Guidance
Pipelines PINCs
Pipelines PINCs
- BSEE
- Guidance
- Pressure SystemsProcess SafetyRegulation and LegislationStructural and Asset Integrity
- Pressure systemsRegulation and legislationStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenancePressure testing
- Process pipework and pipelinesPumpsValve
- Functional testingEnergy and process isolationPressure relief
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Inspection questions for DOI-regulated offshore pipelines address pump protection, shutdown devices, pressure settings, riser protection and integrity testing. Items link checks to regulatory authorities and enforcement actions. The guide also covers conditional leak detection requirements and the isolation, preservation, removal and reporting of out-of-service pipelines.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Pressure testing; hydrostatic testing; pneumatic testing.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Pressure relief; overpressure protection.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
BSEE inspection items for offshore pipelines covering pump and riser safety devices, pressure settings, hydrostatic testing, leak detection and out-of-service pipelines.
Themes: pressure systems, process safety, regulation and legislation, structural and asset integrity.
PIPELINES (Last Updated – May 2018)
Notes: 1. The PINC’s L-102 through L-143 address DOI regulated offshore pipelines, only. 2. During pipeline inspections, the API RP 14C SAC reference must be verified when a safety device is SAC’ed out on a pipeline component. When a SAC alternate device is acceptable, the device(s) on the upstream or downstream component must be tested to ensure adequate protection.
Operational Pipelines
L-102 IS EACH PIPELINE PUMP EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE PSV? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(9) Enforcement Actions: C
L-103 IS EACH PIPELINE PUMP EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE SDV? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(9) Enforcement Actions: C
L-104 IS EACH PIPELINE PUMP EQUIPPED WITH A FSV? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(9) Enforcement Actions: C
L-106 IS THE PSH ON EACH PIPELINE PUMP SET NO HIGHER THAN 15 PERCENT ABOVE THE HIGHEST PRESSURE IN THE OPERATING RANGE AND NOT ABOVE THE PIPELINE'S MAOP? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(9) Enforcement Actions: C
L-107 IS EACH PIPELINE PUMP EQUIPPED WITH A PSL? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(9) Enforcement Actions: C 30 CFR 250.870(a)
L-108 ARE INCOMING PIPELINES TO A PLATFORM EQUIPPED WITH AN FSV? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(1) Enforcement Actions: C
L-109 IS EACH INCOMING, CROSSING, AND BIDIRECTIONAL PIPELINE EQUIPPED WITH AN SDV IMMEDIATELY UPON BOARDING THE PLATFORM? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(2) Enforcement Actions: C 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(4) 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(8)
L-112 IS THERE A PSH LOCATED ON EACH DEPARTING, CROSSING, OR BIDIRECTIONAL PIPELINE AND SET NO HIGHER THAN 15 PERCENT ABOVE THE HIGHEST PRESSURE IN THE OPERATING RANGE AND NOT ABOVE THE PIPELINE'S MAOP? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(3) Enforcement Actions: C 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(4) 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(8)
L-113 IS THERE A PSL LOCATED ON EACH DEPARTING, CROSSING, OR BIDIRECTIONAL PIPELINE; AND IS IT SET NO LOWER THAN 15 PERCENT BELOW THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE OPERATING RANGE? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(3) Enforcement Actions: C 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(4) 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(8)
L-114 DOES THE SETTING AT WHICH THE PSV ACTUATES NOT EXCEED THE PIPELINE'S MAOP? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1002(d) Enforcement Actions: C
L-121 ARE PIPELINE RISERS INSTALLED AFTER APRIL 1, 1988, PROTECTED FROM PHYSICAL DAMAGE THAT COULD RESULT FROM CONTACT WITH FLOATING VESSELS? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1003(a)(4) Enforcement Actions: W/C
L-124 HAVE PIPELINES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, RELOCATED, UP RATED, OR REACTIVATED AFTER BEING OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR, BEEN HYDROSTATICALLY TESTED WITH WATER TO A STABILIZED PRESSURE OF AT LEAST 1.25 TIMES THE MAOP FOR AT LEAST 8 HOURS? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1003(b)(1) Enforcement Actions: W
L-125 PRIOR TO RETURNING A PIPELINE TO SERVICE AFTER A REPAIR, HAS THE PIPELINE BEEN PRESSURE TESTED WITH WATER OR PROCESSED NATURAL GAS TO A MINIMUM STABILIZED PRESSURE OF AT LEAST 1.25 TIMES THE MAOP FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1003(b)(2) Enforcement Actions: W
L-126 ARE PIPELINES AND ASSOCIATED VALVES, FLANGES, AND FITTINGS; DESIGNED, INSTALLED, OPERATED, AND MAINTAINED TO PROVIDE SAFE AND POLLUTION-FREE OPERATIONS? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1000(a) Enforcement Actions: W/C/S
L-127 IS EACH OIL PIPELINE EQUIPPED WITH A METERING SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS VOLUMETRIC COMPARISON OR A SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DETECTING LEAKS IN A PIPELINE WHEN IT IS REQUIRED BY THE REGIONAL SUPERVISOR? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1004(b)(5) Enforcement Actions: W
Out-Of-Service Pipelines
L-140 ARE OUT-OF-SERVICE PIPELINES ISOLATED AT EACH END? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1006(b)(1) Enforcement Actions: W
L-141 ARE PIPELINES OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR (365 CALLENDAR DAYS), FLUSHED AND FILLED WITH INHIBITED SEAWATER? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1006(b)(2) Enforcement Actions: W
L-142 ARE PIPELINES OUT OF SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS (1,825 CALENDAR DAYS), REMOVED OR DECOMMISSIONED IN PLACE WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE REGIONAL SUPERVISOR? Authority: 30 CFR 250.1006(b)(3) Enforcement Actions: W 30 CFR 250.1750 30 CFR 250.1751 30 CFR 250.1752
L-143 ARE PIPELINES OUT OF SERVICE FOR 5 YEARS (1,825 CALENDAR DAYS), OR MORE, REMOVED IF THE PIPELINES ARE DETERMINED BY THE REGIONAL SUPERVISOR TO BE OBSTRUCTIONS?
Authority: 30 CFR 250.1006(b)(3) Enforcement Actions: W 30 CFR 250.1752 30 CFR 250.1754
L-144 HAS THE LESSEE OR THE ROW HOLDER REPORTED TO THE REGIONAL SUPERVISOR ANY PIPELINE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE?
Authority: 30 CFR 250.1008(c) Enforcement Actions: W