Hydrotest Acceptance Questionnaire & Resources

Client/Contractor: Project Name: Project Number: Supervisor:

Test Medium: Onshore/Offshore: Start Date-Time: Current Date-Time:

Pipe Size: Pipe Length: Wall Thickness: Exposed Piping:

Questions to Ask:
1. What is the overall trend?
2. Type of Test: HDD, Full test, Pre-pull, Post-pull
3. Is the pipe insulated?
4. How long has pipe been stabilized?
5. What is ambient temperature and history of it?
6. Where are temperature probes installed?
a. Exactly how is ground probe installed
b. What is test medium temperature and how is that gathered?
i. When did you fill it?
ii. What is the source (lake, frac tank) of test medium?
1. How deep is your filter?
2. Where was test medium temperature data gathered?
c. How are you reading pipe temperature
i. Is it representative of actual pipe temperature?
7. How far is pipe buried in the ground?
8. Are there any pressure discontinuities that appear on any chart(s)?
a. Was any volume of fluid collected? If so, what was the measurement?
9. Any failure during the test?
10. Did you leak test the connections?
11. What’s the data (at least 1/hr, preferably 2/hr)?
12. P-V plot look okay? No yielding of pipe?
13. Is the pipe restrained, free (visual leak test), submerged/buried?
14. Any jumpers? How long are they and what size are they?
15. What is the length of instrumentation hose, if not tied in directly to pipe?
16. Was the line pre-filled prior to WFT’s arrival?
17. All instrumentation calibrated within proper time limits?
18. Was procedure followed?

Questions for the Engineer to Answer:

1. Was fill water able to stabilize prior to testing consistent with calculations? (Reference:
Temperature Stabilization Excel Spreadsheet)
2. Are pressure inconsistencies accounted for?
 Hydrotest Acceptance Questionnaire & Resources

Client/Contractor: Project Name: Project Number: Supervisor:

Test Medium: Onshore/Offshore: Start Date-Time: Current Date-Time:

Pipe Size: Pipe Length: Wall Thickness: Exposed Piping:

a. Temperature, leak other than pipe - volume, bumping chart, …

b. Was volume captured and does it correlate with pipe data?
i. (Reference: Pipe Data – Fill and Test Excel Spreadsheet)
c. If temperature plays a role, is the magnitude of the pressure change consistent to the
change in temperature? (Reference: Temperature vs Pressure Excel Spreadsheet)
i. Does the subsea temperature profile correlate with the known temperature data
(Reference: GOM Water Depth vs. Temp Chart and Seawater Temperature
Chart)
3. Does the pressure chart trend more like a leak or stabilization?
4. What is the calculated stabilization time and does it correlate with field data?
5. Has conduction of pipe been evaluated? Heat transfer between steel and water?