Transmission Engineering Support
Noble Offshore has a breadth of engineering and consulting experience in supporting the operations, maintenance and inspection activities on gas transmission systems.
Noble Offshore’s engineering and consulting expertise covers the following areas of transmission pipeline support:
Welding
- Weld procedure development
- Audit of weld procedures
- Supervision of welding operations and weld repairs
- Welder qualification
- Assessments of new welding techniques
Materials
- Vendor qualifications
- Pipe mill audits
- Specifications development
- Deviation and concession assessments
- Failure investigation
Corrosion Control
- Coatings evaluation
- Coatings condition assessments
- Cathodic protection assessments
- Condition monitoring
- Assessment of survey results
- Corrosion and integrity awareness training
Geotechnics
- Effects of ground movement
- Effects of deep mining
- Effects of surface extraction
- Pipeline loading
- Stress monitoring
- Ground stabilisation
Pipeline Integrity Management
- Develop management systems and documentation
- Develop policies, standards, procedures and specifications
- Develop safety cases
- Manage fault data
- Data management
- Process and site auditing/review
Compliance
- Determine legislative and business requirements
- Audit compliance
- Provide Competent Person role
- Provide Design Authority role
Operations and Maintenance
- Undertake ‘fitness for purpose’ affirmation surveys
- Assessments of inspection data
- Review inspection and maintenance reports against procedures
- Undertake visual inspections
- Data management
- Defect / damage measurement and assessments
- Advice on repair