Pipeline industry

training courses
2008-2009

from

Clarion Technical Conferences

&
Global Pipeline Monthly

Global
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 T HE COURSES described in this brochure continue represent some of the best-available
industry-based technical training courses for those working in the oil and gas pipeline
industry, both onshore and offshore. Ranging in length from one to five days, all are designed
to be both informative and intensive; some are well known and have been presented to
thousands of participants world-wide (the pipeline defect assessment course and the subsea
pipeline engineering course are examples of these), while some are still relatively new to
our programme. All, however, are presented by recognized industry experts, and all undergo
continuous development and improvement, based both on industry advances and participants’
feedback.

While each course can be considered as ‘stand-alone’, they all have been planned to fit into the
schematic shown opposite, with the intention of providing engineers and technical specialists
in this industry with a defined route for training and continuous professional development.
By following one or other of the various routes shown, an individual can be sure to receive an
intensive and complete overview of the different subjects involved, starting at the basic level
and progressing to an advanced understanding.

Clarion Technical Conferences and Global Pipeline Monthly are committed continuously to
update, revise, and augment this course programme, and for the latest information on what is
planned, readers are referred to www.clarion.org and www.pipeconferences.com.

BJ Lowe, Director, Clarion Technical Conferences

John Tiratsoo, Editor, Global Pipeline Monthly

Contents
Onshore Pipeline Engineering ................................................................... 6
Pipeline Pigging and In-line Inspection .................................................. 8
Introduction to In-Line Inspection of Pipelines . ................................... 9
Advanced In-Line Inspection of Pipelines . ........................................... 10
Defect Assessment in Pipelines . ..............................................................11
Direct Assessment Methods for Pipeline Integrity .............................. 13
Pipeline Mapping, GIS, and Data Integration .................................14
Excavation Inspection & Applied NDE for ILI/DA Validation
and Correlation ....................................................................................... 16
Pipeline Risk Management . ..................................................................... 17
Risk-based Management of Pipeline Integrity and Safety .................. 18
ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity Management . ....................... 20
Stress-Corrosion Cracking ......................................................................... 22
Microbiological Corrosion in Pipelines .................................................. 24
Pipeline Repair Methods/In-Service Welding . ...................................... 25
Performing Pipeline Rehabilitation......................................................... 26
Optimizing ILI Inspection Scheduling ............................................... ...28
DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations ............................................................ 29
2 Subsea Pipeline Engineering . .................................................................. 30 3
Subsea Production Systems Engineering ............................................... 32
Deepwater Riser Engineering .................................................................. 33

Administrative details
Course schedules........................................................................................ 4 - 5
Fees................................................................................................................ 36
Index by topic................................................................................................ 37
Index by title.................................................................................................. 38
 Course dates and locations
Note: this information is subject to change please see www.clarion.org or www.pipeconferences.com for the latest details.
all dates 2009 except as shown

Houston Newcastle Prague Istanbul Rio de Janeiro Calgary Aberdeen

10-14 Nov, 2008

Deepwater Riser Engineering Course 27 April - 1 May 14-18 Sept
16-20 Nov

9-10 Feb 4-7 Nov, 2008

Defect Assessment in Pipelines 24-27 Feb 16-18 Sept 9-11 Dec
27-29 Aug 3-6 Nov

2-3 Dec, 2008

DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations 14-15 April
3-4 Nov

9-10 Feb
Excavation Inspection for ILI/DA Validation 20-21 Oct, 2008 9-11 Dec
26-28 Aug

1-5 Dec, 2008

ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity Management
24-28 Aug

4-5 Nov, 2008

In-line inspection of pipelines - Module 1 24-25 Feb 14-15 Sept
3-4 Nov

6-7 Nov, 2008

In-line inspection of pipelines - Module 2 26-27 Feb 16-17 Sept
5-6 Nov

Microbiological Corrosion in Pipelines 23-24 Nov

11-15 May 3-7 Nov, 2008

Onshore Pipeline Engineering 14-18 Sept
9-13 Nov 2-6 Nov

10-Feb
Optimizing ILI Inspection Scheduling 9-Dec
26-Aug

9-10 Feb
Pigging & In-line Inspection 7-8 Dec
24-25 Aug

Pipeline Anomalies & Defects: Origins, Location, Sizing 20-21 Oct, 2008

9-10 Feb
Pipeline Mapping, GIS and Data Integration
26-27 Aug

Pipeline Rehabilitation 20-21 Oct, 2008 14-15 Sept

9-10 Feb
Pipeline Repair Methods / In-Service Welding 20-21 Oct, 2008 16-18 Sept
25-27 Aug

