ABOUT US
SPS is an Italian engineering Company based in Fano, one of the main European centers of Pipeline Engineering.
SPS has no ownership ties with operators, contractors or suppliers and therefore offers truly independent, high quality services.
Since its establishment, SPS has grown in both size and experience, forming good relationships withseveral important Italian and International Oil & Gas companies through projects all around the world.
SPS PROVIDES HIGHLY QUALIFIED ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO CONTRACTORS, ENABLING THEM TO SUPPLY COMPREHENSIVE,RELIABLE AND COMPETITIVE SERVICES TO OIL & GAS COMPANIES
QUALITY
SPS operates within an ISO 9001:2015 compliant quality environment.
The Quality Management System has successfully passed regularly scheduled audits since 2007.
The achievement and maintenance of process and product quality in a project requires a systemic approach.
SPS has fully embraced the ISO 9001 philosophy, based on:
• Process approach to management
• Focus on Customer’s needs
• Continuous improvement
VISION
TRUST | SPS strives to establish long term relationships with clients. Trust and customer satisfaction are the most important assets.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT | SPS believes that lasting competitiveness can only be achieved by a continuous improvement of the services provided. Therefore, SPS makes a point to invest in cutting edge software, training and workshops.
ETHICS | SPS puts ethical behavior above all else. Respect for human life, safety, and fair business are part of SPS’s core values. SPS.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES
SERVICES

Thirty years of Offshore experience allow SPS Engineers to face engineering challenges like deep water pipeline design and very rough sea beds.
SPS supplies a full range of services covering the entire project life span, from the earliest conceptual studies to decommissioning and abandonment.
- Offshore Pipelines Engineering: Conceptual, Basic, FEED, Detailed Design
- Installation engineering: static and dynamic pipe lay, landfall design, installation procedures, transportation, lifting/lowering, tie-ins, etc.
- Follow-on: ITT package, bid evaluation for material procurement and installation contracts, assistance/supervision during fabrication and construction
- Survey services: geotechnical/geophysical survey specifications and field assistance/supervision
- Geotechnics and Geo-hazard: pipe-soil interaction, seismic analysis, slope stability, soil liquefaction
- Water intakes: design of water intakes (steel, GRP)

- Subsea Structures Engineering: Conceptual, Basic, FEED, Detailed Design
- Installation engineering of Subsea Structures, Umbilicals, Risers and Cables
- Follow-on: ITT package, bid evaluation, assistance/supervision during fabrication and construction
- Survey services: geotechnical/geophysical survey specifications and field assistance/supervision
- Geotechnics and Geo-hazard: seismic analysis, slope stability, soil liquefaction
- CALM buoys with Chinese-lantern or twin lazy-wave hose configuration
- STL buoys
- Optimization of float distribution on submarine hose systems
- Optimization of swan-neck configured connections of offloading floating hose strings to FPSOs
- Optimization of the configuration of offloading hose string connection to the manifolds of tanker vessels.

- Conceptual, Basic, FEED, Detailed Design
- Follow-on: ITT package, bid evaluation, assistance/supervision during fabrication and construction
- Survey services: geotechnical/geophysical survey specifications and field assistance/supervision
- Geotechnics and Geo-hazard: pipe-soil interaction, seismic analysis, slope stability, soil liquefaction
- In-line valves and pig traps area stress analysis

- Survey Bid package
- Bid evaluation
- Field supervision
- Engineering Assessment
- Remedial works design
- Reporting
In this section you can find some of the most representative projects carried out by SPS. For a complete list of references please contact us
SOFTWARE
SPS is fully equipped with cutting edge, state of the art software, allowing for fast and reliable analyses in support of its activities.
SPS also develops additional tools to fit its needs allowing the delivery of specific services. All in house software is validated against globally recognised programs.
Structural Analysis, CAE, CAD
• Autopipe
• Offpipe
• Pipelay
• Stinger Builder
• Orcaflex
• Sap2000
• Autocad/Autocad Civil 3d
• Solidworks
• Wincat
Pipeline design
• Oban – On-Botton Stress Analysis*
• Laypipe*
• On-bottom stability*
• Pipelines sizing*
• Anodes*
• Trawl-gear Interference*
• Allowable Free Spans*
• Upheaval and lateral buckling*
(Hobbs’-Palmer’s Theories)
Geotechnical and Geophysical
• Shake 2000
• Global Mapper
• Deep Soil
• Soil Liquefaction*
• PosgreSQL/PostGIS
Development and validation
• Mathcad
• Matlab
• Octave/Freemat
• Lahey Fortran
• Devc++
• Python
Project and document management
• Microsoft project
• M-Files
SPS is also familiar with the following software, and can use it on request or for specific purposes:
• Ansys
• Abaqus
• Aga
• Microstation
• Solid Edge
• Inventor
• Shear7
• Geoslope
• ARCGIS
*In house software
CONTACT US
Systems Projects Services Srl
Via Einaudi 72/A – 61032 Fano (PU) – Italy
Tel +39 0721 855963
Fax +39 0721 1622134
sps@spsfano.it
spsfano@pec.it
