+ Last word PIPELINE RESEARCH: WHERE NEXT? IT COULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF THOSE OLD JOKES: “AN ENGLISHMAN, AN IRISHMAN, AND A SCOTSMAN MET UP TOGETHER AND…”. BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A PRESIDENT OF NACE INTERNATIONAL, A PRESIDENT OF PRCI, A CO-CHAIRMAN OF EPRG, AND A NUMBER OF HIGH-LEVEL SUBSEA PIPELINE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, AND IT WASN’T A JOKE. The occasion was the recent meeting of the <strong>DNV</strong> Pipeline committee, under the chairmanship of Colin McKinnon of Wood Group/JP Kenny; it’s rare to see such an influential pipeline-industry group in one room, and I was privileged to have been invited to listen-in to the group’s conversations. JOHN TIRATSOO, Pipelines International The <strong>DNV</strong> Pipeline committee’s general aim is to discuss current needs in the subsea pipeline industry and help monitor the development of new codes and standards to reduce future risk. With this in mind, and under <strong>DNV</strong>’s aegis, a number of joint-industry projects have been established, and the committee reviews and updates progress on these as part of its work. From time to time the committee invites guests to discuss specific subjects: at this recent meeting, a number of guests had been invited to review the subject of ‘Pipeline research and development: the needs of today and tomorrow’. <strong>DNV</strong>’s first pipeline code was issued in 1976, since when the company has created a number of internationally recognised standards and recommended practices for the pipeline industry. Based on its project experience, research, and joint-industry development work, the organisation also issues a number of pipeline codes which comprise service specifications, standards, and recommended practices, and which are highly regarded within the international pipeline community. These are complemented by upwards of 13 recommended practices which give detailed advice on how to analyse specific technical aspects according to <strong>DNV</strong>’s researched criteria. In its focus on R&D needs, the committee was asked to keep ‘big safety’ in mind: rather than relying on standards that apply to ‘trips and slips’, industry nowadays needs to improve its safety leadership, and add a consideration of safety to the design review process. It was acknowledged that feedback from operations to designers could only be beneficial. As was pointed out, optimum design is not robust design, particularly as the intended use for a subsea pipeline may change over time: for example, moving to multi-phase flow from single-phase, changing third-party threats, or varying seabed currents. Improving communication skills was seen as one of the most important current targets, combined with the need to improve corrosion management guidance for those outside the profession, and helping stakeholders and decision makers understand the significance of corrosion technology. Probably one of the most important outcomes was an acknowledgement that research kept confidential for too long is essentially wasted research. Although research has to be funded, and the current model in many countries was that industry has voluntarily to provide this funding, it is clear that the results must be made public as soon as reasonable. A two-year moratorium, to allow the funding companies to have some of the technological rewards from their investments, was seen as acceptable; longer delays were not. A good example <strong>DNV</strong>’s initiatives in making the details of the JIPs with which it is involved openly available through its website. The spirit of this meeting was wholeheartedly in support. 64 – no 01 2012
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