2-3 Dec, 2008

Pipeline Risk Management 16-17 April
5-6 Nov
4 5
17-21 Nov, 2008
Risk-based Management of Pipeline Integrity & Safety 23-27 Feb
11-15 May

9-10 Feb
Stress Corrosion Cracking in Pipelines
26-27 Aug

18-22 May
Subsea Pipeline Engineering 23-27 Feb
16-20 Nov

28 April - 1 May 25-28 Nov, 2008

Subsea Production Systems Engineering
10-13 Nov 22-25 Sept

Onshore Pipeline Engineering
For dates and
locations, see
pages 4-5.
T HERE ARE millions of kilometers of onshore oil and gas pipelines around the world. As the
industry expands and new staff are introduced into it, there is an increasing need for full
appreciation of the engineering design of pipelines. Additionally, many staff in the pipeline industry
have not received basic pipeline engineering training, and some staff are only exposed to specialized
For fees, see areas. This course is a formal introduction to pipeline engineering.
page 36.
Who should attend
• Engineers who are new to the pipeline business
and those who wish to update their knowledge,
including:
pipeline engineers, pipeline construction
engineers, project managers, maintenance
engineers, contractors, supervisors, inspectors,
operators, equipment suppliers, inspection and
quality engineers, pipeline design engineers.
• Engineers who need a wider appreciation of
onshore pipeline engineering.
Dr Roger King has over 30 years’ experience of corrosion in
Documentation
• Included with the course fee is a detailed set
of lecture notes (700 pages, COLOR) and a
CD containing an additional 300 pages of text
reference material.
Lecturers
Professor Phil Hopkins has more than 20 years’ experience
in pipeline and marine engineering and is technical
director with the Penspen Group. He has worked with
most of the major oil, gas, and pipeline companies
around the world providing consultancy on management,
business, design, maintenance, inspection, risk analysis
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DAY 1
Pipeline engineering basics
• Introduction to oil and gas pipelines – their
history
• Are pipelines safe? Their safety record and types
6 and causes of failures
• Basic pipeline and material parameters
Pipeline materials selection
• Steels used for line pipe
• Compositional limitations, mechanical
properties, grades
• Fabrication of linepipe – seamless, longitudinal
welded, ERW, spiral
• Toughness and weldability
• Improving corrosion resistance
• Solid corrosion resistant alloy pipe
• Basics of welding • Intelligent (smart) pigs: metal loss (MFL, UT),
• Types of welding processes geometry
• Effects on linepipe of the welding process • Mapping
• Welding procedures • Crack detection
• Inspection of welds • What do they find and how accurate are they?
• Pigs versus hydrotest
Internal pipeline corrosion
Pipeline engineers
• Why pipes corrode
• Sweet corrosion, sour corrosion, microbiological
corrosion
• Responsibilities, duties and ethical behavior
• Cracking mechanisms
• Calculating corrosion rates
DAY 4
• Effect of flow on corrosion
External pipeline corrosion and its
• Water injection pipelines
prevention
Pipeline routing and construction
• External corrosion in soils
and safety, and failure investigations in Europe, Asia,
• Coatings and their application
North America, and the Middle East. His previous • Basics of routing
• Field joints
work includes transmission pipeline projects, including • Classification schemes
• Interaction of coatings and cathodic protection
surveilance projects, setting weld defect acceptance • Easements and rights of way
• Monitoring of internal pipeline corrosion
levels for new oil and gas pipelines, routing of onshore • Legislation and permits
• Inhibition of corrosion
pipelines, material selection, risk analysis, and inspection • Routeing methodologies
• Biocide treatment of pipelines
and maintenance procedures. Phil has served on many • Pipeline construction
• Supplementary inspection techniques
national and international committees, including the
British Standards Institution, the European Pipeline Group Project Exercise Part 1
Research Group (co-chairman), the American Gas Group Project Exercise Part 2
Association’s Pipeline Research Committee, and the
DNV Pipeline Committee. He is currently chairman of
DAY 3
External pipeline corrosion and its
the executive committee of the ASME Pipeline Systems
Pipeline project control prevention (cont’d)
Divison.
• Management • Cathodic protection
• Scheduling and resource planning • How cathodic protection works
the oil, gas, civil, and nuclear industries. He has specialist • Execution • Monitoring of cp at test points
knowledge of sweet and sour corrosion and its prevention • Contracting strategies • Full line surveys with CIPS and instant of
by chemical inhibition, monitoring of corrosion, surveys
microbiological corrosion, and the design of efficient Pipeline testing and operation • Coating surveys using Pearson and DCV
cathodic-protection systems for flowlines, structures, techniques
and seabed installations. He has been an independent • Hydrostatic testing • Interference from third party lines and AC/DC
consultant since September, 1989, and prior to this was • Operation systems
a founder member of the Corrosion and Protection • Inspection, maintenance and surveillance of
Centre Industrial Service (CAPCIS) at the University of operational pipelines
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). DAY 5
Pipeline repair
Pipeline integrity management
Continuing Education Units: 2.6 • Pipeline defects
• Pressure reductions prior to repair • Risk and risk analysis
• Repair methods: grinding, weld deposition, • Integrity management methods:API 1160, ASM
sleeves, clamps, hot tapping, composite wraps B31.8S
• Class tutorial – risk analysis of three pipelines
Inspection using smart pigs
• The history of internal inspection
• Why ‘pig’?
• Types of pig ❖❖❖
• Internally clad pipe
• New materials
“Good experience and lots of knowledge for someone new to pipeline engineering
Pipeline design
like me. All topics covered were very informative and thoroughly explained,
• Legislation and regulations regardless of time constraints. Dr. King and Prof. Hopkins did an excellent job. 7
• Development of pipeline design codes Thanks to Clarion and GPM for this great course.”
• Detailed design: locating pipelines, design
pressures, stresses, design factors
• Other design considerations: valves, bends, “A great course...I’m glad to have had the opportunity to attend”
crossings, leak detection
“The instructors’ knowledge and experience are first rate.”
DAY 2
“The course is great ... knowledgeable and experienced lecturers. What I liked most
• Pipeline materials selection was the information from the presentation slides ... very useful to me.”
• Pipeline welding
 “Time well spent!! Very comprehensive
and detailed. Don’t change a thing!”
— J. Ryman, BP

