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1.0 Table of Contents

1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0

INTRODUCTION............

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PURPOSE ...................................................................................................................

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SCOPE ................................ .
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RESPONSIBILITIES .....................
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DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................
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REFERENCES ............................................................................................................... 5
GENERAL REQUIREMENTSS.........................................................................................
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7.1.1 High Strength Steel ...........................................................................................
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7.1.2 Mild Steel ................................................................................................................ 8
7.1.3 Trough Thickness Material ..................................................................................
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7.1.4 Piles Jointed by Mechanical Connector ...................................................................8
8.0 MATERIAL SPECIFICATION FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL............................................... 8
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8.1 Class~f~cat~on
of Structural.............................................................................................. 8
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8.2 Material Appl~cat~on
8.3 MILL CERTIFICATES ..................................................................................................12
8.4 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES .............................................................................
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8.4.1 Seamless and UOE Tubulars ................................................................................
8.4.2 Bend 1 Roll Tubulars ..............................................................................................14
8.4.3 Circumference ....................................................................................................... 14
8.4.4 Ovality ................................................................................................................... 14
8.4.5 Out of Roundness.................................................................................................. 14
8.4.6 Local Out of Straightness ......................................................................................14
8.4.7 Local Dents ...........................................................................................................
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8.4.8 End Pependicularity...............................................................................................
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8.4.9 End Bevels ............................................................................................................
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8.4.10 Length ................................................................................................................
8.4.11 Tolerances for Plates and Rolled Section ........................................................... 15
8.4.12 Special Requirements - Straightness ................................................................. 15
8.5 Alternative Material Specifications and References......................................................
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8.6 Alternative Material Sizes.............................................................................................
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9.0 INSPECTION..................................................................................................................16
9.1 Inspection by the Vendor ............................................................................................. 17
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9.2 Inspection by the Company....................
10.0 MATERIALS STORAGE AND IDENTIFICATION......................................................... 17
11.0 REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT .................................................................................
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Table of Tables

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Table 5-1 Table of Defin~t~on

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Table 6-1 Standard Used for Material Selection
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Table 6-2 Standard Used for Material Testing.............
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Table 6-3 Standard Used for Material Fabrication.......................................................................
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Table 8-1 Type of Materials ...................
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Table 8-2 Summary of materials classification, form Itype, application, material specification
and nominal yield stress to be used for the platform structures and the associated
components and appurtenance...................................................................................................
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Table 8-3 Summary of materials classification and specification to be used for specific areas
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on the platform structure ...........................................................................................................
Table 8-4 Alternative Material Specifications ............................................................................ 15

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This document replaces and supersede from MOC Specification for Structural Materials,
Document No. 06001-SK-EG-ST-STD-GEN-0002.
2.0 PURPOSE
This specification defines the minimum requirements for the supply of structural steel for the
Sarawak Oil and Gas Development Project in Malaysia.
The Vendor shall ensure that all goods supplied meet the requirements of this specification
and of the codes, standards and specifications specified herein, within the goods or services
are supplied by Vendor directly or by a sub-contractor.

3.0 SCOPE
This document is applicable to all project's department personnel working on the Sarawak
Oil and Gas Development Project.
4.0 RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the responsibilities of all project personnel to implement this document. It is the
responsibilities of the DCC to ensure that all projects personal receive a copy of the
documents for their independent action.
5.0 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Table 5-1 Table of Definition
Term
COMPANY
PURCHASER
VENDOR
INSPECTOR

I Definition

Murphy Sarawak Oil Co, Ltd. As the project develop and ultimate
owner of the facility
The party which places the order or signs the contract as or on
behalf of COMPANY
The company on which the order or contract for supply of the
goods or services is placed
COMPANY'S representative or member of the Third party
Inspection Agency appointed by COMPANY

6.0 REFERENCES
All structural steel supplied shall conform to the requirements of this specification and the
minimum requirements stated in the latest revision of the following codes and standards.
The main standards used are American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and
American Petroleum Institute (API).

