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20 Tube ProducTs InTernaTIonal March 2016
Updated guide to testing of pressure
pipes and fittings
Issue 2 of IGN 4-01-03, “Guide to
pressure testing of pressure pipes
and fittings for use by public water
suppliers”, is now available. Experts
from Water UK and the BPF Pipes
Group, representing pipe and fitting
manufacturers and pressure test
practitioners, have worked together to
update the guidance and present it in a
more concise way.
The document is for use by public water
suppliers and their contractors, and is a
key industry guide to the proof hydraulic
testing of water and sewerage pressure
pipelines laid in the UK. It details the
correct test procedures and result
analysis methods for polyethylene,
uPVC, ductile iron, steel and GRP
pipelines. It meets the requirements of
European standards and supersedes all
other UK guidance, including Issue 1 of
IGN 4-01-03 and WRc’s guide to testing
of supply pipelines and rising mains.
To accommodate the increasing
use of polyethylene pipes in larger
diameters with a wider range of SDRs,
the document extends its guidance of
PE100 pipe systems up to 1,200mm,
in SDR11, 17 and 21. One of the
main contributors to the update of
the document, Mark Hunter of Radius
Systems, said, “Our aim was to create
an all-encompassing, improved and
easy-to-read industry guide for both
water utilities and contractors. With the
constant developments in the pipeline
industry, it is in everyone’s interest to
keep our guidance documents up to
date.”
The guidance document, along with
others, is available as a free download
from the Water UK website.
Water UK represents all major statutory
water and wastewater service supply
organisations in England, Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland. It works
at national and European levels for the
water industry on behalf of its members
and the interests of all stakeholders.
The BPF Pipes Group is part of the
British Plastics Federation (BPF), a trade
federation of the UK plastics industry. It
has been representing UKmanufacturers
of plastic pipes and fittings since 1962.
Water uK
british Plastics Federation – UK
Subsea contract for Gulf of Mexico
deepwater field
Technip has been awarded a lump sum
contract by Deep Gulf Energy II, LLC for
the development of the Odd Job field.
This ultra-deepwater field is located
in Mississippi Canyon, offshore New
Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico, in water
depths ranging from 1,330 to 1,825m.
The contract consists of project
management and engineering
services; fabrication and installation
of approximately 23km of pipe-in-pipe
flowline and 2km of steel catenary
riser (SCR); design, fabrication and
installation of in-line sled; flowline end
termination; fabrication of jumper; and
pre-commissioning for the flowline and
SCR system.
Technip’s operating centre in Houston,
Texas, USA, will manage the overall
project. The SCR and flowline system
will be fabricated at the group’s
spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
The offshore installation is expected to
be performed in the summer of 2016 by
Technip’s vessel Deep Blue, one of the
world’s largest ultra-deepwater pipelay
and subsea construction vessels.
Deanna Goodwin, president of Technip
in North America, commented, “Technip
is delighted to continue its strong,
long-lasting relationship with Deep Gulf
Energy and to bring and share its unique
experience to this new project.”
Technip – France