Gas Transmission Pipelines

ENGINEERING SERVICES LP
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Engineering Specification

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1.0 SCOPE
– Operation/Maintenance of Gas Transmission
Piping Systems
» Design
» Fabrication
» Installation
» Inspection
» Testing
» Safety

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 Intent
Provide engineering specifications
for safe construction, opera-tion,
maintenance, and inspection of gas
transmission piping systems.
Shall meet or exceed ASME/ANSI
B31.8 and DOT 49CFR192.

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 Exclusions
– Design and fabrication of pressure vessels
covered by ASME BPV Code
– Piping with metal temperatures above 450oF or
below -20oF
– Design and manufacture of proprietary items of
equipment, apparatus, or instruments
– Hazardous liquid pipelines (B31.4)

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3.0 PIPING SYSTEMS DEFINITIONS
– General Terms
– Piping Systems
– Pressure Relief
– Valves

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 Piping Systems Component Definitions
– Pipe and Piping Terms
– Dimensional Terms
– Mechanical Properties
– Carbon Steel Pipe
– Pipe Manufacturing Processes

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4.0 Design, Fabrication, Operation, and
Testing Terms
– LOCATION CLASS
– Uprating
– Pressure Terms
– Temperature Terms
– Stress Terms

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5.0 MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
– Qualifications of Materials and Equipment
– Marking
– Material Specifications - Steel Pipe
– Equipment Specifications
– Transportation of Line Pipe
– Conditions for the Reuse of Line Pipe

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6.0 WELDING
– Welding Terms
– Preparation for Welding
» Butt Welds
» Fillet Welds
» Seal Welds

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 Qualification of Procedures and Welders
– Requirements for Piping Systems Operating at
Hoop Stresses Less Than 20% SMYS
– Requirements for Piping Systems Operating at
Hoop Stresses More Than 20% SMYS
– Variables Requiring Separate Qualification of
Welding Procedures and Welders
– Welder Requalification Requirements
– Qualification Records

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 Preheating and Stress Relieving
– Preheating
– Stress Relieving
» Maximum carbon or carbon equivalent
» Thickness
» Dissimilar materials
» Fillet and groove weld limitations
» Stress Relieving Temperatures
» Methods of Stress Relieving
» Equipment for Local Stress Relieving
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 Welding and Inspection Tests
– Inspection of Welds on Piping Systems
Intended to Operate at Less Than 20% SMYS
– Inspection and Tests for Quality Control of
Welds on Piping Systems Intended to Operate
at 20% or more of SMYS
– Repair or removal of defective welds in piping
intended to operate at 20% or more of SMYS

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7.0 PIPING SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND
FABRICATION DETAILS
– Valves and pressure reducing devices
– Flanges
– Standard fittings
– Branch connections
– Special connections fabricated by welding
– Closures

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 Reinforcement of Welded Branch
Connections
– General requirements
– Special requirements
– Reinforcement of Multiple Openings
– Extruded Outlets

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 Expansion and Flexibility
– Amount of expansion
– Flexibility requirements
 Combined Stress Calculations
 Supports and Anchors for Above Ground
Piping
 Supports and Anchors for Buried Piping

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8.0 DESIGN, INSTALLATION, AND
TESTING
– Steel Pipe Design Formula
» Limitations on Design Pressure, P
» Limitations on Specified Minimum Yield Strength
» Additional Requirements for Wall Thickness, t
» Design Factors, F, and Location Classes
» Fabricated Assemblies & Pipelines on Bridges
» Cover, Clearance, and Casing Requirements

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 Installation of Steel Pipelines
– Construction Specifications
– Inspection Provisions
– Bends, Elbows, and Miters in Steel Pipelines
– Pipe Surface Requirements for Pipe to Operate
at 20% or more of SMYS
» Detection and repair of gouges, grooves, dents, and
arc burns

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 Miscellaneous Construction Operations
– Handling, hauling,and stringing pipe joints
– Installation of pipe in the ditch
– Backfilling
– Preventing combusible gas-air mixture in the
pipeline
– Welding with gas in the pipeline
– Purging of pipelines

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 Testing After Pipeline Construction
– Two (2) hour strength test at 1.5 times design
pressure
» Test pressures versus Location Classes
– Leak testing after construction
– Safety During Tests

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 Compressor Station Equipment
– Design
– Electrical Facilities
– Compressor Station Equipment
– Safety Devices
– Pressure Limiting Devices
– Explosion Prevention

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 Compressor Station Piping
– Gas Piping
» Specifications for gas piping
» Installation
» Testing
» Identification of valves and piping
» Piping design codes - Fuel gas, air, lubricating oil,
water, steam, and hydraulic.

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 Control and Limiting of Gas Pressure
– Requirements for Design of Pressure Relief and
Pressure Limiting Stations
– Capacity of Pressure Relieving and Pressure
Limiting Stations and Devices
» Required capacity
» Proof of adequate capacity and satisfactory
performance of pressure limiting and pressure relief
devices
– Uprating
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8.5 Valves
– Required spacing of gas transmission pipeline
valves
– Location of gas transmission pipeline valves
 Vaults (Valve Boxes)
– Structural design requirements
– Accessibility
– Vault Sealing, Venting, and Ventilation
– Drainage and Waterproofing
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9.0 OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
PROCEDURES
– Basic Requirements
– Essential Features of the Operating and
Maintenance Plan
– Essential Features of the Emergency Plan
– Pipeline Failure Investigation
– Prevention of Accidental Ignition
– Blasting Effects
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9.2 PIPELINE MAINTENANCE
– Continuing Surveillance of Pipelines
– Pipeline Patrolling
– Leak Surveys
– Permanent Repair Procedures for Injurious
Gouges, Grooves, Dents, Welding Defects,
Leaks, and Nonleaking Corroded Areas
– Testing Repairs and Replacement Pipe Sections

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 PIPELINE MAINTENANCE (Continued)
– Nondestructive Testing of Repairs, Gouges,
Grooves, Dents, and Welds
– Pipeline Leak Records
– Pipeline Markers
– Abandoning of Transmission Facilities
– Repositioning a Pipeline in Service

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 Miscellaneous Facilities Maintenance
– Compressor Station Maintenance
» Inspection and testing of relief valves
» Repairs to compressor station piping
– Maintenance of Pressure Limiting and Pressure
Regulating Stations
» Emergency valve inspection procedures
» Valve records
» Prevention of accidental operation

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 Pipeline Service Conversions
– Historical Records Study
– Requirements for Conversion to Gas Service
– Conversion Procedure
– Records of the Conversion

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10.0 CORROSION CONTROL
– External
– Internal
– Pipelines in High Temperature Service
– Stress Corrosion and Other Phenomena
– Records
– Expanded corrosion control presentation is a
part of three (3) other training programs.

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