F01 – Introduction to Subsea Pipeline Systems
This course aims to give you an engineering-focused introduction to subsea pipeline systems, with a clear path from field layouts to design choices, so you can connect early design assumptions to operational reliability, maintenance and failure mechanisms across the subsea lifecycle.
£299.00
20 hours
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
8 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
44 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
Designed for: engineering graduates looking for refresher courses in niche expert areas.
Entry requirements: an engineering degree or equivalent experience, plus a basic grounding in fluid mechanics.
Learning format: self-paced online lessons with audio read-out, worked examples, a sizing exercise and practice problems, flip-card recall exercises, in-lesson checks, an AI tutor that guides rather than gives answers, and graded quizzes. This suits the aim because you can work at your own pace and test each idea before moving on.
What you will learn
Explain the role, layout, and design process of subsea pipeline systems.
Compare major subsea pipeline installation methods and their practical trade-offs.
Identify key material standards, steel properties, and pipe manufacturing routes used in subsea pipelines.
Apply basic hydraulic design concepts to single-phase pipeline sizing decisions.
Explain core wave-mechanics concepts relevant to offshore and subsea engineering.
Recognize the main advanced design topics that shape structural integrity, fatigue, and stability assessments.
Skills and knowledge
Pipeline design
Installation methods
Pipe manufacturing
Hydraulic sizing
Wave mechanics
Structural analysis
Offshore engineering
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Pipeline Systems Overview
2.1 Course Context
2.2 Transport Options
2.3 Pipeline Characteristics
2.4 Operation PLUTO
2.5 Field Layout
2.6 Route Selection
2.7 Design Process
2.8 Quiz 1
Installation Methods
3.1 Installation Overview
3.2 S-Lay
3.3 J-Lay
3.4 Reel-Lay
3.5 Pull-and-Tow
3.6 Quiz 2
Pipeline Materials and Manufacturing
4.1 Carbon-Manganese Steel
4.2 Standards and Grades
4.3 Strength Requirements
4.4 Steelmaking Routes
4.5 Pipe Fabrication Methods
4.6 ERW and HFI
4.7 Quiz 3
Hydraulic Design and Sizing
5.1 Hydraulic Design Goals
5.2 Flow Assurance Issues
5.3 Design Software
5.4 Single-Phase Flow
5.5 Pressure-Drop Modelling
5.6 Sizing Exercise
5.7 Sizing Decision
5.8 Quiz 4
Wave Mechanics
6.1 Why Waves Matter
6.2 Wave Formation
6.3 Regular Waves
6.4 Irregular Waves
6.5 Airy Assumptions
6.6 Depth Regimes
6.7 Velocity Potential
6.8 Practice Problems
6.9 Quiz 5
Advanced Topics Overview
7.1 Advanced Topics Scope
7.2 Advanced Topic Map
7.3 Advanced Outcomes
7.4 Quiz 6
Summary
8.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00