IMPRESUB SURVEY PROCEDURE

IMPRESUB INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.

MATTRESSES DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURE

IDMC-SP-OP-010

September 2013

Prepared by: IMPRESUB International L.L.C.

Head office: 42, El Medina El Menawara – Mohandessin – Cairo – Egypt
The Free Zone, Abadeya Suez – Egypt
Telephone:+20-2-37485105 / 33356508 / 33386765
Telefax:+20-2-33375611;
E-mail:impresub@impresub.com.eg

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 2
2. PROJECT DETAILS..................................................................................................................... 2
3. GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK .................................................................................................... 3
4. WORK PROCEDURE................................................................................................................... 4
4.1 Mobilization........................................................................................................................ 4
4.1.1 General Equipment rigging up ................................................................................... 4
4.1.2 ROV mobilization Procedure ...................................................................................... 4
4.1.3 Calibrations, Tests and Verification in Port .............................................................. 5
4.1.4 Offshore Trial Tests and Calibration ......................................................................... 5
4.2 Survey Activities ............................................................................................................... 8
4.2.1 Work Sequence............................................................................................................ 8
5. POSITION ACCURACY ............................................................................................................... 9
6. GEODESY .................................................................................................................................. 10
7. PRELIMINARY REPORT ........................................................................................................... 11

Attachment No. 1

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1. INTRODUCTION
The scope of this document is to outline the Work procedure for the Mattresses deployment on board DP I
Vessel and WROV (diver less).

2. PROJECT DETAILS
PMS (Contractor’s) Awarded Impresub (Sub Contractor’s) to provide the assistance during the seabed
preparation (pre-crossing) for the laying of the new 16” running from DNW1 to PLEM’s (DEKA Project).
 The vessel involved in this project will be DP 1 OTS Yeoman
 The Subcontractor Scope of Work is to provide the Work Class ROV equipment & 5 ROV
Personnel (5-Maena Team) + 1 Party Chief + 4 Riggers in support to the Contractor’s Pre-Lay
Crossing Mattresses Installation Scope Of Work.
 The Contractor’s Scope of Work shall be the provision of the Navigation/Positioning Systems,
Data Processing and Survey (including underwater mini-beacons) Personnel & Equipment during
the performance of the Pre-Lay Crossing Installation Works.
 Contractor shall be the solely responsible for positions/locations where crossing mattresses shall
be installed, including subsequent verification of its as-installed positions meeting the Company’s
requirements/coordinates.
 Contractor shall assume the full & complete responsibility in guiding & controlling the
Subcontractor’s Services (i.e. Mattresses deployment on the seabed) to meet the Company’s
requirements/coordinates.

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3. GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK

The SoW mainly consists in the installation of No. 24 Mattresses in two crossing location as follow:
 No. 12 mattresses at crossing point between new 16” and exiting 14”+3” Aken Sealines
 No. 12 mattresses at crossing point between new 16” and exiting 6” Aken Sealine.

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4. WORK PROCEDURE

4.1 Mobilization
This section provides basic description of the actions during the mobilization phase.
All the activities described in this section are in accordance with Impresub standard work instructions
and procedures.

4.1.1 General Equipment rigging up

The following non-exhaustive list summaries the main activities during the equipment rigging-up
phase on board of the vessel. All the equipment will be positioned on the vessel deck as per
previous designed vessel lay-out submitted to the vessel master for approval.
 Prior to the rig up operations, a briefing with all personnel will be organized on board of
the vessel in order to organize the rigging-up activities.
 All the materials, the gears, the equipment, the tooling and the instruments are already
installed on the survey vessels in an adequate safe way, easy to deploy and to be
operated, avoiding hazardous mechanical, electrical and acoustic interferences.
 All spreads to be installed on vessel deck (i.e. LARS Control Unit and Ancillaries for ROV)
will be welded directly on deck.
 All equipment that doesn’t need welds on deck will be secured by pad eye and chains.
 All instruments interfaces will be tested as far as practically possible in port.

4.1.2 ROV mobilization Procedure

Prior to applying power, electrical cables are to be securely routed in a position where they are
protected from damage. The electrician of the vessel will be responsible for wiring into the electrical
supply of the vessel.
 All cable glands shall be correctly installed.
 Earth bonds to be connected.
 Mains transformers tapping's shall be checked and adjusted to suit local voltage and
frequency.
 Combinations as maybe required for specific equipment.
 The ROV system shall be confirmed clear of earth leaks.
 All electrical enclosures and glands shall be secured before the system is powered up.
The winch, control container, workshop, and electro-hydraulic power packs must be welded down
and each item of the complete system "electrically bonded to earth".
The Light WCROV category have power requirement of 150 KVA. In the case this cannot be
supplied directly from the vessel a dedicated generator shall be required.
Wired communications are normally required between the ROV control container and such areas as
the bridge, survey online systems, client and other contractor's equipment, using CAT5 cabling,
twisted pairs and/or coaxial units for specific signals carried to and from those locations. Such
communications may consist of video and audio, navigation displays, responder triggers, and video
annotation and sensor data output and control lines.
Prior to start the ROV installation the Supervisor shall discuss with the related parties which interface
will be required where and who shall install the related cables/support trays/bridges etc.

