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Safebuck Phase 2
Boreas Consultants Ltd., together with its project partners TWI Ltd., University of Cambridge and OTM Consulting Ltd., are pleased to present the SAFEBUCK Phase II joint industry project (JIP).
The original SAFEBUCK JIP was supported by ten key Oil and Gas organisations from around the world and delivered:-
- A unique design guideline for on-bottom lateral buckling covering single pipe and pipe-in-pipe systems;
- Unique analytical models for lateral buckling and pipe-walking behaviour;
- A toolbox of innovative methods for initiating and controlling lateral buckling;
- Methodologies to demonstrate the integrity of single pipe and pipe-in-pipe systems;
- Unique experimental pipe-soil interaction data for large cyclic displacements.
The JIP has raised confidence in the on-bottom lateral buckling design solution and opened up a significant potential for CAPEX reduction for future developments.
The guideline provides a baseline for the safe development of future projects. SAFEBUCK Phase II extends and optimises the guideline, and reduces the conservatisms within it, so that projects involving the most challenging HPHT operating environments can confidently adopt the on-bottom design solution. The key areas of work which will be undertaken in SAFEBUCK Phase II are:-
- Enhancement and optimisation of the design approach through use of structural reliability techniques;
- Experimental evaluation of pipeline walking and the underlying pipe-soil mechanism;
- Improved definition of the key local buckling and low cycle fatigue limit states;
- Soils testing to extend the database of lateral and axial soils response.
The JIP will be an enabling technology for many upcoming HPHT developments.
If you are interested in joining the SAFEBUCK JIP, please contact OTM Consulting for details on how you can join or if you have questions or queries relating to the SAFEBUCK JIP.
Shreekant Mehta
Associate Director
OTM Consulting
44 Quarry Street
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3XQ
Phone: +44 (0) 1483 598 000
Fax: +44 (0) 1483 598 010
Email: shreekant.mehta@otmnet.com
