PIPELINE PRESSURE TESTING CALCULATIONS

CLIENT: Qatar Petroleum DATE: 18.03.09

PROJECT: MPPL From QP to Doha Depot

PIPELINE DETAILS: FROM KP 0.012 TO KP 22.3

(Insert (a) to (d))

Outside Diameter: (a) 457 mm = 0.457 metres

Wall Thickness: (b) 7.9 mm = 0.0079 metres

Inside Diameter: 441.2 mm = 0.4412 metres

Length: (c) 19708.433 m = 19.708433 kilometres

VOLUMES:

Using the formula:- FV = ᴫ x ( id2 ) x L

4

Where: FV = Pipeline fill volume (m3)

Pi = 3.14159
id = Pipeline internal diameter (m)
L = Pipeline length (m)

V = 3.14159 x 0.19465744 x 1 / 4

VOLUME PER LINEAR METRE TOTAL VOLUME

= 0.152883467 m3 = 3013.093561 m3

or 152.8834667 litres or 3013093.561 litres

or 5.39831521 SCF or 106392.3336 SCF

or 33.63436268 imp gallons or 662880.5834 imp gallons

or 40.3780524 US gallons (liquid) or 795788.1404 US gallons (liquid)

or 1.292097677 US barrels (liquid) or 25465.22049 US barrels (liquid)

or 0.9613822 US barrels (oil) or 18947.33668 US barrels (oil)

HYDROTEST DETAILS: Insert (e) to (i)

Test Pressure: (e) 61.25 bar or 888.125 psig

or 6125 kpa

Test Temperature: (f) 26 deg C or 78.8 deg F

or 299.16 kelvin

Type of test medium (g) potable water

Compressibility of test medium (h) 44.168 x 10-6 = 0.0000442 Graphs

Coefficient of expansion of test medium (i) 27.559 x 10-5 = 0.0002756

PRESSURISATION VOLUME - ( RESTRAINED PIPELINES )

Using the formula:- PV = V + V x ( 1-y2 ) x

id
K
W x E

Where: PV = Volume to raise the pressure 1 bar (m3)

V = Pipeline total fill volume (m3)

K = 1 / C
C = Compressibility of water x 10-6 per barg per deg C
( taken from compressibility of water graph ).
y = Poissons ratio ( 0.3 )
id = Pipeline internal diameter (m)
W = Pipeline wall thickness (m)
E = Youngs modulus of elasticity ( 2070000 )

PV = 3013.093561 + 3013.0935609032 x 0.91 x 0.4412

22640.82594 0.0079 x 2070000

= 0.133082316 + 0.0739762099

= 0.207058526 m3 = 207.0585262649 litres per barg

= 12.68233473 m3 = 12682.334733726 litres to reach test pressure

PUMP SIZE BEST SUITED TO ACHIEVE 1 BARG RISE PER MINUTE

207 litres / min or 46 gallons / min

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AIR CONTENT VOLUME 0.2%

6026 litres or 1327 gallons

PRESSURE TEMPERATURE - ( RESTRAINED PIPELINES )

The pressure change per unit change in temperature may be calculated by the following formula
from J.C. Gray, " How temperature affects Pipeline Hydrostatic Testing ". (Taken from the Pipeline and Gas Journal,
December 1976.).

P = (B - 2A)
OD x (1 - y2) + C
W x E

Where: P = Change in pressure (barg) per 1 deg C change in temperature

y = Poissons ratio ( 0.3 )
C = Compressibility of test water x 10-6 per barg per deg C

( taken from compressibility of test water graph ).

A = Coefficient of expansion of pipeline material 1.116 x 10-5 per deg C

B = Coefficient of expansion of test water x 10-5 per barg per deg C

( taken from thermal expansion of test water graph ).

OD = Pipeline outside diameter (m)
W = Pipeline wall thickness (m)
E = Youngs modulus of elasticity ( 2070000 )

The properties of A, E and y are constant for any type of pipe material. Properties for B and C 'must be obtained from the

0.0002524
P = 0.457 x 0.91 + 0.0000442
0.0079 x 2070000

= 0.00025239
0.00002543 + 0.0000442

= 3.63 bar per 1 deg C temperature change

or 53 psig

or 363 kpa

Note: The allowable pressure change attributable to temperature affect must be calculated for each deg C of the
temperature change over the test period.

GULMAR PLL TPI QP

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