Pipeline Pigging and ILI Introduction to In-Line Inspection

For dates and
locations, see T HE USE of in-line tools for inspection and cleaning is accepted as essential for the safe and
profitable operation of all pipelines. internal inspection is required for detecting changes in
of Pipelines
pages 4-5.

For fees, see

circumference, anomalies, or wall loss due to corrosion. Pipeline operators offshore wage a constant
battle for flow assurance against paraffin, hydrate, and asphaltene formation in deepwater lines, and
pigging, combined with chemical treatment, is their primary weapon. The course is designed to provide
page 36. a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of utility and in-line inspection pigging.
Who should attend
• The course is specially designed for project
managers, engineers, maintenance, and
technical personnel responsible for pipeline
integrity assurance, flow assurance, corrosion
control, and safety.
Documentation
• Included with the course fee is a detailed set
of lecture notes and the reference handbook
Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Technology, 3rd
Edition.
Lecturers
Lisa Barkdull is an ILI data analyst with CC Technologies.
Prior to joining CCT, Lisa worked for 15 years as an ILI
specialist with Tuboscope Pipeline Services.
Gary Smith is president of Inline Services, a Houston-based
company specializing in pigging equipment and services.
He has 26 years’ experience in the pipeline pigging
industry, working in services such as commissioning and
maintenance of pipelines as well as with designing and
manufacturing pigging equipment.
Patrick Vieth is Sr. Vice President with CC Technologies.
He has 18 years of experience working with pipeline
operators to reduce the likelihood of failures through in-
line inspection, hydrostatic testing, defect assessment, risk
assessment, and fitness-for-purpose assessment.
George Williamson is currently the manager of DOT
Regulatory Compliance for BP America’s Onshore
Business Unit. He oversees the compliance program for
approximately 12,000 miles of buried piping. George
has over 20 years’ of O&M and integrity management
experience. He is a registered professional engineer, as
well as being a NACE-certified corrosion and cathodic
protection specialist.
Continuing Education Units: 1.2
T his specialist course provides an in-depth introduction to in-line inspection of pipelines,
covering in detail the role that in-line inspection plays in the overall pipeline inspection and
maintenance procedures. The course introduces the flaws and anomalies observed in pipelines. The
tools used for in-line inspection, and the various physical principles they employ, are covered in
depth. The course goes on to cover the details of pipeline inspection operations, including pipeline
preparation, cleaning, and gauging. Final reports and their reporting formats are discussed, and the
course also includes a short introduction to data analysis and run comparisons.
Who should attend Lecturers
• Pipeline engineers, technicians and other Dr Michael Beller is global marketing manager with NDT
operator personnel Systems & Services of Stutensee, Germany. He holds a
masters degree in mechanical engineering, and a PhD
• Engineering consultants active in the field of (Engineering) in fracture mechanics from the University
NDT and integrity assessment of Karlsruhe, Germany. After a career with Preussag,
• Personnel from the authorities, regulatory, Pipetronix, and latterly with PII, he joined NDT Systems &
and certification bodies involved with pipeline Services in July, 2001.
inspection and assessment.
Dr Konrad Reber studied physics at the University of Mainz,
with a focus on solid-state physics. His subsequent PhD
Continuing Education Units: 1.2 thesis at the material science department of the University
of Erlangen involved work in the field of magnetic
materials, and in particular the measurement of material
Documentation parameters using magnetic stray flux methods. He worked
for Pipetronix, and then joined NDT Systems & Services,
where his focus is on defect assessment and general
• Participants will receive a full set of the course
notes and slides in ring-binder format.
comparison methods of different inspection tools.

