FSU pipeline design code compared to U. S. codes
- Gulf Interstate Engineering Co., Houston, TX (United States)
A major pipeline design code of the former Soviet Union (FSU) has been translated into English and, where possible, compared to relevant parts of pertinent US codes. Design of Transmission Pipelines (SNIP 2.05.06-85) governs stress criteria and calculations of pipeline-stress variables. The comparable U.S. codes are Liquid Transportation Systems for Hydrocarbons, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Anhydrous Ammonia, and Alcohols'' (ASME B31.4) and Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems'' (ASME B31.8). The opening of the oil and gas industries of the countries in the former Soviet Union to foreign investment offers great opportunities and challenges for Western companies. To take advantage of these opportunities and successfully meet the challenges, Western companies must know as much as possible about the pipeline design approach and philosophy of their FSU joint-venture partners. This is particularly true when a project must obtain the approval of the FSU ministries involved, which means the design or study is subject to technical review by FSU engineers. To satisfy these technical reviews and possibly accelerate negotiations, Western companies must know how pipelines have been designed in the FSU to date. The paper describes pressure concepts, allowable stress, wall thickness, stress criteria, combining loads, stress computation, result comparisons, and temperature effects.
- OSTI ID:
- 5177630
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 92:10; ISSN 0030-1388
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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