Chess Subsea Engineering Research and Development (R&D) Group
The industrial technical research team is a sub-section of the engineering division. Our research is often project specific and is geared towards continues improvement on knowledge gained, technical processes and new technologies onshore, offshore
and subsea using Modern Naval Architecture & CAD Simulation and Analysis Software’s.
Our high value, exceptional R&D engineering support services is aimed at enabling energy companies in the Oil & Gas sectors and students (Undergraduate & Postgraduates) to carryout project specific research on time, quality and within budget with full assess to our competence based training and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) worldwide.
For Engineering Research & Development at BEngr, Msc or PHD level (Pipeline, Offshore Topside Structures, Subsea & Hydrodynamics, Tidal Energy, Marine and Naval Architecture); please contact us directly on info@chesssubseaengineering.com or leave us an offline message.
We are open to R&D in the following areas:
- Flow Assurance for Offshore Field Development / Facilities
- Hydrodynamic Analysis of Fixed & Floating Offshore Systems
- Wellbore Integrity Management
- Offshore Technology
- Pipeline Detailed & Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
- Offshore Piping Systems Fatigue Analysis
- Subsea Production Control Systems
- Design, Analysis & Verification of Offshore Structures & Subsea Systems
- Field Development
- Asset Integrity Management
- RAMS of Offshore Production Systems
- Gas Engineering Innovations
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Multidiscipline Engineering Technology
- Offshore Structures and Vessels
Contact info@chesssubseaengineering.com for more enquiry
We have successfully worked on the following research areas while others are ongoing:
- Detailed Design of Production / Well Offshore Jacket Platform with SACS
- Hydrodynamic Analysis of Fixed & Floating Offshore Systems
- Tidal Energy – Investigation of Tidal Turbine Hydrodynamics and next Generation Turbine Design – Ongoing
- Tidal Energy – Assessment of the Effects of Energy Extraction from Tidal Basins – Ongoing
- Asset Integrity Management – SURFs Flexible Pipes Fatigue, Service Life & Life Extension Assessment
- Asset Integrity Management – Onshore & Subsea Pipeline Fatigue, Service Life & Life Extension Assessment
- Offshore Topside Structures Blast Analysis Using SACS
- Offshore Piping Cyclic Loading Analysis with CESAR II
- Onshore & Subsea Pipeline Stress & Fatigue Analysis with CAESAR II (Buried & Unuried)
- Offshore & Subsea Systems HVAC Systems Design & Analysis with Autodesk Revit
- Offshore & Subsea Pile Soil Interaction Design & Analysis with SACS
- Onshore, Offshore & Subsea Structures Finite Element Analysis with ABAQUS / ANSYS
- Jackup Units Evaluation in Deeper Waters Using SACS
- Offshore Jack-UP Structures Non Linear Analysis as a result of Random Waves using SACS
- Pipe Stress Analysis & Surge Flow Prediction Using CAESAR II
- Offshore Piping Systems Fatigue Analysis using CAESAR II
- Mechanics of Pipe laying – Ongoing
- Full FMECA of Subsea XT and Components
- Full FMECA of Subsea Control Module and Components
- Asset Integrity Management of Production System (SURF) – Ongoing
- Risk-base Reliability Assessment of Oil and Gas Offshore Production System – Ongoing
- Riserless Lightwell Intervention of Subsea Well
- Risk Base Inspection of Subsea Production Risers
- Risk Base Inspection of Subsea Mux Blow Out Preventer
- Effect of Top Tension and Depth Pipe Laying Operations
- Pipeline Upheaval Buckling Analysis and Design
- Subsea Spool piece metrology
- Cathodic Protection Design for production Systems
- A Verification Study of Subsea Tie-in spool, Connector and Design
- Offshore vessel positioning DP systems for deep water operations – Ongoing
- Development of Simulation Model for Offshore Supply Vessels Strategic Fleet Sizing and Operational Planning – Ongoing
- Dredging & Pipelay Engineering Analysis – Ongoing
- Offshore Engineering Structures Reliability Availability Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) Analysis – Ongoing
- Mooring Line Systems Design, Dynamic & Fatigue Analysis – Ongoing
- Piscarin Subsea Field Development – A Case Study
Piping Code Standards
- ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8
- ASME Section III Class 1, 2, 3
- European EN13480
- Canadian CAN/CSA – Z662
- B31.4 Offshore
- B31.8 Offshore
- CSA-Z662 Offshore
- British Standards BS 806 and BS 7159 (GRP Piping Code)
- Swedish Piping Code (SPC), Method 2
- Norwegian Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and TBK 5-6
- Dutch Stoomwezen D1101
Japanese MITI 501, Class 3 piping, Japanese General Fire Protection code and Japanese KHK - French RCC-M and SNCT
- SNiP 2.05.06-85 Oil & Gas Code
- ISO 14692 Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries – Glass-Reinforced Plastics (GRP) Piping
Subsea Production Systems’s Recommended Regulatory Standards
XT Applicable Standards
- API 6A: Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment;
- API 17D: Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems – Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment;
- ISO 13628-‐4: Petroleum and natural gas industries–Design and operation of subsea production systems Part 4: Subsea wellhead and tree equipment;
- ISO 10423:2009: Petroleum and natural gas industries-Drilling and production equipment-Wellhead and christmas tree equipment.