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Table 6-1 Standard Used for Material Selection

Standard

Description

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ASTM A36

Standard Specification for Structural Steel

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ASTM A1 23

Specification for Zinc (Hot-Galvanized) Coatings on Products

Fabricated from Rolled, Pressed and Forged
- Steel Shapes,
Plates Bars and Strips

ASTM A106

Seamless Carbon Steel for High Temperature Services

ASTM A572

Specification for High Strength Low Alloy Columbium-Vanadium

Steels for Structural Quality

API 5L

Specification for Carbon-Manganese Steel Plate for Offshore

platform Tubular Joints

Specification for Linepipe

Specification for Steel Plates for Offshore Structures, Produced
by Thermo-Mechanical Control Process (TMCP)
Specification for Steel Plates, Quenched and Tempered for
offshore Structures

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API RP 2L

Pre-production Qualification for Steel Plates for Offshore

Structures
U S . federal Government: RR-G-66lC Specification

Table 6-2 Standard Used for Material Testing

Standard

ASTM A370

Description

Methods and Definition for Mechanical testing of Steel

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ASTM A770

Standard Specification for Through Thickness Testing of Steel

Plates for Special Application

Table 6-3 Standard Used for Material Fabrication

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ASTM A6

/ Description
Standard Specification for general Requirements for Rolled Steel
Plates, Shapes, Sheet piling and Bars for Structural Use

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AWS D1.l

American Welding Society (AWS): Structural Welding Code

AlSC

Manual of Steel Construction

Specification for Fabricated Structural Steel Pipe

API RP 2A

Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and

Construction of Fixed Offshore Platforms

7.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

All materials shall be new, sound and free of defects of the size and quality indicated and
shall be subject to approval by COMPANY.
Materials with improper or inadequate certification documents (requiring additional tests) are
required to be re-certified and verified by the appropriate tests at Vendor's expense. In
addition catalogues and / or samples of all structural products / materials used in the
fabrication of offshore platforms and their associated components and appurtenance shall be
submitted to COMPANY for approval prior to their use.
Ex-stock materials shall be subjected to additional test as per COMPANY'S Guidelines for
the Purchase of Ex-Stock Material for Project 06001-SK-EG-QU-WOK-GEN-0001.
Vendor shall ensure that all tubular, plates and shapes are properly marked at the point of
manufacture and that the markings be transferred to all parts cut from the tubular 1 plate. The
supplied sections shall be protected with a coating of varnish.
In the event that the materials furnished by Vendor appear to exhibit properties not normally
attributed (although allowable under the respective industry standard used) to the steel
grade for the inclusion in the structure and other indication which may contribute to poor
weldability, ductility, strength and toughness, COMPANY will retain the right to require the
reporting of additional test result to ensure that the steels used are acceptable for inclusion
in the structures at no additional cost to COMPANY. All additional testing shall be furnished
by Vendor.
All steel shall be fully killed with grain size 7 and finer as per ASTM E l 12. Rimming steel and
un-killed steels are not acceptable.
Use of Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) pipe is not allowed except if specially approved by
COMPANY Engineer.
COMPANY allows spiral welded pipes for caisson only. These spiral welded pipes shall be
manufactured according to API and shall carry API monogram.
Through thickness properties testing shall not be required for through thickness materials of
thickness below 19 mm.

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Testing of materials shall be performed in accordance with A370, ASTM A6 and ASTM A770
unless otherwise specified herein.
In general, high strength steel shall be used for all primary and secondary steelwork and
mild steel for all tertiary steelwork.
7.1 .I High Strength Steel
High strength steel (minimum yield stress 345 MPa, ultimate strength 480 MPa) will be used
for all primary and secondary tubular and wide flange (W10 and above) beam structure
framing.
7.1.2

Mild Steel

Mild steel (minimum yield stress 248 MPa) will be used for all tertiary steelwork including
walkways, stairs, handrails, pipe support etc. and for beam section smaller than W10. Mild
steel may also be specified for larger beam sizes where design governed by deflection
criteria or lateral torsional buckling.
7.1.3

Through Thickness Material

High strength steel with improved through thickness properties shall be used on all tubular
joint cans with the thickness 19 mm and greater and all wide flange sections with flange
thickness 19 mm and greater.
7.1.4

Piles Jointed b y Mechanical Connector

The materials for this application shall be API 5L X56.