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Standard policy is that prior to powering up the vehicle personnel request 'permission to test the
ROV' from the bridge so that the vessel crew can be foreword of heavy current draw from operating
machinery.

4.1.3 Calibrations, Tests and Verification in Port

During the mobilization phase a series of standard calibration, tests and systems verification shall be
done before the ship leaves the port.
Here below a list of the systems to be tested prior to move to work location;

System Test or Calibration

DGPS Positioning System
 Positioning System
Test – Health check (Contractor)

Gyrocompass
Alignment test (Contractor)
 Gyrocompass
ROVs:  Functional tests (Sub Contractor)
 WC-ROV EXPLORER 8  Interfaces tests (Sub Contractor)
Verification:
 Vessel offset determination and loading into the
navigation software (Contractor)
Project Database  Geodetic Parameters verification (Contractor)
 Project structure coordinate verification (Contractor)
 Conversion parameters verification (Contractor)

 Positioning system Health Check (Contractor); the GPS antennas shall be installed on
pre-defined and known position benchmark along the jetty and then the surveyor start the
positioning data acquisition, which will be compared with the known coordinate of the
benchmark.
 Vessel offset determination/position (Contractor); The offsets (X, Y, Z) of various sensors,
antennae and fixed transducers, will be measured after the rigging-up and then reported
on the survey log book and inserted in the navigation software/system
 Project Database verification (Contractor); the surveyor/navigator shall be controlled the
project database (geodetic parameters, project structures coordinates/positions etc...)
previous inserted and loaded into the navigation and data-logging system.
 Gyrocompass Calibration/alignment (Contractor); the first calibration test will be performed
in the workshop prior equipment mobilization; the gyrocompass will be installed on a
baseline which heading is perfectly know and controlled. The averaged read out of the
gyro quantifies any possible internal error of the system, in addition to this, once the gyro
is installed onboard the survey vessel, it necessary to quantify the misalignment between
the gyrocompass reading and the heading of the vessel.
 Full functional dry test of the ROV (Sub-Contractor); of all sensor mounted on the vehicle
and interfacing systems
All above mentioned tests shall be completed prior to move to work location and the result shall be
submitted to Client onboard representative in a dedicated forms for information.

4.1.4 Offshore Trial Tests and Calibration

Once the survey vessel arrival at work site location and prior to start the survey activities a series of
calibrations and tests of few systems must be carried out.

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All the following activities will be performed at safety distance from any kind of structures within the
work site area and in the presence of Company offshore representative or Marine Warranty Surveyor
(if any).
Here below a list of the systems to be tested and calibrated offshore (safety area);

System Test or Calibration

DP I Vessel Vessel Dynamic Positioning Trial according to
 DP system vessel master instruction (Vessel)
Underwater Positioning System
(USBL) Calibration according to below reported method
(Contractor)
 Reference system: Sonardyne

Wet Functional Tests (Sub contractor)

 Interfaces tests

ROVs:  Beacon transponder signal test

 LWC-ROV – Seaeye PANTER  Video-cameras tests
 Light tests
 Engine tests
 Dual Head Profiler test

 Vessel DP trials (according to Vessel captain instruction)

 This DP trial test shall be performed at safety distance from any structures inside the
field (according to Marine instruction)
 USBL system calibration using as a reference a beacon transponder placed on the
seabed; the goal of this calibration is quantifying with highest possible accuracy the
misalignment of the transducer.
 Prior to the start of the calibration a SVP (Sound Velocity Probe) measurement will be
performed and the result will be set into the acoustic positioning system computer.
 A transponder will be deployed from stern side (within a sea bottom safety area clear of
any structures).
 The vessel will be in the position with fixed heading at 4 cardinal points around the
transponder position.
 The heading of the vessel will be set such as to minimize the rolling. The horizontal
distance from the transponder should be approximately the same as the water depth.
 The data collected should be evenly distributed around the transponder to ensure that
a reliable mean position of the transponder can be computed. A minimum of 100 data
will be recorded for each position. This data is logged by dedicated software computing
the correction parameters to be applied into the navigation system.
 Subsequently, the so-called “Spin Test” verifies the correct application of the calibration
results. This test can be performed either on top of the transponder or beside it if the
beacon is deployed by a rope attached to a marker buoy.

