1.   API SC 17 Subcommittee on Subsea Production Systems   API RP 17U   Recommended Practice for Wet and Dry Thermal Insulation of Subsea Flowlines and Equipment January 2012-Report

2. Report
As part of the subcommittee towards RP 17U, the work realized includes the following:
Introduction Members
Previous Work Concluded (Wet Insulation)
Review of current work (General/Wet Insulation)
New work (Dry Insulation)

3. Participant Members NAME COMPANY Mario Saba Aspen Aerogel Karl R Gust
BASF
P. Singh
Brederoshaw
E. Simonsen
Raj Saxena
Cabot
Chin-Yuan Ma
Cameron
Alejandro de Tello
Exxonmobil
Elizabeth Whitsitt
FMC
Matt Herst
Ivan Balk 
GE Oil & Gas, VG
Lars Artun
Wayne Grobbelaar
Interpipe
Rick Hill
Microallying
Tony Hornby
Permapipe
Fernando Ulecia
Socotherm Labarge
Mike Gordon
Subsea7
Denis Melot
Total
Vikram Marthandam
UniversalPegasus
Felipe Ramirez     
Sofia Martinez  
Aquiles Perez

4. Previous Work
Previous work was to define the Scope and Table of Contents of the RP

5. Scope:
This Recommended Practice (RP) provides guidance for the performance, qualification, application, quality control, handling, and storage of wet and dry thermal insulation for subsea applications in the petroleum and gas industries.

6. Applicability of RP 17U
This Recommended Practice is applicable to the following:
Flowlines
Risers
Pipeline End Termination (PLET) piping
Jumpers (i.e. piping and bends)
Connectors and fittings
Valves and chokes

7. Contents Scope Normative References
Purpose
Applicability
Normative References
Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Terms and Definitions
Acronyms and Abbreviations
General Requirements
Performance Requirements
Material Requirements

8. ANNEX A: Wet Insulation
A.1 Qualification of Insulation Materials and Systems A.2 Application Process and Quality Control A.3 Handling and Storage Requirements A4 Documentation

9. ANNEX B: Dry Insulation
A.1 Qualification of Insulation Materials and Systems
A.2 Application Process and Quality Control
A.3 Handling and Storage Requirements
A4 Documentation

10. Current Work
The current work has to expand and to incorporate input from fabricators of wet and dry insulation as well as installation contractors in order to define the general requirements to be incorporated in the recommended practice.
A Draft of the recommended practice has been distributed to the subcommittee for comment and should be available by 1st of March for submittal to SC17.