8.0 MATERIAL SPECIFICATION FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL

8.1

Classification of Structural

For the purpose of this specification, structural steel is classified by the following groups. The
type of classification will be used in identifying the materials used for components in the
structural drawings.
Table 8-1 Type of Materials
Type

TYPE l

TYPE II

Definition
Primary structural steel -high strength is steel with a specified
minimum yield stress of 345 MPa and is used in members
essential to the overall integrity of the structure and for other
structural members of importance to the operational safety of the
structure
Primary Structural Steel - High Strength with Through Thickness
Property
Primary structural steel - high strength with through thickness
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Definition

Type

MPa and is used in members essential to the overall integrity of

the structure, where stress concentration are high and where the
stresses in the thickness direction may lead to lamellar tearing
Primary Structural Steel - Mild Steel
Primary structural steel - mild steel is steel with a specified yield
stress between 248 MPa and 345 MPa and is used in members
essential to the overall integrity of the structure and for other
structure members of importance to the operational safety of the
structure
Primary Structural Steel - Mild Steel with Trough Thickness
Property
Primary structural steel with through thickness property is steel
with a specified yield strength between 248 MPa and 345 MPa
and is used in members essential to the overall integrity of the
structure where stress concentration are high and where the
stresses in the thickness direction may lead to lamellar tearing
Secondary Structural Steel
Secondary structural steel is steel used in members not essential
to the overall integrity of the structure and I or the operational
safety

TYPE Ill

TYPE IV

TYPE V

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Table 8-2 Summary of materials classification, form I type, application, material

specification and nominal yield stress to be used for the platform structures and the
associated components and appurtenance

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Mild Steel

High Strength
Steel
PLATES
High Strength
Steel with
Through
Thickness
Properties

Material
Specification

Application

FormlType

Item

Stiffeners
Deck Plate Walls
Drip Pans
Stiffeners
Flange Plate
Web plate
Boxed plate
Capbeam
Padeyes
Fabricated Girders
Capbeam (where
tension members
attached)

Nominal
Yield
Stress

ASTM A36

..,.lvlra

Type
~lassification

248

TYPE Ill

345

TYPE 1

345

TYPE II

ASTM A572
Gr 50
API 2H Gr 50
API 2W Gr 50
ASTM A572
Gr 50
API 2H GR 50
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Material

Application

Mild Steel
High Strength
Steel
ROLLED
SECTION

High Strength
Steel with
Through
Thickness
Properties
Flange
thickness more
than 19 mm
Mild Steel
Below 406 mm
diameter
High Strength
Steel
Below 406 mm
diameter
High Strength
Steel
406 mrn
diameter and

TUBULAR
SECTIONS

Walkway
Stairs
Pipe Support
Floor Beams
Truss Beams
Columns

ASTM A36

Truss Beams
Columns

High Strength
Steel

JOIJOI; 1

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specified
through
thickness
~ r o ~ e r t i for
es
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High Strength
Steel with
Specified
Through
Thickness

248

Classification

TYPE Ill

ASTM A572
Gr 50

345

TYPE l

ASTM A572
Gr 50

345

TYPE II

250

TYPE Ill

API 5L Gr B
Stairs
Pipe Supports

ASTM A 106
Gr B

Truss Brace for

MSF

API 5LX52
API 2H Gr 50

Truss Brace for

MSF
MSF Legs
API 5LX52

Steel with
Through
Thickness

Yield

Truss Brace for

MSF
MSF Legs
Crane Pedestals

358

345

TYPE I

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API 2H Gr 50
TYPE II

345
API 2W Gr 50

For Piles Jointed by

Mechanical
Connectors

API 5LX56

385

API 5LX56

ASTM A36

Topside Joints
Cans
Jacket Joint Cans

Topside Joints
Cans
Jacket Joint Cans

TYPE IV
API 5L Gr B

ASTM A572
Gr 50

1 API 2H Gr 50
API 2W Gr 50

TYPE II

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MPa

Type
~lassification

API 5L X52

1. Designer shall consider strength reduction with temperature rise. Quenched and
tempered steel such as API 2Y and BS EN 10225 +Q are unacceptable.

