Subsea power cables
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Advanced
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Location
London
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Class hours
14h
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Duration
2 Days
This technical awareness course details the cycles and phases in the installation of subsea power cables. Explaining various installation methods using surface laying, ploughing and ROV burial, including pull into offshore structures and landfalls.
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Start date
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About this course
It helps installation contractors, engineers, project managers and oil and gas practitioners transferring to the offshore wind industry deepen their knowledge of the subject
Reviews
Subjects
- Oil and Gas
- Subsea systems
- Subsea equipment
- Installation
- Design
- Power Engineering
- Subsea controls
- Oil Engineering
- Engineering
- Subsea pipelines
Teachers and trainers (1)
Dave Slee
Tutor
Course programme
- Typical project structure
- Feasibility studies
- Consenting
- Environmental impact studies
- Surveys
- Route selection
- Cable production
- Installation
- Post-lay activities
- Case study – Part 1: Overview
Cable routing
- Selection of route corridor
- Geophysical survey
- Route determination
- Charting
- Geotechnical survey
- Burial methods
- Burial performance prediction
- Case study – Part 2: Routing
Cable design
- Cable types for array
- Export and interconnectors
- Design qualification
- Cable performance characteristics
- Hauling devices and joints
- Case study – Part 3: Design
Cable installation
- Pre-installation design and analysis
- Types of vessel
- Deck layouts and key installation equipment
- Surface laying
- Plough burial
- ROV burial
- Other types of burial
- Rock dumping
- Case study – Part 4: Installation
Offshore structure connection
- Cable entry types
- Entry protection
- Internal cable management
- Pull-in analysis
- Installation equipment and methods
- Case study – Part 5: Connections
Landfalls
- Landfall selection
- Horizontal directional drilled installation process
- Surface lay and trenched process
- Landfall joint bay
- Case study – Part 6: Landfalls
Additional information
Subsea power cables