The cost of the project for the phase I is expected to be about $250,000, and will run for six months that involves four regional oil and gas operators.
JIP, in support with SEA intends to create an enhanced partial safety approach to deliver more accurate data to avoid unnecessary and costly remedial intervention.
In addition, the project will focus on developing a methodology to demonstrate a do-nothing approach to mobile free spans that will meet the failure probability required by DNV-OS-F101.
ITF Australia regional manager Peter Brazier said that the methodology developed through the JIP will go beyond traditional approaches to span assessment.
"It will investigate significant variables to define more accurately the failure probability of subsea pipelines. This will give operators greater knowledge of the behavior of the seabed and how this impacts on pipeline surveys and integrity,"Brazier said.
