UMSIRE - JIP
Umbilical Termination Size
Reduction
12th June 2012
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Why UMSIRE?
The problem
 One trend that has emerged in recent years in the design of umbilical
systems is the progressive increase of the size and weight of end
terminations
 Driven by the need to integrate functions normally found on manifolds,
this emerging trend poses extremely severe challenges to installers and
appears to be compounded by the differing requirements of parties in the
supply chain (FEED contractors, termination designers, operators and
manufacturers)
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Source: Subsea7
Why UMSIRE?
The consequences
 COST
 Oversize terminations often
require a bespoke solution leading
to “re-inventing the wheel”
syndrome
 Carousels may have to be
deployed instead of reels
 TIME
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Increase in lead time
Longer fabrication and assembly
Increase in vessel time
Installation vessel availability
 RISK
 Together with terminations, bend
stiffeners and bend restrictors
have grown in size and weight
 Lack of clear definition of
acceptable level of risk resulting in
over-engineering
 UTAs are not properly designed for
lifting and over-boarding
 RELIABILITY
 Long term reliability of the
umbilical system can be
jeopardised
Why UMSIRE?
The solution
 Following an Umbilical Manufacturers’ Federation initiative, several major
umbilical installation contractors (Acergy, Saipem, Subsea7 andTechnip)
and OTM Consulting collaborated towards the launch of a JIP for the
development of a RP
 The document would address the need to standardise the shape of
umbilical terminations and identify guidelines for their size and weight
 UMSIRE JIP objective: to reduce the size of umbilical terminations
through increased understanding of the key issues associated to their
design, manufacturing and installation and the development of a RP
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UMSIRE - timeline
Sept
2010
A scoping
meeting was
held with the
installers to
agree on the
outline of the
JIP
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Apr
2011
UMSIRE JIP
Launch meeting
took place.
15 companies
attended
Sep
2011
UMSIRE JIP
Kick off meeting
June
2012
Meetings held
regularly every 3
months
(September
2012 meeting
taking place in
Houston)
UMSIRE
Current members
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UMSIRE working group structure
and deliverables
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WG 1
Configurations
WG 2
Economic/Risk
Analysis
WG 3
UTA design
guidelines
DELIVERABLE
DELIVERABLE
DELIVERABLE
Technical Report
(TR) mapping the
complexity of the
most common
umbilical systems
and giving
indications on the
type of installation
vessel required
Technical Report
(TR) correlating
the umbilical
system
complexity/UTA
size against cost
and risk
Recommended
Practice (RP)
covering all the
design aspects for
smaller and lighter
UTAs
Progress to date
 Carried out 2 surveys mapping
UTA’s functionalities to their size
to identify correlations
 Using a different approach to
identify a “baseline” system taking
as reference the constraints
imposed by closed tensioner
systems
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WG 1
Configurations
DELIVERABLE
Technical Report
(TR) mapping the
complexity of the
most common
umbilical systems
and giving
indications on the
type of installation
vessel required
Progress to date
 Prepared a draft table of content
WG 3
UTA design
guidelines
 Drafted sections on:
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UTA configuration
Structural design requirements
Geometry
Interfaces
Tubing
Electrical/optical requirements
DELIVERABLE
Recommended
Practice (RP)
covering all the
design aspects for
smaller and lighter
UTAs
Questions?
How could the UMSIRE JIP deliverables be integrated with
API 17 standards?
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