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    This document provides the procedure for lowering pipes into trenches during a pipeline construction project. It outlines the scope, references, methodology, and health and safety considerations. The key steps include: 1) Inspecting the trench bottom and preparing it for lowering. 2) Lowering the pipe sections gently using equipment like cranes and excavators to avoid damaging the pipe coating. 3) Ensuring the pipe is laid smoothly along the trench maintaining minimum bend radii. 4) Capping the pipe ends and completing padding and backfilling after lowering.

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    This document provides the procedure for lowering pipes into trenches during a pipeline construction project. It outlines the scope, references, methodology, and health and safety considerations. The key steps include: 1) Inspecting the trench bottom and preparing it for lowering. 2) Lowering the pipe sections gently using equipment like cranes and excavators to avoid damaging the pipe coating. 3) Ensuring the pipe is laid smoothly along the trench maintaining minimum bend radii. 4) Capping the pipe ends and completing padding and backfilling after lowering.

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    This document provides the procedure for lowering pipes into trenches during a pipeline construction project. It outlines the scope, references, methodology, and health and safety considerations. The key steps include: 1) Inspecting the trench bottom and preparing it for lowering. 2) Lowering the pipe sections gently using equipment like cranes and excavators to avoid damaging the pipe coating. 3) Ensuring the pipe is laid smoothly along the trench maintaining minimum bend radii. 4) Capping the pipe ends and completing padding and backfilling after lowering.

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    This document provides the procedure for lowering pipes into trenches during a pipeline construction project. It outlines the scope, references, methodology, and health and safety considerations. The key steps include: 1) Inspecting the trench bottom and preparing it for lowering. 2) Lowering the pipe sections gently using equipment like cranes and excavators to avoid damaging the pipe coating. 3) Ensuring the pipe is laid smoothly along the trench maintaining minimum bend radii. 4) Capping the pipe ends and completing padding and backfilling after lowering.

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    The document outlines the procedure for lowering pipes into trenches during a pipeline construction project.

    The purpose is to lay guidelines and requirements for controlling the lowering activity and inspections during a pipeline construction project by MPEC for BGL in Hyderabad.

    The main steps are: obtaining approval, checking the trench, repairing any coating damages, lowering the pipe gently using equipment like hydra, ensuring minimum bend radius is maintained, and capping the ends until tie-in welding.

    Procedure For

    LOWERING

    PROJECT NO.
    LAYING & CONSTRUCTION OF 12”, 6” & 4” NB U/G
    STEEL
    PROJECT NAME
    P/L NETWORK & ASSOCIATED WORKS AT
    HYDERABAD.
    OWNER BHAGYANAGAR GAS LIMITED (BGL)
    CLIENT MECON LIMITED
    CONTRACTOR MPEC
    JOB PROCEDURE MPEC/BGL/MEC/BF/01
    Rev. 0

    Job Procedure
    For
    Lowering

    For Review &


    0 30.09.2016
    Approval

    Checked &
    Prepared By Approved By
    Rev. Date Description Reviewed By
    MPEC MECON
    MPEC

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    1. PURPOSE

    2. SCOPE

    3. REFERENCE

    4. METHODOLOGY

    5. HSE

    1.0 PURPOSE

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    The purpose of this method statement is to lay guidelines and requirements and
    to establish a method or a system to control the Lowering activity and inspection
    to be used in the BGL CNG & CGD pipeline project at Hyderabad by MPEC for
    executing the Project.

    2.0 SCOPE

    The scope covers the laying of pipe sections in the excavated trench for 12”,6” &
    4” Dia. construction for BGL Pipeline Project.

    3.0 REFERENCES

    Following documents in totality or in part shall form the reference documents:-

    1. Mec Spec.MEC/S/05/62/104
    2. Route Alignment Sheets
    3. Design & construction requirements for cross-country hydrocarbon
    4. pipelines OISD 226

    4.0 METHODOLOGY

    Lowering shall start only after obtaining approval from MEC / BGL in part “A” of
    Pipe Book. Entire trench bottom shall be checked to remove the presence of all
    cuts, pipe supports, stones, roots, debris, stakes, rock projections up to 15 cm
    below underside of pipe and any other rigid materials which could lead to
    perforation/ tearing of the coating.

