recommendations to give additional guidance for the
system design.

2 Normative and informative references

The following standards include provisions and guidelines which, through reference in this text, constitute
provisions and guidelines of this NORSOK standard. Latest issue of the references shall be used unless
otherwise agreed. Other recognized standards may be used provided it can be shown that they meet the
requirements of the referenced standards.

2.1 Normative references

API 2000, Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks
API RP 14C Analysis, Design, Installation and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems on
Offshore Production Platforms
API RP 17O Recommended Practice for Subsea High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems
API Std 520 Sizing, Selection and Installation of Pressure-relieving Devices in Refineries
API Std 521 Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems
API Std 537 Flare Details for General Refinery and Petrochemical Service, Second Edition
BS MA-18 Salt water piping systems in ships
DNV-OS-E201 Oil and Gas Processing Systems
EN 1473 Installation and equipment for liquefied natural gas – Design of onshore
installations
FOR-1994-02-10-123, Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD): Forskrift for flyttbare innretninger med
produksjonstekniske installasjoner og utstyr
IEC 61508, Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety related
systems
IEC 61882 Hazard and operability studies (HAZOP studies) – Application guide
IEC 61511 (All parts) Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector
ISO 4126 Safety devices for protection against excessive pressure
ISO 10418 (All parts) Petroleum and natural gas industries – Offshore production installations – Basic
surface process safety systems
ISO 12241 Thermal insulation for building equipment and industrial installations – Calculation
rules
ISO 13628-6 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and operation of subsea production
systems – Part 6: Subsea production control systems
ISO 13702 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Control and migration of fires and
explosions on offshore production installations – Requirements and guidelines.
ISO 13703 Petroleum and natural gas industries – Design and installation of piping systems on
offshore production platforms

ISO 25457 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Flare details for general
refinery and petrochemical service.
NOTE This standard is similar to API Std 537.
NORSOK I-104 Fiscal measurement system for hydrocarbon gas
NORSOK I-105 Fiscal measurement systems for hydrocarbon liquid
NORSOK M-001 Materials selection
NORSOK R-001 Mechanical equipment
NORSOK R-004 Piping and equipment insulation

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