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Table of contents 

1.0  INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT BACKGROUND .................................................................... 3 

2.0  SCOPE ........................................................................................................................................ 5 

3.0  REFERENCES DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................... 5 

4.0  PERSONNEL............................................................................................................................... 5 

5.0  SCOPE OF WORK ...................................................................................................................... 5 

6.0  EXECUTION OF THE QUALIFICATION PROGRAM ................................................................. 6 

6.1.  Preparation of the PAUT inspection procedure and documents .............................................. 6 

6.2.  Set-up & Calibration system..................................................................................................... 6 

6.3.  Inspection of welds containing defects..................................................................................... 7 

6.4.  Evaluation of PAUT inspection results ..................................................................................... 7 

6.5.  Radiographic Examination and Evaluation of Radiographs ..................................................... 8 

7.0  REPORTING OF RESULTS ........................................................................................................ 8 

8.0  APPENDICES.............................................................................................................................. 8 
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1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PROJECT BACKGROUND

Zawtika Development Project Phase 1 is subject to a Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) with
MOGE, operated by the COMPANY for the exploitation Block M9 which is located in the Gulf of
Moattama, approximately 300 km in the south of Yangon and 290 km in the west of Tavoy on
the Myanmar coast.

Zawtika Development Project Phase 1 is being developed in Phases and is currently developed
to Phase 1C with natural gas from Phase 1A produced since Q1 2014.

Zawtika Field Location

The Zawtika Development Project Phase 1D comprises four (4) ZWPs ; ZWP12 to ZWP15,
including but not limited to topside, jacket and appurtenances, piled foundations, associated
pipelines, tie-ins and brownfield modifications as part of Zawtika Development Project Phase
1.
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The overall field schematic for oil and gas production is shown in figure below.

Zawtika Development Project Phase 1D comprises of:

i. 4 x Offshore Wellhead Platforms (ZWP12, ZWP13, ZWP14 and ZWP15).

o ZWP12, ZWP14 and ZWP15 are ZMFP Model and designed for 9-well slot type
platform.

o ZWP13 is ZOCP Model and it is designed for 20-well slot type platform.

ii. 4 intra-field pipelines with their tie-in spools.

iii. Brownfield modification and tie-in to existing platforms and the telecommunication
and control systems integration WORK into existing facilities in Zawtika field
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2.0 SCOPE

The objective of this document is to PAUT demonstration for Zawtika Development Project.

PAUT system include TD focus, Omniscan MX2 or equivalent equipment combine to HSMT
compact, ROTIX –JIREH, MAGMAN scanner are fulfilling the inspection requirement as
outlined in the ASME, ASW D1.1 code.

This qualification program defines the methods for preparing, marking, documenting, and
inspection of welds contain defect.

3.0 REFERENCES DOCUMENTS

 PAUT Procedure: MM-ZTK-1D-GEN-QAC-PDR-6078

 AWS D1.1: Structural Welding Code Steel

 ASME Section V: Non-destructive Examination

 ASME B31.3: Process Piping

 ASTM E317 "Practice for Evaluating Performance Characteristics of Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo

Testing Systems without the use of Electronic Measurement Instruments"

 ASTM E2491 "Practice for Evaluating Performance Characteristics of Phased Array

Ultrasonic Testing Instruments and Systems"

4.0 PERSONNEL

PAUT technician carry out the phased array ultrasonic examination of welds shall be qualified
in accordance with ISO-9712 such as PCN or CSWIP minimum PAUT level II, or level III.

Scanner technicians: The person responsible for maintaining and operating the PAUT
mechanise scanner, shall be minimum PAUT level II according to SNT-TC-1A

5.0 SCOPE OF WORK

The activities to be performed within this qualification program:

 Preparation of the PAUT Procedure, documents and Calibration Blocks

 Set-up & calibration system

 Inspection of welds containing defects

 Evaluation of PAUT inspection results in accordance with the supplied acceptance criteria

 Reporting of PAUT results

 Radiographic Examination and Evaluation of the Radiographs

 Reporting of RT results
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 Comparison Results of PAUT and RT for qualification

 Conclusions

6.0 EXECUTION OF THE QUALIFICATION PROGRAM

PAUT shall be carried out in accordance to PAUT procedure MM-ZTK-1D-GEN-QAC-PDR -

6078.