“I came with very high expectations and was not disappointed. I have been
presenting adult education for 10yrs. Very professional from introduction
❖❖❖
to closing”
—D. Hennerbichler, ESSO DAY 1 Preparing the pipeline for an inspection
• Tool traps
DAY 1 DAY 2 Flaws and defects in pipelines • Pipeline cleaning
Pipeline safety and regulations Designing and implementing an in-line • Pipeline materials Overview of cleaning tools
• Brief history of pipeline failures and regulatory inspection (ILI) program • Types of pipeline Foam pigs
developments • Selecting an ILI tool • Geometric anomalies Bi-Di pigs
• Impact of recent legislation and regulations • Specific design considerations for running ILI • Metal loss Specialized tools
• Review of inspection and maintenance tools • Cracks and crack-like defects • Overview of caliper tools
compliance requirements and deadlines • Launch and receive trap design • Leaks
• What to expect in pending regulations • Bends, tees, and valves • Failure modes Performing the inspection
• Issuing an enquiry • Batching
Pigging for operation and maintenance • Schedule requirements Pipeline inspection • Tracking For dates and
• Pigging during construction • Preparation for ILI • Hydro- and stress testing • Safety locations, see
“Good speakers • Controlling operational parameters during the • In-line inspection • Launching, receiving, etc.
who know
• Pigging during operation pages 4-5.
inspection run • External inspection • Data check
their stuff.” • Strategy for contract development and
—I. King Utility pigs For fees, see
negotiations Non-destructive testing and ILI Reporting
ConocoPhillips • Cleaning pigs
• Developing a good specification • Magnetic-flux leakage tools • Data evaluation page 36.
• Sealing pigs
• Contingency planning for a stuck pig • Ultrasonics • Sample report
• Gauging pigs
• Offshore risers • Inertia or mapping tools • Feature localization
• Dual diameter pigs
8 • Magnetic cleaning pigs
• Onshore flowlines, gathering system main • Caliper tools • Assessing inspection data 9
sections or laterals • Introducing POF
• Designing a pipeline for pigging
ILI tools • MAOP
• Pig traps and pigging stations
• Free-swimming in-line inspection tools • Run comparison
• Location and tracking devices Post in-line inspection issues • Tethered and cable operated tools • Data management and archiving
• The inspection report • Overview of vendors
In-line inspection (ILI) tools - theory, • Responding to the inspection report The course also includes a workshop session
performance, and detection limits • Response prioritization and exercises covering the following
• Line pipe integrity threats • Validation of the inspection report DAY 2 topics:
• ILI tools available to the operator • Acceptance of the report
• Metal loss inspection • Re-assessment intervals - risk and probabilities Pipeline inspection procedures
• Planning an inspection • Which tool does what?
• Deformation tools • How to read tool data and defect specific.sheets
• Crack detection • The technical questionnaire
• Preparing an inspection project
• Movement and pipeline mapping ❖❖❖ • Data analysis and MAOP
 “Surpassed my best expectations”

“I found the course to be extremely

educational and well presented.”

