Engineering Standard

SAES-A-100 Survey Coordinates, Datum's and Data Formats Document Responsibility: Project Management Office Dept. 27 June 2012

Saudi Aramco DeskTop Standards

Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Scope............................................................ 2 Conflicts and Deviations................................ 2 References.................................................... 2 Coordinate Systems...................................... 2 Vertical Datums............................................. 3 Surveys......................................................... 3 Cartography................................................... 4 General Notes............................................... 5

Previous Issue: 30 April 2007 Next Planned Update: 27 June 2017 Revised paragraphs are indicated in the right margin Primary contact: Doiron, Shannon Earl on 966-3-880-9161
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Document Responsibility: Project Management Office Department SAES-A-100 Issue Date: 27 June 2012 Next Planned Update: 27 June 2017 Survey Coordinates, Datum's and Data Formats

Scope This Standard establishes the responsibility of Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division in providing the Coordinate systems, Horizontal and Vertical datums, Datum Transformations and data formats that will be used in engineering, design, construction, surveying, mapping, charting, and drawings of all Saudi Aramco facilities.

Conflicts and Deviations 2.1 Any conflicts between this standard and other applicable Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards (SAESs), Materials System Specifications (SAMSSs), Standard Drawings (SASDs), or industry standards, codes, and forms shall be resolved in writing by the Company or Buyer Representative through the Manager, Project Support and Controls Department of Saudi Aramco, Dhahran. Direct all requests to deviate from this standard in writing to the Company or Buyer Representative, who shall follow internal company procedure SAEP-302 and forward such requests to the Manager, Project Support and Controls Department of Saudi Aramco, Dhahran.

2.2

References The selection of material and equipment, and the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of equipment and facilities covered by this standard shall comply with the latest edition of the reference(s) listed below, unless otherwise noted. Saudi Aramco Reference Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedure SAEP-302 Instructions for Obtaining a Waiver of a Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirements

Coordinate Systems 4.1 Coordinates will be based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system and referenced to the International 1924 Ellipsoid, Ain (Ayn) Al Abd 1970 Datum.

All further reference's herein to UTM means International 1924 Ellipsoid Ain Al Abd 1970 Datum.

4.2

Navigation products such as navigation charts and maps, will be based on the Mercator Projection with the Standard Parallel in the center of the area of interest. These products will be referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84). See general note 8.8.
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4.3 4.4

Major Plant facilities will be referenced to a local plant grid (see section 6.5) which in turn is tied into the UTM coordinate system All conversions between datum's shall be based on Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division transformation parameters. See general note 8.1.

Vertical Datums 5.1 5.2 Offshore depth soundings are referenced to Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT), (see cartography 7.3 & general note 8.4). Land elevations are referenced to Mean Sea Level (MSL) vertical datum for all (see general note 8.7).

Surveys 6.1 All surveying (land, photogrammetric, hydrographic) shall be conducted in consultation with Saudi Aramco's' Surveying Services Division (SSD). SSD will provide consultative assistance and support to Proponent organizations who wish to obtain surveying services through Saudi Aramco approved General Engineering Contractors or General Surveying Service Contractors. Proponent organizations are advised to include surveying services in the Project Proposal prior to requesting ERA approval. Survey monuments shall bear definite identification for future reference. Type of survey monument shall be approved by the Chief-Surveying Services. Projects and Plants shall have at least three (3) survey monuments. The minimum distance between any two monuments shall be fifty (50) meters. The location of each monument shall be referenced to UTM Coordinates and Mean Sea Level elevation. Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division shall be responsible for quality control and quality assurance surveys required on all Saudi Aramco projects. The establishment of Plant Coordinate Systems on new facilities shall be the responsibility of the proponent organization; Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division shall be responsible for quality control and for tying the Plant System into the UTM Coordinate System. As-Built surveys shall be based on actual field measurements referenced to the UTM or local (plant) Coordinate systems and MSL. As-Built surveys should be accompanied by a method statement detailing the equipment, methods, calibration values, transformation parameter values and
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6.2 6.3

6.4 6.5

6.6 6.7

Document Responsibility: Project Management Office Department SAES-A-100 Issue Date: 27 June 2012 Next Planned Update: 27 June 2017 Survey Coordinates, Datum's and Data Formats

accuracies obtained in performing the survey. 6.8 As-Built surveys eligible for use in updating the Geodatabase must consist of 3D CAD files (that is CAD files with elements whose Z value is equal to the Mean Sea Level elevation of the surveyed feature), the X & Y values of the elements must be compliant with the UTM Coordinate System, Ain Al Abd (1970) Datum or other approved Coordinate System and Datum (see general note 8.9). As-Built surveys of Pipelines and Power-lines may consist of a 3D coordinate listing in a Comma Separated Variable (CSV) format, referenced by Point ID and Description to the Design Drawings as described in general note 8.10. 2D As-Built Surveys may at the discretion of Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division be placed in a temporary display layer of the Geodatabase until such times as the 3D survey of the facilities is completed by the Update Program.

