SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Formulating Guidance on Hydrotesting Deepwater Oil and Gas Pipelines
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- BSEE HQ PROCUREMENT381 Elden StreetHerndonVA20170
- ZIP Code
- 20170
- Solicitation Number
- E12PS00040
- Response Due
- 8/20/2012
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2012
- Point of Contact
- FRANCIS E. BENNETT
- E-Mail Address
-
Frank.Bennett@bsee.gov
(frank.bennett@bsee.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SYNOPSIS The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is seeking potential sources that are capable of providing expert assistance in developing and evaluating the Best Available and Safest Methodology to hydrotest deepwater pipelines and risers. BACKGROUND As oilfield exploration has moved into deeper waters, BSEE has encountered different approaches to hydrotesting deepwater pipelines and risers. There are different and various pipeline designs, for example, pipe-in-pipe and single pipe, which introduce specific problems to the BSEE pipeline engineers when considering hydrotest requirements. In shallow water fixed platform pipeline design, parameters such as product gradient, water depth, hydrotest pressures, and hydrotest location are well understood and accepted. As pipelines are designed for deeper water depths, environments are being encountered that significantly alter the way pipelines are designed, hydrotested, and are assigned regulatory specifics such as Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) and Maximum Source Pressure (MSP). As water depths increase to 10,000 feet and beyond, BSEE recognizes that there are several factors impacting hydrotest methodology which need to be considered during this study. These include: (1) the BSEE design and hydrotest requirements as specified in 30CFR 250.1003(b)(1) BSEE NTL 2009-G28 which allows the use of API RP 1111 for specific purposes when approved, (2) the pipeline design, (i.e., pipe-in-pipe pipeline, single pipe pipeline, etc.); and (3) the difference between hydrotesting at the surface vs. at the mudline pipeline product fluid gradient, (i.e. gas, oil, or a combination of oil, water, gas). The Contractor shall have extensive knowledge and experience in Hydrotesting procedures and design of deepwater pipelines. HOW TO RESPOND See solicitation document provided via FedConnect.
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