“Great Course

Advanced In-Line Inspection – teacher Phil

Hopkins very
Defect Assessment in Pipelines patient and

of Pipelines knowledgeable-
explained difficult
concepts very
well.”
For dates and
locations, see
pages 4-5.
T he course provides a broad introduction to the issue of pipeline inspection, to a level beyond
the introductory course (see page 7); it also covers aspects of external inspection as well as pipeline
protection methods. The course further includes an introduction to pipeline materials, typical failure
M any transmission pipelines are now over 30 years old. This is “middle aged” in pipeline
terms, and even the best-designed and -maintained pipeline will become defective as it progresses
through its design life. Therefore, operators need to be aware of the effect these defects will have on
modes, flaws, and defects in pipelines; the subjects of corrosion and cracks are also covered. The their pipeline, and — more importantly — be able to assess their significance in terms of the continuing
For fees, see syllabus includes an overview of in-line inspection technologies, although not covering the same integrity of the pipeline. The increasing use of high-technology maintenance (for example, intelligent
page 36. aspects discussed in the introductory course. Here, the emphasis is on such issues as verification of ILI pigs) is helping pipeline owners to assess the condition of their lines, and if these modern maintenance
data provided by vendors in the final report, and assessment of data covering integrity assessment and methods are combined with modern defect-assessment methods, they can provide a very powerful, and
fitness-for-purpose. Finally, the course discusses aspects of preparing a tender and evaluating a bid. The cost-effective, tool.
emphasis on bid evaluation is focused more on technical issues.
This course will present the latest defect-assessment methods to pipeline engineers and managers.
These methods will range from simple, quick, assessment methods, to the more-detailed —fitness for
Who should attend Lecturers purpose— analysis. The course is highly interactive and takes the form of lectures, workshops, and
case studies. The course will cover methods available to assess the significance of defects detected in
• Pipeline engineers, corrosion engineers, Dr Michael Beller is global marketing manager with NDT onshore and offshore pipelines. It will introduce simple analytical methods used to assess internal and
integrity specialists, consultants active in the Systems & Services of Stutensee, Germany. He holds a external corrosion, dents and gouges, cracks (e.g. SCC), weld defects, and fatigue. The course is unique
masters degree in mechanical engineering, and a PhD
fields of pipeline inspection and assessment, (Engineering) in fracture mechanics from the University as it is a holistic approach to defect assessment, and it ensures the student appreciates all aspects of
personnel from certification and regulatory of Karlsruhe, Germany. After a career with Preussag, the subject, including repair and risk management.
bodies involved with pipeline inspection and Pipetronix, and latterly with PII, he joined NDT Systems &
pipeline integrity. Services in July, 2001.
Who should attend Lecturers
Dr Konrad Reber studied physics at the University of Mainz,
Continuing Education Units: 1.2 with a focus on solid-state physics. His subsequent PhD Professor Phil Hopkins has more than 27 years’ experience
thesis at the material science department of the University • Pipeline engineers, designers and service in pipeline engineering, and is Technical Director with
of Erlangen involved work in the field of magnetic professionals who are involved with the Penspen Integrity and Visiting Professor of Engineering
