APPROVED

WORK PROCEDURE
FOR
WELDING REPAIRS (ROOT REPAIR & PARTIAL REPAIR)

PROJECT

: PAGUTHAN-NTPC JHANORE PIPELINE

PROJECT.

DOCUMENT NO

: JPL/GSPL/PNJPL/WP-09

CLIENT

: GUJARAT STATE PETRONET LTD.

CONSULTANT

: DORSCH CONSULT (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

TPIA

: BAXCOUNSCEL INSPECTION BUREAU

PVT. LTD.

CONTRACTOR

: JAIHIND PROJECTS LIMITED

JPL
PREPARED BY

BIBPL

DCIL

REVIEWED BY

CHECKED &
APPROVED BY

GSPL
APPROVED

BY

NAME
DESIGNATION
SIGNATURE
DATE

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CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE FOR WELDING REPAIR

1.0

SCOPE :

The scope of this procedure is limit to removing the weld metal where discontinuities are
beyond acceptable limit, and to facilitate reweld as per the approved WPS, which shall be
welded by qualified welders.
2.0

METHOD :
A) REFERENCE CODE:

API 1104 &DCIL/GSPL Specifications (Doc. No. 1019-

162-105)

3.0

B)

PROCESS

: SMAW (Manual)

C)

WPS NO.

: WPS 3 (Root Repair) & WPS 4 (Partial Repair)

EVALUATION:
A)

Location

: With respect to the NDT report location will be marked on

the weld.

B)

Root Repair

: Grinding to be done up to root and root opening will be

done by chisel, hack-saw blade. Then it will be ground
smoothly to v groove. For internal or external repairs which
open the weld root, Maximum defect length will be 20% of the
weld length.

C)

Partial Repair

: Each layer will be thoroughly checked for the type of

discontinuity in NDT reports. Smooth grinding will be done
to make V groove and clean all surfaces. . The minimum
length of a repaired area shall be 100 mm as measured over
recapped length.Max. length will be 30% of the weld
length.

Pre-heating

: The weld joint to be repaired will be heated to a

temperature of 1000C minimum using induction
heating/resistance heating

Welding

: After identifying the defects, grinding shall be done to

remove the defects. If required DPT examination to be done
to ensure the removal of the defects. Care shall be taken to
ensure that no grinding marks are made anywhere on pipe
surface. Internal root defects shall be ground thoroughly.
The edge preparation and root gap shall conform to the

.
D)

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qualified welding procedure and shall be smooth free from

burns, cuts and other surface irregularities.
F)

No. of Welders

: One. Qualified welder for the appropriate process, will be

engaged. Welding will be carried out in accordance with
approved WPS.

G)

NDT

: 1 Re-radiography of repaired weld shall be limited to 6

weld length on either side of repaired area of joint.
2. DPT as per requirement of specification and DORSCH
Engineer.

H)

Acceptable Criteria

I) No of Attempts
4.0

: As per API 1104 acceptable / DORSCH Specification

1019-162-105.
: One Only.

FORMATS :
Welding Procedure Specification : JPL/GSPL/PNJPL/WPS-03
(For Root Repair)

Rev. 00

Welding Procedure Specification : JPL/GSPL/PNJPL/WPS-04

(For Partial Repair)

Rev. 00

Daily Inspection Report

Inspection Test Plan

: JPL/PNJPL/QC/IR-09

Rev. 00

: JPL/PNJPL/QC/ITP-09Rev. 00

Incase of any conflict between this procedure and contracts specification, the later
shall govern

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