| Abstrakt: |
Technical integrity of a full scale test facility for compressors, separators, valves, flow meters, etc. is a key factor in achieving on plan and budget project development safely. The methodology for successful technical integrity of such a test facility, compared to the technical integrity of a process plant, is outlined. This implies, coordination between technical disciplines and highly qualified personnel and also custom Life Cycle Information (LCI) strategy. When such large scale test facility is integrated in a process plant the technical requirements are even stricter and need to comply both with offshore requirements and onshore process plant requirements. The novelty of the tested technologies, and sometimes the lack of appropriate mature standards, makes it challenging to ensure safe technical integrity solutions for such test facilities. Continuously changing projects, and short time commissioning and decommissioning of equipment, increases the complexity of the test facility and the associated risks. Sound risk assessments, quantitative as well as qualitative assessments, are performed for understanding the integrity limits and their risk contribution. Realistic offshore conditions are the driver to develop innovative cost effective approaches to full scale testing. Examples of such tests are outlined herein, i.e. testing of a submerged 11 MW subsea compressor module weighing 350 metric tons, meant to work on the subsea bed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
