# Sohio Petroleum Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 195.8-1984 Sohio
- **title:** Sohio Petroleum Company — Pipeline Safety Interpretation
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1984-09-11
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** 195.8-1984 Sohio response to Sohio Petroleum Company concerning 195.8.
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September 11, 1984
Mr. Pilar Esteve de lier
Division Contracts Engineer
Sohio Petroleum Company
Suite 1200
9401 Southwest Freeway
Houston, Texas 77074
Dear Mr. lier:
This is in response to your letter dated August 10, 1984, submitting a notification under §195.8 of the
proposed use of a 1000' section and a 420' section of "Pag-O-Flex" pipe in an offshore pipeline.
We understand that this type of flexible pipe has been used successfully offshore in situations similar to those
you propose. Further, the proposed test pressure exceeds that required by §195.302(b)(2). Consequently, we
find that your proposal is not unduly hazardous.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Richard L Beam
Associate Director for
Pipeline Safety Regulation
Materials Transportation Bureau

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Attention: The Secretary of Department of Transportation
Gentlemen:
Subject: Notification Required Under DOT 49CFR
Part 195.8
Transportation of Hazardous Material
Please note
two corrections to letter dated August
8, 1984.
The first
paragraph, first sentence, South Pass Block 49 should read South Pass Block
Paragraph two, under the pipeline
design criteria:
Working Pressure
should be changed to Test Pressure. The letter should read as follows:
Petroleum Company plans to initiate crude oil
transportation from
Mississippi Canyon Block 20-A platform to a subsea tie-in in South Pass Block
50 in December 1984.
(Proposed Pipeline Route - Attachment 1).
The pipeline
a 6" line approximately
54,900 ft. long consisting
Pag-O-Flex
seamless pipe sections. A 1000 ft. section of Pag-0-Flex will extend from the
platform riser and a 420 ft. section of Pag-0-Flex will be installed at the
subsea tie-in to protect the pipeline from mudflows.
The pipeline design criteria is as follows:
Design Pressure
1440 psig
Operating Pressure
875
psig
Test Pressure
2160 psig
Design Temperature
115°F
Design Flowrate
8000 BOPD
The Pag-0-Flex material and testing procedures
hereto.
These lines have been specially
designed
and tested for
application.
Should
you have any questions, please
contact the undersigned
at 713)
778-2337.
Very truly yours,
PETROLEUM
The all
Division Contracts Engineer
PEI/ran
0806R

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400 7th Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590
Attention: The Secretary of Department of Transportation
Gentlemen:
Subject: Notification Required Under DOT 49CFR
Part 195.8
Transportation of Hazardous Material
Sohio
Petroleum Company plans to initiate crude
oil transportation from
5049 in December 1984.
• Mississippi Canyon Block 20-A platform to a subsea tie-in in South Pass Block
(Proposed Pipeline Route - Attachment 1).
The pipeline
is
a 6" line approximately 54,900 ft. long consisting of two Pag-O-Flex
seamless pipe sections. A 1000 ft. section of Pag-0-Flex will extend from the
platform riser and a 420 ft. section of Pag-0-Flex will be installed at the
subsea tie-in to protect the pipeline from mudflows.
The pipeline design criteria is as follows:
Design Pressure
1440 psig
Operating Pressure
875 psig
TEST Working Pressure
2160
psig
Design Temperature
115°F
Design Flowrate
8000 BOPD
The Pag-0-Flex material and
testing procedures
are described in Attachment 2
hereto.
These lines have been specially
designed
tested for
Sohio's
application.
Should you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at (713)
778-2337.
Very truly yours,
SOHIO
ETROLEUM COMPAN
The store dill
Pilar Esteve de Iler
Division Contracts Engineer
PEI/ran
0806R
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