6.9

6.10

Cartography 7.1 7.2 All mapping and charting shall be the responsibility of Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division. Base Mapping is Surveying Services Division's functional responsibility and as such they shall be the official source for this type of mapping. Base Maps are based on Ain Al Abd 1970 datum, Lambert Conformal Conic (LCC) Projection. Engineering mapping and charting coordinates shall be based on UTM. Elevations shall be based on Mean Sea Level for land and Lowest Astronomical Tide for offshore. See general notes 8.7 & 8.8. Navigational Products shall be based on an Orthomorphic Projection such as Mercator, referenced to WGS 84. These products will incorporate a geographic graticule that facilitates the measurement of Latitude and Longitude positions. Positions will be quoted in Degrees, Minutes and decimals of minutes, i.e., 28 35.5' N, 49 52.7'E. Overall plant and facility drawings and maps shall show a minimum of three (3) survey monuments with UTM coordinates and MSL elevations. Route drawings for linear facilities shall show the UTM coordinates on beginning and ending points, and changes in direction. Stationing is defined as the accumulated horizontal ground distance, and shall be expressed in Kilometers plus meters (km + m). All large scale site mapping for construction purposes shall be based on a local

7.3

7.4

7.5 7.6

7.7

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ground (plant) coordinate system and shall be referenced to the UTM coordinate system. 7.8 7.9 All transformation equations to relate UTM to Local (Plant) coordinates shall be developed by Surveying Services Division. Engineering Drawings using surveying information shall reference the survey map or chart number used as a source. Original mapping shall not be modified in any way.

General Notes 8.1 Implementation of these standards by converting other coordinate systems, such as WGS84, shall be the responsibility of individual departments. All such conversions shall be based on Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division transformation parameters. The term WGS84 is a reference ellipsoid to which satellite based positions are usually referenced. The WGS84 datum should be explicitly identified with its reference, either international or local. The current Saudi Aramco WGS84 datum - is identified as Saudi Aramco WGS84 (1998), all WGS84 vertical values will be given in terms of the ellipsoid height. Saudi Aramco Surveying Services Division will provide assistance in converting from a named WGS84 datum to the Saudi Aramco Ain Al Abd (1970) Datum by any of the following methods. a) b) Conversion formula and/or tables and methods. Coordinates of reference control stations on the Saudi Aramco Ain Al Abd (1970) Horizontal Datum and on the SAVD (1978) Vertical datum to enable the user to 'calibrate' their survey systems. Coordinates pairs of reference stations given with values expressed in terms of the Saudi Aramco Ain Al Abd (1970) Horizontal Datum/SAVD (1978) Vertical datum and Saudi Aramco WGS84 (1998) Datum to enable the user to compute their own transformation parameters.

8.2

8.3

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8.4 8.5

Saudi Aramco Tide Tables provide predicted tidal elevations referenced to Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT). To obtain accurate horizontal ground distances obtained from UTM coordinates (or opposite), sea level factor and scale (projection) factor corrections (or a locally computed combined factor) shall be applied. Scale factor corrections should be calculated on a project by project basis (except for long pipelines

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which should be segmented). Scale factor parameters shall be referenced on each sheet. 8.6 The unit of distance measurement and elevation for engineering projects, mapping, and charting shall be meters. One meter equals 3.2808398950 international feet, or 3.2808333333 U.S. feet (Survey Feet). One international foot equals 0.3048 meter exactly. Mean Sea Level (MSL) is the Saudi Aramco Vertical Datum of 1978 (SAVD 1978) based on the Benchmark Monument B located at the Dhahran Airport, having a preliminary elevation of 24.640 meters as established by the Saudi Arabian Government in 1978. SAVD 1978 approximates MSL at the Arabian Sea. SAVD 1978 elevations minus 0.79 meters equals the Jiddah 1969 datum (Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Aerial Survey Dept.). Charts produced for navigational purposes shall be produced on the Mercator Projection to conform with International Charting Standards. Navigation products shall be based on WGS84 Ellipsoid to allow the plotting of positions obtained from satellite navigation systems. This also relates to online charting information systems, which by International Standards must be based on WGS84. As-Built CAD files eligible for Geodatabase updating should consist of a contiguous master design file/drawing which may be referenced to sheet files, the graphic elements must conform to a documented standard which can be used to prepare tables to extract the elements into the Geodatabase structure. Comma Separated Variable (CSV) files provided as part of an As-Built submission should consist of an Identifier (used to reference the point to the 2D drawing), X,Y and Z coordinate values in an approved coordinate system and datum, and a documented 'Feature Code' to be used to import the element to the correct Geodatabase feature class. Each 'Feature Code' must be documented as to horizontal and vertical location of the surveyed point and all linear features must consist of unbroken sequences of points.

8.7

8.8

27 June 2012

Revision Summary Revised, the Next Planned Update. Reaffirmed the content of the document, and reissued with editorial revision.

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