    Lowering shall follow as soon as possible, after the completion of joint coating of
    the pipeline. A complete check by a full circle holiday detector, duly calibrated,
    for pipe coating and for field joint coating shall be carried out at 25KVA and
    damages, if any, and shall be repaired. All points on the pipeline where the
    coating has been in contact with either the skids or with the lifting equipment
    during laying, shall be carefully inspected for damages, denting or other defects
    and shall be completely repaired. If, after checking, it becomes necessary to
    place the pipeline again on supports at the bottom of the trench, these must be
    padded in such a way as to prevent damage to the coating, thus avoiding
    necessity for further repairs when the pipe is finally raised and laid.

    Care shall be exercised while removing the slings from around the coated pipe,
    after it has been lowered into the trench. Any damage caused to the coatings
    shall be promptly repaired. No sling shall be put around field joint coating.

    Laying shall be carried out under safe conditions so as to avoid stresses and
    temporary deformations of the equipments which may cause damage to the
    pipeline itself and to the coating. In case localized points where the Right-of-
    Way is restricted to the minimum necessary for the transit of mechanical
    equipment, the laying shall be carried out using other suitable means.

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    The pipe section shall be placed on the trench bed without jerking, falling, impact
    or other similar stresses. In particular care must be taken that the deformations
    caused during the raising of pipeline from the support does not exceed the values
    for the minimum allowable radius of elastic curvature so as to keep stresses on
    steel & coating within safe limits. The pipeline shall be lifted and laid using, for all
    movements necessary, suitable equipment and non-abrasive material having
    width for the fragility of the coating. Hydra shall be deployed for lowering
    depending upon the section length the number of hydra shall be increased as
    accordingly as directed by BGL/ MEC.

    It shall be ensured that the pipe is laid gently by using sufficient no of pipe
    layers for holding the line in gentle s-curve maintaining the minimum elastic
    bend radius as per specification. Care shall be exercised while removing the
    slings from around the coated pipe after it has been lowered into the trench. Any
    damage caused to the coating shall be promptly repaired.

    Wherever the pipeline is laid under tension, as a result of undue stresses at


    specific points, the trench shall be rectified to the satisfaction of BGL/MEC, so
    that it fits in the excavated trench bed.

    Lowering foreman shall ensure the ends of the pipe strings will be closed using
    “End caps” to prevent the ingress of sand, water etc., until the Tie-in Welds are
    made.

    Tie-in pit shall be excavated to facilitate tie-in joint welding is the trench before
    lowering.

    The pipeline must be laid without interruption for the whole or the length of
    section available. Where water is present, no laying shall be permitted until the
    ditch has been drained to the extent and for the time necessary to make visual
    inspection possible of the bed on which the pipe is to be laid.

    Following such inspections, the presence of water will be permitted, provided that
    it is not so high as to cause cave-in of walls of the trench or floating of the
    pipeline before backfilling, when weighting is not provided for the pipe. MPEC
    shall take precautions immediately after lowering in to prevent the movement of
    the pipe in the trench.

    Post padding work shall start immediately after lowering. Subsequent padding
    shall be done after lowering. After pipe lowering & padding, HDPE Duct laying
    shall be completed with sand padding and warning mat. One layer of brick shall
    be laid above the warning mat.

    Equipment List.
    1. Cranes

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    2. Excavators (if required)


    3. Lifting Belts
    4. Holiday Detectors

    5.0 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

    The approved procedure of Health, Safety & Environment shall be followed


    during the execution.

    These hazards may occur during the activity. The control of Health, Safety &
    Environment hazards shall be governed by documents viz. First Aid
    Practices, Environment Control Procedure and Occupational Health & Safety
    Practices.

    Note: In case of any conflict between the requirements of this procedure and MNGL
    specification the later shall govern.

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