Attachment 31 - 17G3 Task Group Status Report

API C2 / SC 17
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
API 17G3 Light Duty Intervention System (LDIS)
REVISION TASK GROUP STATUS
1.9.2015
API 17G3 – LIGHT DUTY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
WINTER MEETING STATUS REPORT
1.
INTRODUCTION
Include in this update is the status of API 17G3 and a summary of the new direction
agreed in August, 2014.
2.
STATUS
A draft LDIS design flow chart was distributed for review. No comments received
outside of the API 17G meeting in Galveston in August, 2014.
3.
MEMBERSHIP
TABLE 1-1: API RP17W TASK GROUP MEMBERS
Name
Company
E-Mail Address
Mike Swift Hess Corporation mswift@hess.com
Mike Hess
Shell
michael.hess@shell.com
Mirick Cox
ExxonMobil
mirick.t.cox@exxonmobil.com
Paul Beauchamp
NOV
paul.beauchamp@nov.com
Lalit Karlapalem
NOV
lalit.karlapalem@nov.com
Ryan Schmidt
FMC Technologies
ryan.schmidt@fmcti.com
Espen Holm
FMC Technologies
espen.holm@fmcti.com
Tore Geir Wernø Alastair Buchanan Statoil Statoil TGW@statoil.com
Joe Savoy
Wild Well Control
jsavoy@wildwell.com
Jamie Walker
Expro Group
jamie.walker@exprogroup.com
Paul Deacon
Expro Group
paul.deacon@exprogroup.com
Derek Ferguson
Expro Group
derek.ferguson@exprogroup.com
Bill Cowan
ENI
bill.cowan@enipetroleum.com
Thomas Box
Tetra Technologies
tbox@tetratec.com
Virgilio Garcia
Tetra Technologies
vgarcia@tetratec.com
Mitch Dziekonski Titanium Engineers mitch@titaniumengineers.com
Oskar Kudla
BP
Oskar.Kudla@bp.com
Bill Parks
DTC International
bill.parks@dtc-houston.com
Khoa Pham
alabuc@statoil.com
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4.
MAJOR ISSUES
API 17G3 is different from G2 (subsea pumping) and G4 (riserless intervention) in
that it is a pipe based system. Deviation from API 17G, for a pipe based system,
should only come in the form of reduced application if API 17G functionality is
removed for simplification.
The challenge 17G3 is facing is the volume of applications and configurations one
could dream up for a Light Duty Intervention System. Light Duty Intervention
System, by name, is light. It is a pipe based system designed with reduced
functionality for a specific use or application. The whole of API 17G may not apply
to LDIS, but there are minimum 17G requirements that must be followed.
A design flow chart was proposed as a way to guide designers, manufactures and
operators to a set of minimum requirements when specifying a LDIS. After thinking
about this further, a design flow chart is nothing more than an applied safety strategy
which the current 17G requires.
This direction was proposed to API 17G members during the August, 2014 meeting
in Galveston. It was unanimously accepted.
API 17G3 should document an example, common application, such as executing a
through-tubing intervention with wireline only by using the 17G safety strategy in the
form of a design flow chart. The method can then be applied to any application or
system configuration.
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5.
ANTICIPATED NEW WORK ITEMS
Below is an example flow chart that was reviewed during August, 2014 meeting.
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6.
PLANS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
Review the design flow chart method for specifying LDIS for a specific application
and determine if this direction is useful for the industry.
7.
RESOURCE NEEDS
Participation has dropped off. Resources from manufactures and end users are
needed to mature the example design flow chart and bring this effort to an end.
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