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Figure 1 Vessel positions during USBL calibration and performing spin test.
 To determine if there is a USBL offset error, the vessel slowly rotates through 360. If
there is an offset or misalignment error, the position of the transponder will be plotted
as a circle around the vessel position whereby the radius of the circle will equal the
combined offset error.
 ROV Wet test
 The ROVs will be put on water and will be checked all the interfaces of the instruments
installed on it (Beacon signal, lights, engines etc…)

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4.2 Survey Activities

This section provides basic description of the actions during the installation phase.

4.2.1 Work Sequence

The Pre-Laying crossing installation work sequence shall be as follow:
 This scope shall be performed by Diving Vessel DP-1 Yeoman.
 The mattresses installation shall be as per the ENPPI drawing No. 4268-440-LPD-012 Rev.1
(attached to this document).
 All Pre-Lay Crossing Mattresses and the lifting frame (including transportation, handling and
lifting) shall be provided by Contractor’s.
 Deck lay-out and loading plane will be as per Vessel specification (deck load) and considering
that the “heavy” mattresses (10 ton) shall be positioned under the Vessel A-Frame in order to be
handled by the same without any other onboard movement.
 To install No. 24 mattresses (No. 12 of 10 tons and No. 12 of 5 tons), No. 3 patch will be
performed as follow:
o Patch No. 1 - Load No. 6 Mattresses of 10 ton
o Patch No. 2 - Load No. 6 Mattresses of 10 ton
o Patch No. 3 - Load No. 12 Mattresses of 5 ton
 Once the Vessel will be on location, and after performed the “Offshore Trial Tests and
Calibrations” (please refer to the paragraph 4.1.4 of this procedure) , Vessel will proceed with the
mattresses installation following the steps below:
1) Detailed R.O.V. (Remote Operated Vehicle) survey in the crossing location.
2) Crossing identification by ROV, equipped with mini beacon for the USBL, and accurate
statistic analysis of acoustic positioning measurements.
3) Lowering and installation of the first mattress with the lifting frame equipped with No. 2 mini
beacons using the Vessel A-Frame.
4) Once the Mattress is at 1,5/2 meters from the seabed, final adjustment to reach the final
position/orientation will be made by using Vessel DP system and WROV handling, under
monitoring of surface positioning/navigation system.
5) Once the mattress in final/acceptable position/orientation for the Contractor, it will be
lowered on seabed.
6) Check the position by using by ROV, equipped with mini beacon for the USBL, and
accurate statistical analysis of acoustic positioning measurements.
7) If the position/orientation confirmed by Contractor, the WROV will release it from the lifting
frame and lifting frame will be recovered on board to connect the next mattress.
8) The above procedure described in the points 3,4,5,6 and 7 will be repeated for each
mattress.
9) Once the Pre-Lay Crossing preparation has been completed, final visual ROV survey will
be performed.
 After the completion of the mattresses installation and As Built drawing shall be produced on board
Yeoman by the Contractor.

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5. POSITION ACCURACY
The Final Position accuracy will be within the Vessel specification (DP1 system) and the accuracy of the
positioning systems (surface and underwater) utilized during the project.

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6. GEODESY
The following Geodetic Parameters will be used during the entire project:
Horizontal survey positioning (GPS Datum) is referred to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) Datum,
with transformation to the Red Belt (Egypt 1907)
The WGS 84 reference spheroid parameters are as follows:

WGS 84 Datum
Semi –major Axis (a) 6378137.000 m

Semi –major Axis (b): 6356752.314 m

Eccentricity squared (e2) 0.006694380

Flattening 1/ 298.257223563

The WGS 84 positioning co-ordinates are converted by the navigation system to the Local Datum by
applying the parameters listed in the following tables:
Local Datum Geodetic Parameters
Local Datum Red Belt (Egypt 1907)

Spheroid Helmert 1906

Projection Transverse Mercator

Central Meridian 31° 00’ 00”

Latitude of Origin 30° 00’ 00”

False Easting 615 000 m

False Northing 810 000 m

Scale Factor 1

Datum Shift Parameters from WGS 84 to Red Belt

dX= +121.8 m dY= -98.10 m dZ= +10.70 m

rX= 0°.00 rY= 0°.00 rZ= 0°.0001538889

Scale Factor (p.p.m.) = -0.2263

Note: the Geodetic Parameters and the Datum Transformation Parameters were supplied by the
Client.

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7. PRELIMINARY REPORT
As built drawing after each crossing preparation, shall be produced on board Yeoman by the Contractor.

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Attachment No. 1

(ENPPI Drawing No. 4268-440-LPD-012 Rev.1)

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