Documentation materials, and in particular the measurement of material maintenance, inspection, and repair of at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He has worked
parameters using magnetic stray flux methods. He worked with most of the major oil and gas companies and pipeline
for Pipetronix, and then joined NDT Systems & Services,
pipelines.
• Participants will receive a full set of the course companies around the world.
where his focus is on defect assessment and general
notes and slides in ring-binder format. comparison methods of different inspection tools. Documentation Roland Palmer-Jones is a Consultant based in the Newcastle,
UK office of Penspen Integrity. He has 16 years’
• All participants will receive a detailed set of experience in the oil and gas industry. For more than
❖❖❖ lecture notes (700 pages in COLOR) plus a CD 11 years he has focused on pipeline structural integrity,
initially with British Gas Research, and since 1997 with
containing 500 pages of documents for further Andrew Palmer and Associates and Penspen Integrity.
DAY 1 reference.
“I appreciated the instructor’s ability to answer technical,
Inspection of special types of pipe Overview of in-line inspection methods metallurgical questions..it’s critical that the person teaching the
• Types of special pipe in the oil and gas industry • Metal loss Continuing Education Units: 1.6 course is able to do this, to expand on the concepts discussed
(clad pipe, flexible risers, martensitic pipe, etc.) • Cracking beyond the information presented in the slides. Phil did a great job
• Inspection challenges and solutions • Mapping of this.” For dates and
• Geometry tools • Note: This course is expanded when held
Loading conditions and pipeline materials • Leaks outside North America. See pages 4-5 for locations, see
“I thoroughly enjoyed the content and the presentation.
• Pipeline materials • Combo tools details. Hats off to Prof. Hopkins” pages 4-5.
• Loading due to pressure —A. Ellison
• Secondary stresses Verification of in-line inspection results Pipeline Integrity Coordinator
For fees, see
• How to find a defect? Centurion Pipeline L.P.
• Implications for defect formation DAY 1 page 36.
(indirect, direct flaws) • Verification methods (MP, TOFD, laser scanning)
• Correlating to the ILI report Introduction to basic pipeline engineering Introduction to fracture mechanics
Defects in the pipe wall and failure modes principles (handouts and notes only, no lecture)
• Flaws and defects in pipeline Assessment of defects based on ILI • Basic pipeline design principles • Basic theory
10 • Plastic collapse and fracture • Methods (metal loss, cracks) • Stresses in pipelines • Brittle and ductile fracture 11
• Corrosion and metal loss • Implications of ILI measurement errors • Routing of pipelines • K, J, and CTOD
• Cracks and crack-like features • Further conclusions • Basic pipeline operating and maintenance
parameters Fundamental pipeline defect failure
CP and its inspection Preparation of a tender and contract for ILI • Maintenance and inspection methods
• How to prepare a tender relationships
• CP systems
• Critical information • Why pipeline defects fail
• CP inspection methods Introduction to pipeline defects – why
• Contractual issues • Fundamental failure relationships
• Understanding the vendor pipelines fail • Explanation of key parameters
DAY 2 • How safe are pipelines?
The course will include a workshop session • How often do they fail?
External inspection methods with exercises based on the course • What causes pipelines to fail?
• Electromagnetic (SLOFEC, NoPig) material. • Pipeline risks
• Ultrasonic (guided-wave, etc.) • History of pipeline defect assessment continued overleaf