2. Identification by Type Classification Section 8.1

Table 8-3 Summary of materials classification and specification t o be used for specific
areas o n the platform structure

Item

Minimum
Yield
Stress MPa
Consider
strength
reduction
with
temperature
rise
See Note 1
Consider
strength
reduction
with
temperature
rise
See Note 1

Type
Classification

248

TYPE Ill

ASTM A36

248

TYPE Ill

ASTM A572
Gr 50

345

TYPE l

ASTM A572
Gr 50

345

TYPE II

248

TYPE Ill

Material
Specification

FormlType

Mild Steel

Flareboom
Members at Hot
Section

High Strength
Steel

Flareboom
Members at Hot
Section

ASTM A106
Gr B

FLARE
BOOM
API 2H Gr 50
API 2W Gr 50
API 5L X52

Mild Steel

Tubular Bracing

High Strength
Steel

PILES

TYPE l

API 5L Gr B
ASTM A36

JACKETS

MUDMAT
(Rolled
Section
and Plates)

TYPE Ill

Mild Steel
High Strength
Steel
Mild Steel

Tubular Bracing
Mudmat Beams
Stiffeners
Panels
Mudmat Beams
stiffeners
Panels

API 5L Gr B
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API 5L Gr B
Mild Steel

Caissons

CAISSON
High Strength
Steel

Caissons

ASTM A36
ASTM A572
Gr 50

248

TYPE Ill

345

TYPE l

API 5L X52

1. Designer shall consider strength reduction with temperature rise. Quenched and
tempered steel such as API 2Y and BS EN 10225 +Q are unacceptable.

2. Identification by Type Classification Section 8.1.

8.3

MILL CERTIFICATES

Steel shall be delivered in accordance with the referenced American Standards or equivalent
depending on the specified application as defined in this specification and Ior drawings.
Steel shall be supplied with certified mill test report.
Manufacturer shall supply documentation relating to the supply of structural steel to
Company for approval. Full certification of the results of inspection and testing shall be
provided by Manufacturer and shall be validated by Company representative in accordance
with I S 0 10474, type 3.1C and BS EN 10204 Section 4, type 3.2 certificates. Where
Company agrees prior to the start of production or where steel purchased from Petronas
approved mill, EN 10204 type 3.1 certificates is acceptable for specific results.
Certification shall cover all results required by this specification and shall be marked with
sufficient information to enable full traceability to the items it represents, and the relevant
specifications and procedures.

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All reports and inspection certificates shall be signed by Manufacturer and Company
representative to signify compliance with the requirements of the specification.
In addition, the independent third party inspection certificates shall state:
The identification of the material has been verified by the certification authority
That all tests were witnessed by the independent third party inspection agency
Agency or inspector's identification symbol
These certificates shall also include, but not limited to the following:
Name of the Manufacturer and factory symbol
Purchase order number, date and revision
Certificate number, date and revision
Heat number, charge number or batch number
Complete chemical and ladle analysis including trace elements
Specified chemical, mechanical and physical properties (or reference standards)
Yield and tensile strength
Dimension
Elongation measurements
Fracture toughness if applicable
All supplementary requirements over and above the base reference standards
When applicable, heat treatment procedure, furnace charge number of heat
treatment records
Other identifying symbols
When applicable, NDT methods and results
Any other such normally supplied information as may required by Company
All system of units used shall be S.I. unless advised otherwise by Company
Maximum CE (Carbon Equivalent) for primary structural steel shall be 0.45. CE value
shall be determined by the following;

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DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES

Seamless and UOE Tubulars

Unless otherwise specified in the Contract Drawings, all seamless tubular and tubular
manufactured by the UOE-SAW process (outside diameter less than 406 mm (16 inches)
shall meet the dimensions and tolerance requirement of API 5L (or equivalent)
8.4.2

Bend IRoll Tubulars

Structural steel tubular, piles, cans, conductors, etc., manufactured by the bend 1 roll process
shall conform to API 2 8 and the following tolerances whichever is more stringent.
8.4.3

Circumference

The external circumference shall not depart from the nominal external circumference by
30% of the nominal wall thickness or & 10 mm whichever is smaller
8.4.4

Ovality

Ovality, defined as the difference between the measure maximum and the minimum internal
or the external diameters, shall not be more than the following:
Diameter < 610 mm

