This document establishes recommended practices for onshore installation and handling of spoolable reinforced plastic line pipe (API Specifcation 15S products) to prevent damage to pipe and feld-fttings (couplings, connectors, and end-fttings) in the feld environment and to assure assembly integrity prior to use. This document covers handling, layout planning, and installation by direct bury (trench and backfll), surface lay, directional drilling, plowing, and pull-through methods.
Post-installation inspection and feld testing are also covered. This recommended practice outlines and identifes the important items that should be considered by each manufacturer and installer in their detailed procedures. This document is not intended to serve as a procedure or checklist for the installation and handling of spoolable reinforced line pipe products, nor is it inclusive of all items that may be required for the installation and handling of these products.
Each spoolable reinforced line pipe product is manufactured with unique technology, and every manufacturer shall have detailed procedures, guidelines, and recommended practices for the proper and safe installation and handling of their products. The manufacturer should defne all the necessary equipment, tools, and ancillary items required for the safe installation, handling, rigging, transport, joining, and any other associated activities required for proper installation of their products.
