Introduction to Subsea Inspection, Maintenance & Repairs

This course provides an introduction to Subsea Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) as it is practiced in the offshore oil & gas industry. It will include IMR fundamentals, planning and implementation.

The course attendees will learn the importance of: -

• Subsea structural, pipeline and export system purposes and general layouts.
• Subsea threats, including mechanical, marine and corrosion.
• Corrosion fundamentals and protection schemes.
• Inspection purposes and deployment methods.
• Subsea anomaly logging, sorting, processing and evaluation.
• Maintenance and repairs such as clamps, replacements, welding and others.
• Subsea execution techniques including sonar, ROVs, diving, spreads and deployment vessels.
• Contract tendering and performance management.
• Other issues including splash zones, shore approaches and deepwater considerations.

The learning objectives from this course include understanding:

• The business objectives of Subsea IMR and importance in incident prevention and production reliability.
• Mechanisms of subsea deterioration and their detection / measurement.
• Corrosion fundamentals and subsea equipment protection.
• Inspection finding processing, fitness-for-service evaluation and follow-up planning.
• General subsea maintenance and repair activities.
• Subsea IMR execution options including safety, efficiency and cost considerations.
• Contracting methods and contractor management.
• Special issues of concern.

Newly job entrants to moderately experienced engineers involved with offshore and marine operations, with the exception of those doing reservoir or subsurface engineering. Technicians in a supervisory role as well as front-line operation supervisors. Staff may be involved in: Operations; Maintenance; Production / Drilling Engineering; Pipeline Operations and Engineering; Operations Engineering; Safety Engineering and Quality Control/Assurance