: 1% of nominal diameter

610 mm < diameter > 2000 mm

: greater of 6 mm and 0.75% of nominal diameter

Diameter > 2000 mm

: greater of 15 mm and 0.5% of nominal diameter

8.4.5 Out of Roundness

Out of roundness defined as the difference between the actual form and the ideal circular
form of the section as measured using a 20' arch gauge, shall not exceed 0.2% of the
nominal external diameter of 25% of the nominal wall thickness whichever is the lesser.
8.4.6

Local Out of Straightness

Local out of straightness, defined as the deviation of the shell plate from a straight generator
of length 'm' parallel to the true center line of the tube, shall not exceed 20% of the wall
thickness.
8.4.7 Local Dents
They shall be treated and judged as out of roundness and local out of straightness.
8.4.8

End Perpendicularity

The ends of the tubular shall be cut perpendicular to the longitudinal axis within the following
tolerances.
Diameter < 2000 mm

+ 3 mm

Diameter > 2000 mm & 5 mm

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End Bevels

The bevel angle shall be 30' and the root face shall be 3.0 & 1.5 rnm.
8.4.1 0 Length
The tolerance of length shall be ? 50 mm for bend Iroll tubular and & 25 mrn for UOE
tubulars.
8.4.1 1 Tolerances for Plates and Rolled Section
For plates and rolled sections, tolerances shall as specified in ASTM A6.
8.4.12 Special Requirements - Straightness
Jacket Leg
The deviation for straightness of jacket legs should be less than 318 inch (10 mm). Such
deviation should not be more than 118 ft (3 mm) in any 10 ft (3 rn) increment of length.
Piles
The maximum allowable deviation from straightness in any 10 ft (3 m) increment of length
should be 118 inch (3 mm). For lengths over 10 ft (3 m), the maximum deviation of the entire
length may be computed by the following formula, but not to exceed 318 inch (10 mm) in any
40 ft (12 mm) length.
1
total length (ft)
-inch [
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8
10 ( f t )

The method for checking straightness should be taut wire along the length of pipe repeated
at a minimum of three radius points.
8.5

Alternative Material Specifications and References

Company standard practices are based on API and ASTM standards but other equivalent
standards are acceptable subject to approval by Company. The following material
specifications and references are considered as acceptable sources of alternate
specification.
Table 8-4 Alternative Material Specifications
Standard

Description

BS EN 10210-1

Hot Finished Structural Hollow Sections of

Non-Alloy and Fine Grain Structural
Steels. Technical Delivery Requirements

AWS
Group

Grade
S275JOH

S355J2H

I Soecification for Weldable Structural Steel I S355G7+N

BS EN 10225

f i r Fixed Offshore Structures. Technical

Delivery Conditions

S355G7+M
S355G8+N

Group I
Group II
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ot Rolled Products of Structural Steel

pecification for Line Pipe

DIN 17100

JIS G3101

8.6

St44-2
St44-3

Group I

St52-3U
St52-3N

Group ll

SS400

Group I

SS490

Group I1

Steels for General Structural Purposes

Rolled Steel for General Structures

Alternative Material Sizes

The actual member sizes required are as specified in the drawings and MTOs. However,
alternative member sizes may also be used subject to approval by Company. In general,
Vendors may submit alternatives for Company consideration, which is one size either side
(larger / smaller) of the nominated member in the MTOs and drawings.

9.0 INSPECTION
lnspection of materials shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements stated in this
specification and approved lnspection and Test Plan. Prior to start of production, extent of
Non-Destructive Test and requirements of impact test shall be determined in the lnspection
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Where impact test stipulated in lnspection and Test Plan, the test shall be conducted at 0
degree Celsius. Minimum acceptance of absorbed energy is 20 Joule for individual
specimen and 27 Joule for average value of multiple specimens. However, where the
governing code specifies requirements for impact test the more onerous requirements shall
apply.
The vendor shall notify the lnspector sufficiently in advance to enable lnspector to be
present at the qualification test and at all other test or stage of manufacture subject to
acceptance in accordance with this specification and approved lnspection and Test Plan.
The Vendor shall ensure that the inspector has full and free access to all parts of the plants
mill, workshops, laboratories or other locations where the fabrications, inspection and testing
of materials are performed complete or in part.