Reliability Data and Well Integrity Standards
- ISO 14224: Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries-Collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data for equipment;
- NORSOK Z-‐016: Regularity management & reliability technology;
7. NORSOK D-‐010: Well integrity in drilling and well operations.
API 17 Series Standards
- API Recommended Practice 17B, Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe
- API Recommended Practice 17C, Recommended Practice on TFL (Through Flowline) Systems
- API Specification 17D, Design & Operation of Subsea Production Systems―Wellhead & Tree Equipment, 2nd Edition, 2011
- API Specification 17E, Specification for Subsea Umbilicals
- API Standard 17F, Standard for Subsea Production Control Systems
- API Recommended Practice 17G, Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Risers
- API Recommended Practice 17H, Remotely Operated Tools and Interfaces on Subsea Production Systems
- API Specification 17J, Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe
- API Specification 17K, Specification for Bonded Flexible Pipe
- API Specification 17L1, Specification for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment
- API Recommended Practice 17L2, Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment
- API Recommended Practice 17N, Recommended Practice for Subsea Production System Reliability and Technical Risk Management, 1st Edition, 2009
- API Standard 17O, Standard for Subsea High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS)
- API Recommended Practice 17P, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems―Subsea Structures and Manifolds
- API Recommended Practice 17Q, Subsea Equipment Qualification―Standardized Process for Documentation
- API Recommended Practice 17R, Recommended Practice for Flowline Connectors and Jumpers
- API Recommended Practice 17S, Recommended Practice for Design, Testing, and Operation of Subsea Multiphase Flow Meters
- API Recommended Practice 17U, Recommended Practice for Wet and Dry Thermal Insulation of Subsea Flowlines and Equipment
- API Recommended Practice 17V, Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation, and Testing of Safety Systems for Subsea Applications
- API Recommended Practice 17W, Recommended Practice for Subsea Capping Stacks
- API Specification Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, 9th Ed, 2013
- API Specification Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries
Subsea Equipments Barrier Recommended Regulatory Standards
- API RP 96 Deepwater Well Design and Construction
- IMCA D044 Isolation and Intervention: Diver Access to Subsea Systems
- ORSOK D-010 Well Integrity in drilling and well operations
- Oil & Gas UK Well Life Cycle Integrity Guidelines (from the UK)
- OLF Recommended Guidelines for Well Integrity No. 117 (from Norway)
Offshore | Subsea Abbreviated Terms
API American Petroleum Institute
ANSI American National Standards Institute
BOP Blow-out Preventer
C/WO Completion/Workover
DNVGL Det Norske Veritas Germanischer Lloyd
EEMUA Engineered Equipment and Materials Users’ Association
EFAT Extended Factory Acceptance Test
EFL Electrical Flying Lead
FAT Factory Acceptance Test
FEA Finite Element Analysis
HFL Hydraulic Flying Lead
HIPPS High Integrity Pressure Protection System
HPHT High-Pressure High-Temperature
HPU Hydraulic Power Unit
HSE Health, Safety and Environment
ICT Interchangeability Test
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IMCA International Marine Contractors Association
INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IWOCS Installation Workover Control System
LRFD Load and Resistance Factored Design
MCS Master Control Station
NORSOK Standards Norway
OLF Norwegian Oil Industry Association
OREDA Offshore Reliability Data
PDT Pre-Deployment Test
RAM Reliability, Availability, Maintainability
ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle
RP Recommended Practice
SCM Subsea Control Module
SCSSV Surface-Controlled Subsurface Safety Valve
SFT System Function Test
SIT System Integration Test
SRT Site Received Test
SUDU Subsea Umbilical Distribution Unit
SUT Subsea Umbilical Termination
THRT Tubing Hanger Running Tool
TR Technical Report
TRT Tree Running Tool
USV Underwater Safety Valve (see API 6A [17])
VIV Vortex Induced Vibration
WSD Working Stress Design
Public Sources and Databases
Subsea | Offshore
- Quest Subsea Database
- Subsea UK Database
- Infield Database
- Subsea IQ Database
- Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Incident | Accident
