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    Interference Between Trawl Gear and Pipelines: By: Afifah Abdul Rashid

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    This document discusses potential hazards from bottom trawling interacting with offshore pipelines, including impact which can cause denting, pull-over which can result in pipeline bending, and hooking which can lead to large deflections. The data required to analyze these hazards includes details on trawling equipment and operations near the pipeline to properly assess risks and determine if increased protections like deeper burial or thicker coatings are needed to ensure pipeline integrity.

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    This document discusses potential hazards from bottom trawling interacting with offshore pipelines, including impact which can cause denting, pull-over which can result in pipeline bending, and hooking which can lead to large deflections. The data required to analyze these hazards includes details on trawling equipment and operations near the pipeline to properly assess risks and determine if increased protections like deeper burial or thicker coatings are needed to ensure pipeline integrity.

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    This document discusses potential hazards from bottom trawling interacting with offshore pipelines, including impact which can cause denting, pull-over which can result in pipeline bending, and hooking which can lead to large deflections. The data required to analyze these hazards includes details on trawling equipment and operations near the pipeline to properly assess risks and determine if increased protections like deeper burial or thicker coatings are needed to ensure pipeline integrity.

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    Interference Between Trawl Gear and Pipelines: By: Afifah Abdul Rashid

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    This document discusses potential hazards from bottom trawling interacting with offshore pipelines, including impact which can cause denting, pull-over which can result in pipeline bending, and hooking which can lead to large deflections. The data required to analyze these hazards includes details on trawling equipment and operations near the pipeline to properly assess risks and determine if increased protections like deeper burial or thicker coatings are needed to ensure pipeline integrity.

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    The document discusses trawling methods, potential hazards of trawl gear interacting with pipelines, and the impact, pull-over, and hooking phases of interaction.

    Trawling is a fishing method that involves pulling a net through the water behind one or more boats.

    The possible hazards of trawl gear interacting with pipelines are impact, pull-over, and hooking.

    INTERFERENCE BETWEEN TRAWL GEAR AND PIPELINES

    By: Afifah Abdul Rashid

    References

    DNV-RP-F111, Interference between Trawl Gear and Pipelines PTS 31.40.10.17, Pipeline/Trawlgear Interaction

    What is Trawling?

    Method of fishing that involves pulling a fish net through the water behind one or more boats

    Bottom Trawling

    Towing the trawl along or close to the sea floor

    Why considered bottom trawling?


    Bottom trawling shall be considered for offshore pipelines, WHY?
    Possible hazard and inconvenience to the fishermen in case of trawl gear hooking to the pipeline. Possible hazard to the integrity of the pipeline due to loads from the trawl gears.

    Typical Trawl Gears


    Otter Trawls by use of trawl boards Beam Trawls by use of transverse beams Twin Trawls by use of clump weights

    TYPICAL TRAWL GEARS

    Figure i : Otter trawl gear crossing a pipeline

    Figure ii : Beam trawl gear crossing a pipeline

    Figure iii : Twin trawling with clump weight

    Data Requirements

    Trawling category (trawling with otter, beam trawl or twin trawling) Trawling equipment in use (type, shape, size, mass, trawling speeds) Expected frequency crossing over the pipeline Expected/possible changes in the trawling equipment

    WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE HAZARDS?


    1. Impact 2. Pull-over

    3. Hooking

    Impact

    Initial phase when trawl gear hits a pipeline The transfer of kinetic energy from the impacting trawl board to the pipe, its coating and the soil. Time of transfer is so short (few hundredths of a sec) Local deformations

    Consequences

    Cause dent in the pipe wall Extreme case - impede the passage pigs or cause stress concentration leading to fatigue failure

    Impact scenarios considered

    Trawl direction normal to the pipeline

    Trawl direction at an inclined angle to the pipeline

    Condition of the pipelines (i.e buried/exposed and small/larger diameter)

    Pull-Over

    2nd phase where trawl gear pulled over the pipeline Impact last from 1-10 secs More global response Subject to relatively large horizontal (lateral) and vertical forces

    Pull-Over Duration

    Trawl velocity Pipeline induced movement at interaction Warp line stiffness Clump mass

    Consequences

    Displacement of pipeline Bending at point of contact Extreme case local buckling

    Hooking

    Trawl gear wedged under the pipeline The trawler forced to stop and attempt to free the gear by winch Lift up the pipeline Rarely occurring event

    Free spans represent an increased risk of hooking In a direction almost parallel to pipeline Other seabed obstructions in the area

    Typical hooking scenario in a free span:

    Consequences

    Lateral deflection to the pipeline Large vertical load by trawler to free the trawl gear Yielding and local buckling

    SUMMARY

    Impact denting to pipeline Pull-over deflection due to thermal loading and trawl gear loading Hooking deflection due to hooking load If the design is OK, protection is adequate If not, increase coating thickness or bury the pipe

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