9.1

lnspection b y the Vendor

The Vendor shall bear full responsibility of the conformity of its supply to all requirements of
this specification and referenced specifications.
Vendor shall for this purpose, take all necessary measures, making sure of all suitable
means, devices and qualified personnel, enabling Vendor to ensure permanent and effective
control at each stage of steel production.
All inspection carried out by the Vendor during steel production shall form the subject reports
kept updated at any time. These reports shall be made available to the Purchaser and / or
Inspector.

9.2

lnspection b y the Company

The Company may elect an independent inspection agency, so called the Third Party
Inspection, to carry out the inspections on supplied materials on behalf of the Company.
The nominated agency will be notified to the Vendor in due time, with related scope of work.
The Company reserves the right to re-check test carried out by the Supplier. For this
purpose, the Company may request the delivery of samples or specimens for analysis in
independent laboratory chosen by the Company.

10.0

MATERIALS STORAGE AND IDENTIFICATION

Vendor shall be responsible for the handling, storage, warehousing and protection of all
materials.
All structural materials, whether bulk of fabricated, shall be stored above the ground (but
protected from the environment) on either flat surfaces or platform type skids or other
similarly approved supports.
Materials shall be kept free from dirt, grease, paint spray and other foreign matters and shall
be protected from corrosion.
Vendor shall protect all materials of prefabricated sections from the environment.
All materials shall be stamped for identification as follows:

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Identification Number
Item 1 Tube Number
Heat Number, batch, cast Number
Material Grade
Pipe Mill Reference Number and Stamp
Third Party Inspector Stamp
Material marking of all structural steel shall be white paint stenciled letters in black painted
background giving details of Project, dimensions and theoretical weight. In addition, all
materials shall be colour coded as per requirements of the relevant Codes 1 Standards as
listed in Section 6.0.
11.0

REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT

Vendor shall assume responsibility for the cost damage, repairs, replacement of materials,
protection of the structure, unproductive labour of equipment or any other costs for work
performed by vendor on steels that do not meet the provisions of this Specification.
All materials which are corroded due to improper storage, protection and 1 or maintenance
shall be replaced by Vendor at no cost to Company.
Repair by welding is not permitted in plates or seamless tubular. Repair to rolled sections
and fabricated beams 1 tubular shall only be permitted after approval by Company and
according to Vendors repair procedures which have been approved by Company.
12.0

FABRICATION, WELDING AND TESTING OF TUBULARS

The manufacturing process shall be specified by the manufacturer and agreed by the
Company prior to commencement of production. In principle, bend 1 rolled tubular shall be
fabricated in accordance with API 28 or the more stringent requirement(s) of this
specification, and UOE-SAW tubular shall be fabricated in accordance with API 5L.
Fabrication of seamless tubular shall be in accordance with API 5L and this Specification.
Procedure for hot forming of plates shall be approved by Company.
Electrodes, filler wires and wire Iflux combinations shall produce weld metal that has
mechanical properties at least equal to the minimum specified for the parent metal. Charpy
impact testing for Welding Procedure Qualification shall include the heat affected zone.
For fabricated tubular with a diameter 1 thickness ratio less than 20, Charpy impact testing of
the plate material shall also be carried out after forming and welding, unless the tubular is
post weld heat treated. Testing shall be conducted as per ASTM A370 and acceptance
criteria shall be as per Section 3 of this Specification.
Only low hydrogen welding consumables are permitted.
For bend I rolled tubular requirements for weld preheat shall be as per BS 5135 scale C.

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Tack welds shall be performed in accordance with an approved welding procedure. Preheat
requirements for tack welds shall be as per 9.8 above.
Weld repairs are not permitted in plates or seamless tubular. Weld repairs are permitted in
longitudinal and circumferential weld seams subject to Company's approval. Qualified
welding procedures for repairs shall be subjected to Company's approval and allowance for
repairs shall be included in the Inspection and Test Plan.
Bolts and nuts shall be Hot-Dip Galvanized as per ASTM F2329. Fabricated assemblies
such as gratings, handrails etc. shall be Hot-Dip Galvanized as per ASTM Al23.