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Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth (2016) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference www.isope.

org
Rhodes, Greece, June 26-July 1, 2016
Copyright © 2016 by the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)
ISBN 978-1-880653-88-3; ISSN 1098-6189

DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF FLOWLINE JUMPER FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA


APPLICATION

Zhigang Li, Ning He, and Bo Wang


China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC)
Tianjing, China

Wenchi Ni
College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University,
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

ABSTRACT
Subsea flowline jumpers have been widely used in deepwater INTRODUCTION
developments as a connection between flowline end terminations
(FLET), subsea facilities, and riser bases. The engineering design Deepwater flowline jumper systems have been in use for some
and installation of rigid jumpers represents a complex engineering years, in particular with the booming of deepwater development in
challenge. Design issues involve strength under extreme static the last decade.
loads including relative end displacements, and strength and
fatigue under forced dynamics due to riser vortex induced vibration
(VIV), direct VIV due to seabed bottom currents, internal flow
induced vibration, cyclic thermal loads, and installation.
This paper presents the engineering design and installation of a
deepwater flowline jumper study with application to the South
China Sea. The design aspects include strength and fatigue under
static and VIV loads since these conditions are generally
dimensioning. A distinguishing feature in the engineering of such
jumpers is a proper balanced approach to reconcile requirements
for strength with those for fatigue because they tend to drive the
design in opposite directions. In particular, strength considerations
dictate a low stiffness solution to avoid high stress under jumper
end motions, but in order to reduce fatigue damage, a high stiffness
design is required. These conflicting requirements were satisfied by
parameterizing selected design geometries and performing an
automated design optimization to minimize the fatigue producing
dynamic stress range under a series of defined riser end load Fig. 1 Illustration of Deepwater Jumpers
conditions while subject to a series of constraints arising from
strength requirements. Following the global configuration design, For jumper connections, as shown in Fig. 1, both rigid jumpers
other design conditions were checked and found to be satisfactory. have been used extensively over the last decade for both first- and
Installation methodology is also outlined step by step to show the second- end pipeline connections. The rigid jumper or spool piece
installability of the designed jumper. It concludes that based on the is a measured and fabricated steel piping component that connects
design basis, the designed jumper has been optimized and subsea structures with diverless connectors on each end. Rigid
installability has been fully demonstrated. jumpers have lately been used for pipeline connections between
pipeline end manifolds (PLEM) and riser bases, as pipeline bundle
Key Words: Flowlines, Jumper, South China Sea, Design, midline connections, and between subsea trees and manifolds and
Installation PLEMs.

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