6.1. Preparation of the PAUT inspection procedure and documents

An Phased Array Ultrasonic Inspection Procedure shall be prepared that documents

the identification and sizing for all imperfections anticipated for the welding system.

The following item and documents shall be supplied:

 Qualification welds: Partial pipe OD.600xT20 – Sing vee/Single side Welded, Plate
L300xT40 – Double vee/Double side Welded

 PAUT procedure

 PAUT calibration blocks (see Appendix II)

 PAUT scan plan for qualification welds

 PAUT personnel certificate

 PAUT instrument certificate

6.2. Set-up & Calibration system

The inspection system shall provide an adequate number of inspection functions to

ensure the complete volumetric examination of the weld in once or few scan(s).

The scan plan shall be establish accordance to configuration weld before calibration
and scanning. The calibration data shall be documented with at least the date, time,
block identified and name of the PAUT technician.

Detail selection for setup and qualification as below:

 Omniscan MX2 equipment shall be testing partial pipe OD 600xT20 and plate
L300xT40

 TD focus equipment shall be testing partial pipe OD 600xT20 and plate L300xT40

PAUT probes selection:

 For thickness from 8 to 15mm A15, A10 probes can be used

 For thickness from 12 to 40mm A12, A2 probes can be used

 For thickness more than 20mm S19, A12 probes can be used
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6.3. Inspection of welds containing defects

All the welds as part of the agreed PAUT qualification program shall be examined in
accordance with the applied and accepted PAUT inspection procedure.

Seed defect for qualification weld shall be submit to client review before manufacturing
and demonstration (see Appendix III)

A calibration shall be made before the test welds are scanned.

The Reference Direction Arrow shall define the inspection direction for datum.

6.4. Evaluation of PAUT inspection results

The start position, as referenced to 0, and dimensions in direction shall be defined in

metric units. Care should be exercised to assure that the scanner start point (first probe
in the probe array) is as close as possible to the start reference position.

The PAUT technician shall highlight all relevant imperfections and document the
imperfections with at least the following information (type, length, defect location from
OD and/or ID surface, circumferential location (mm or cm, etc.).

The following information should be available on the PAUT result presentation:

 Weld identification

 Date and time of PAUT inspection

Imperfection Evaluation follow

 Imperfection Length:

Defects length shall be sized using 6dB drop methodology. The defect indication
shall be highlighted and zoomed on the C scan or B scan image and the
reference curser shall be used to determine the 6dB boundary at either end of
the defect

The 6dB boundary shall be determined by moving the reference cursor to the
peak of the defect response and recording the amplitude (the amplitude shall be
less than 100%) then move the cursor toward the ends of the defect until the
amplitude drops to less half the recorded peak amplitude, move the cursor back
toward the peak until the signal breaks the 50% of peak position (6dB), mark
these positions. The distance between each ends is 6dB boundary.
 Imperfection Depth

The depth of Imperfection is measured from the surface of the sample to the
bottom of the imperfection.

The depth of a imperfection will be measured on S-scan image:

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6.5. Radiographic Examination and Evaluation of Radiographs

Radiographic examination shall be carried out in accordance to procedure MM-ZTK-

1D-GEN-QAC-PDR-6072;

All qualification welds shall be radiographed.

The coordinate system for RT shall be identical to the coordinate system to be applied

for PAUT.

The Reference Direction Arrow shall define the direction of inspection for RT, and shall

be at the same location and in the same direction as used for the PAUT inspection.

The film shall contain identifications with at least the following information:

 Weld identification

 Date of testing

The film quality shall be reviewed and accepted/rejected by the interpreter.

The interpreter shall interpret the RT film and note all relevant imperfection. the
imperfection (type, length, etc.) shall be documented.

7.0 REPORTING OF RESULTS

The Radiographic Inspection Films and the PAUT images shall be evaluated/interpreted and
reported in a tabular form as illustrated in Appendix I (comparison NDT results).

8.0 APPENDICES

APPENDIX I: Comparison NDT result

APPENDIX II: PAUT calibration blocks

APPENDIX III: Seed defect for qualification samples