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Presentations of Second SUBSEA INDIA 2012 Conference

Horizontal Connection System

Shrikant M Kanitkar, Subsea Piping Engineer, AkerSolutions

The emerging oil and gas business in India and the need of the hydrocarbon productswith energy hungry India’s needs, results in the exploration and field developments inthe deep and Ultra deep water subsea environment becomes inevitable.

To cater to these needs and to have the cost effective solutions, quick, safe andenvironmental friendly connections becomes an integral part of the subsea businesswhich has challenges of its own.

Aker Solutions have come up with next generation connection system named as“Horizontal Connection System (HCSTM)” keeping in mind the aspects from the designtill actual commissioning of the systems. The connection under discussion can beinstalled on the subsea modules, or within the field to connect the lines.

Horizontal connection system as the name suggests helps in achieving followingfeatures:-1. Connect the rigid pipe spools to the module2. Connect the flexible jumpers to the module3. Connect the umbilical to the module4. Can be installed on the support structure to achieve minimum installation time.5. Can be connected or disconnected using intervention vessel6. Modules can be retrieved independently without recovery of the jumpers or flexible7. Can be installed with or without guide wires8. No heavy running tools required9. Use of ROV carried tools for connections & interventions10. Fast installation time

Successful qualification testing and the long knowhow of the subsea field helpedAker Solutions to develop the connection system which are truly focused to customerneeds and installation friendliness.

Ongoing Installations of these connections in North Sea environment also marksthe major milestone and gives confidence to serve installations globally.

Keeping in mind the Indian sunrise Oil and Gas business and use of light weight &versatile connection system will help in keeping minimum intervention tools which canbe used over wide size range thus helping the oi l companies to increaseinterchangeability & keep minimum tool pool.

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About the Author

Shrikant M Kanitkar is the Subsea Piping Engineer for AkerSolutions, Hehave educational Qualification such as B.E (Mechanical) June 1992. VITCollege of Engineering, Pune University, India with distinction and Postgraduate diploma in piping design and engineering, MIT College, Pune,stood first with Distinction 86% marks. His experience is of 18 years.

He has Key Areas of Experience in Oil and Gas based SubseaEngineering work like piping design, jumper analysis, testing and FAT

work related with subsea equipments. Worked on LPG bottling plant like LPG spherespiping design. Worked in Acrylic fibre manufacturing plant for facility development andsubsequent piping within the new facilities. Soaps and detergent plant piping designSteam turbine steam piping design and stress analysis work. Design as per IBR rules.Textile plant piping design including design of utility requirements and piping withinfacility. Maintenance of Seamless pipe manufacturing machines. Maintenance ofpressure reduction pig iron plant equipments. Design of fibre glass moulds and qualityimprovements related with manual moulding.

He has Specialized Experience on Skuld SPS project as Tie-in lead and wasresponsible for design related activities of HCS – F & R connection system and relatedallied equipments. Worked as Engineering lead for Subsea manifold and Template designWorked as Piping lead for subsea manifold design for MA-D6 and GEM manifolds forReliance Industries Ltd. and responsible for procurement of pressure containingcomponents. Worked as testing engineer for piping work related with Manifold like MA-D6, GEM, Trym and Oselvar projects including planning and management of activitiesrelated with testing on day today basis. Worked as support engineer for Manifoldinstallation work for Reliance Industries for KG-D6 project. Worked as tender engineerof CLOV & Egina Project for TOTAL project. Worked as Pipe stress engineer for BPKing multiphase boosting pump module. Worked as Pipe stress engineer for KikehField development for rigid jumper analysis work. Participated in installation of subseaequipment during GEM installation work.

He is currently working as engineering lead for Manifold design group on SvalinSPS for Statoil which includes all interfaces, procurement status, discussions with Client,presentations, fabrication teams and technical assistance during testing phase.

His Career Summaries are Worked with Aker Powergas Pvt. Ltd. Since 2003. Workedon Top side piping engineering up to 2005. Working in Subsea engineering from 2005.I was worked as engineering lead and previously as piping lead engineer for manifoldgroup. On top side worked as area lead engineer for Thai Acrylic company project.

Previously worked with Page consultancy for 2 years. We supported grass routelevel plants comprising mainly boiler related work such as 4MW steam turbine steamlines, textile process plant, carpet manufacturing plant dye plant etc. He also workedwith Kalyani Seamless tubes Ltd, Baramati for 1 year. I was working as Sr. Engineer(Maintenance) for the seamless tube manufacturing plant. He also worked with Kirloskarferrous industries Ltd, Karnataka for 3 years. I have worked for their mini blast furnaceof 1.2 MTPA. I was involved in the project work Boiler house, Pump house erection &commissioning activities for mechanical & Piping, Inspection of furnace related valves.He also worked with Roplas India Ltd, Pune. Joined as Trainee Engineer in Quality

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control & vendor development division for Fibre glass re-in forced Plastic mouldedcomponents for Automobile manufacturer M/s Mahindra & Mahindra, India. . Workedfor 2 ¼ years.

