Deepwater Riser Engineering Course

September 20-24, 2010
Houston, Texas

Syllabus

Day 1:  September 20

Part I: Introduction and Overview
8:00 – 8:15   Class introductions and expectations
8.15 – 9:30   [1] Overview of Deepwater Riser Technology (Stanton)
9:30 – 9:45   Coffee Break
9:45 – 10:30   [2]  Riser Design Codes and Regulations (Stanton)
10:30 – 10:45   Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45   [3] Fundamentals of Riser Engineering (Banda)
11:45 – 12:45   Lunch
12:45 – 1:15   Fundamentals of Riser Engineering  – cont’d
Part II: Riser System Design and Analysis 1
1:15– 2:35   [4] Riser Functional Requirements and Design Drivers (Banda)
2:35 – 2:50   Coffee Break
2:50 – 3:40   [5] Riser Design & Analysis Methods (Song)
3:40 – 4:10   [6] Riser System Analytical Tools (Song)
4:10 –5:15   [7]  Riser System Design Basis Development (Song)

Day 2:  September 21

8:00 – 9:15   [8a]   TTR Design (Wald)
9:15 – 9:30   Coffee Break
9:30 – 10:30   [8b]    TTR Component Design (Wald)
10:30 – 10:45   Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45   [8c]   TTR Analysis (Stanton)
12:00 – 1:00   Lunch
1:00 – 2:15   [9a] Hybrid Riser Design and Analysis (Song)
2:15 – 2:30   Coffee Break
2:30 –3:30   [9b]  Hybrid Riser Design and Analysis – cont’d
3:30 – 3:45   Coffee Break
3:45 –5:00   [10] Flexible Riser Design and Analysis (Balch)

Day 3:  September 22

Part III:  Riser Materials and Fabrication
8:00-11:00   [11]  Riser Materials, Fabrication, Welding and NDE (Boster)
11:10   Depart for technical visit to RTI, 7211 Spring Cypress Road, Spring, TX 77379
11:35   Arrive RTI
1:35   Depart RTI – boxed lunch to be served on bus
2:10   Arrive back at hotel
Part IV: Riser System Design and Analysis 2
2:30 – 3:45   [12]    Drilling Riser Analysis and Design (Stanton)
3:45 – 4:00   Coffee Break
4:00 – 5:00   Drilling Riser Analysis and Design – cont’d

Day 4: September 23

8:00 – 9:15   [13]    SCR Analysis and Design Methods (Song)
9:15 – 9:30   Coffee Break
9:30 –10:45   SCR Analysis and Design Methods – cont’d
10:45 –11:00   Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00   [14]   SCR Component Design (Song)
12:00 –1:00   Lunch
Part V: Umbilicals, Installation
1:00 –2:40   [15] Riser Installation Engineering (Song)
2:40 – 2:50   Coffee
2:50 –5:15   [16] Umbilicals (Madden)

Day 5: September 24

Part VI:  Design Calculations and Exercise
8:00 – 9:30   [17] Example Design Calculations (Song)
9:30 – 9:45   Coffee Break
9:45-11:45   [18] Interactive Design Exercise (Song)
11:45 – 11:55   Coffee Break
Part VII:  Lessons Learned, Future Developments
11:55 - 12:30   [19]  Deepwater Riser Projects, Lessons Learned, Closing Remarks (Song)
12:30   Lunch (optional)

Organized by:   Supported by:      
  Clarion Technical Conferences

  PIPE The Journal of Pipeline Engineering Oil & Gas Journal
Technical lectures by:
MCS
  RTI Energy Systems
Duco
Technip BP