He has Special Assignments like : Norway – Worked on ENI 15/6 tender during pre-contract engineering for smooth start up of the project on contract award. – Tender lost.Norway - Trym and Oselvar development project- Engineering lead for WP-03 activitieslike design review presentations, setting Master document list, Interface managementfor WP-03, Procurement responsibility, Timely delivery of documents, handling team of12 engineers. Worked on Piping FAT testing documents and dealt with DNV and Dongduring project for clarifications and answering day today activities.- Delivered on time.Trym production started. Oselvar will be operational by end of the year. Norway – Workedas Tender engineer for CLOV project with responsibilities like reading and understandingclient specifications, exceptions and clarifications listing, setting conceptual model andworking out piping MTO and quantities. Norway – Reliance Industries Ltd.- KG-D6 andMA-D6 Projects – Worked as Piping lead engineer and responsible for dialogue withclient, preparing specifications, calculations, Test procedures and conducting designreviews, PO placement and follow up. Malaysia - Reliance Industries Ltd.- KG-D6 andMA-D6 Projects – Handled the FAT of pressure containing piping within manifold. Settingtest plan, checking test equipments, planning material for the test and documentationof the test. Thailand – Thai acrylic project – Acrylic fibre plant – Visited site to detail outthe tie-in points and discussing about the site changes based on the locations of existingplant facilities.

His Skills Developed with Worked as trainer for MA-D6 and KG-D6 working taskforceto get acquainted with system and WP-03 deliverables specifically. I have conductedpresentations on system definition, structures, Operation and maintenance of ROVtooling, first line of defence. Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET)-SurakshaMarine, Mumbai – 6th Nov 2008. The Standards Familiar with him are – ASME B 31.1,31.3, 31.4, 31.8, ISO 13628 part 1 to 11, Subsea relevant ASTM standards, NORSOKcodes, DNV codes for subsea engineering etc. Licensors Worked With – Nil

He had given the technical presentation on paper in OceanTEX world Expo 2012,held at Mumbai organised by Chemtech foundation. “Technical, commercial andoperational challenges of subsea Architecture, Field development & subsequentintervention”

His Current Designation is Chief Engineer, Engineering lead WP-03. He also knowforeign Languages Known – English

Key Project Experience1. Aker Powergas Pvt. Ltd. – Subsea Engineering – Worked for Reliance Industries Ltd

– From tender stage on KG-D6 project as design engineer. On MA-D6 worked asPiping lead engineer and was responsible for Piping design finalisation, MTO,procurement, issuing specifications, stress analysis, issuing isometrics, FAT support,installation support and training to RIL employees.

2. Aker Powergas Pvt. Ltd. – Top side – elf Gas, Mangalore – LPG bottling plant –Responsibilities include piping routing, MTO, detail pipe stress analysis, preparingvalves and special material specifications, Fire fighting specifications, isometricsand procurement support and site assistance from design office.

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3. Page Consultancy – Pratibha Syntex – Textile dying plant – Worked as designengineer from P&ID, layout, rack design, boiler ducting, chillers piping design, dyingplant equipment and piping, pipe supports, Isometrics and supporting of piping withinplant. Developing utility facilities like Softing plant, DM plant, effluent treatment plant,compressor house etc.

4. Kalyani seamless tubes Ltd.- Work involved Planning for the proactive maintenanceof the plant machinery, Records & the analysis of the Break downs of the equipments,Feasibility study for the purchase of the new machinery. (Technical aspect) & Day -today functioning of the department

5. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries – Blast furnace manufacturing pig iron – Responsiblefor assigning of the work load to the operators. Monthly & annual shutdown planningfor the furnace. Proactive maintenance of the rotary equipments like High PressureBlowers, ID & FD fans & pumps like condition monitoring with the help of equipmentslike FASTALINE. I have also worked as Safety liaison officer for Furnace area.

6. Roplas Industries Ltd. – Fibre glass reinforced plastic - Involved in Development ofthe FRP components, Analysis of the rejections & taking corrective maintenance,Presentation of rejection reports & its analysis to Management for production planning,Preparation of testing Jigs & Fixtures for ease of inspection and reduction of rejection.

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