 Defect Assessment in Pipelines (continued from page 11)
DAY 2
How to assess corrosion defects
• Introduction to basic theory
• Background, strengths and weaknesses
• Methods to assess corrosion
• ASME B31.G and RSTRENG methods
• DNV, BG, etc., methods
• Interacting defects
• Universal curves for assessing corrosion defects.
Workshop: corrosion assessment using
fitness for purpose
How to assess gouges
• Introduction to basic theory
• Methods to assess gouges
• Additional problems and concerns with gouges
How to assess dents
• Introduction to basic theory
• Methods to assess dents
• Methods to assess dents containing gouges
• Rock dents
• Problems with fatigue loadings
How to assess cracks
• Basic theory
• The problems with cracks in pipelines
• Stress corrosion cracking (low and high ph)
How to assess weld defects
• Welds in pipelines
• Assessing defects in pipeline girth welds
• Assessing non planar defects in welds
• The EPRG girth weld defect guidelines
• Fatigue design of girth welds
Setting intelligent pig inspection levels
• Pigs — where they came from and what they can
do
• Basic theory
• Magnetic, ultrasonic pigs – their accuracy and
limitations.
The 2008 European Conference on
12 Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Pipelines
Prague • 20-24 October, 2008
Details at www.piperehabconf.com
• What pigs can detect
• What operators want to detect
• Setting intelligent pig inspection levels
Workshop: setting intelligent pig inspection
levels
How to assess fatigue (handouts and notes
only, no lecture)
• Why do pipelines fatigue?
• Basic fatigue theory
• Fatigue assessment – design
• Fatigue assessment – service
Fracture propagation and arrest
• Why fractures propagate
• Brittle and ductile propagation
• Fracture arrest
• Calculating toughness requirements
DAY 3
Pipeline repair and rehabilitation
• Repair and rehabilitation strategy
• Response to discovering defects
• What are the cost implications?
• Repair methods: grinding, weld deposition,
sleeves, clamps, hot tapping, composite wraps
• Time to repair
Risk and integrity management and analysis
• What is risk and risk analysis?
• Risk management around the world
• Risk management in the USA
• Risk management methods – API 1160 and
ASME B31.8
• Baseline and direct assessment – discussion item
• Integrity management programs
• Prioritization schemes
Workshop: setting priorities
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Direct Assessment Methods for
Pipeline Integrity
O
N COMPLETION of the course, participants will have a solid understanding of the procedures,
strengths, limitations, and applicability of various Direct Assessment technologies and methods as
they relate to pipeline inspection and integrity assessment for compliance with DOT regulations, and of
the related industry codes and standards which will be reviewed and explained.
Who should attend Lecturer
• Pipeline engineers, designers and service Kurt Lawson is vice president of CC Technologies Systems,
professionals who are involved with the Inc., a corrosion engineering and research firm
maintenance, inspection, and repair of specializing in corrosion, corrosion-control methods,
pipelines. research, failure analysis, and cathodic protection
monitoring, design, and construction. He has more than
15 years’ of field experience in the corrosion testing and
Documentation evaluation of buried structures, including reinforced
soil structures, pilings, reinforced-concrete structures,
and cathodically-protected tanks and pipelines. Work on
• Included with the course fee are detailed these structures has covered a wide range of techniques
course notes in ring-binder format for including basic potential surveys, application of advanced
reference. AC and DC electrochemical methods, advanced potential
surveys utilizing digital-storage oscilloscopes, and complex
finite-element computer modelling of cathodic-protection
Continuing Education Units: 1.2 systems and their effectiveness.
❖❖❖
DAY 1 • Guidelines for determining the required number
of direct examinations
General Post assessment
• Regulatory issues • Remaining life calculations
• NACE Standard • Reassessment intervals
• INGAA • Assessment of ECDA effectiveness
• ASME B31.8S • Feedback and improvements
• Records
External corrosion direct assessment (ECDA)
• NACE Standard RP0502-2002 For dates and
Indirect inspection methods locations, see
• Pre-assessment • Close interval surveys CIS
• Data collection • AC attenuation pages 4-5.
• ECDA feasibility for pipelines • DCVG and ACVG Surveys
• Indirect inspection tool selection • Pearson surveys For fees, see
• ECDA region identification
• Indirect examination
• Cell to cell surveys page 36.
• Selection of indirect selection tools
• Data alignment and comparison
• Indication classification
Example of ECDA application
13
DAY 2
Direct examination
• Prioritization Internal corrosion direct assessment (ICDA)
• Excavations and data collection • NACE standard prepared by TG 293
• Coating damage and corrosion depth • Pre-assessment
measurements • Data collection
• Measurements • ICDA Feasibility for pipelines
• Remaining strength evaluation • ECDA Region identification
• Root cause analysis • Indirect examination
• Mitigation
• In-process evaluation continued at the foot of p14
• Reclassification and reprioritization
 Pipeline Mapping, GIS, Pipeline Mapping, GIS, and Data Integration
(continued from page 14)
and Data Integration
Day 1 • Geocoding
For dates and
locations, see
pages 4-5.
D ESIGNED FOR pipeline company personnel in need of either a refresher or an introduction to
data management for pipeline-integrity and risk-analysis support, this course reviews data model
types, where to locate data, how to integrate data from different sources, and how to best make this data
• Background
•
•
Spatial analysis (geoprocessing)
Topology
• Why take a data management approach? • Establishing the data framework
work.
For fees, see • Why focus on mapping and GIS? • Core data - the framework
page 36. On completion of this course attendees will have: an understanding of the ways that data can be stored, • Project planning • Asset data
including a review of industry standard data models; will be able to identify possible data sources; and • Getting organized • Off-pipe spatial data
will have learned methods for review and acquisition of data. In addition, attendees will have powerful • Managing data • Links to external systems
insight into getting the most out of the vast amounts of data available to make better-informed decisions • Data storage • Integrating new data
regarding risk and integrity management. • Introduction to pipeline data models • Asset data
• Thinking spatially • Using GPS
Who should attend Continuing Education Units: 1.2 • What is a GIS? (and why do I need one?) • Field surveys
• Spatial data overview • Case study: ILI, GIS integration
• Pipeline-integrity managers, pipeline • Upon completion of the course, participants
• Fundamentals: coordinates and projections • Supercharged data - running analyses
engineers involved in assessment activities will be eligible to receive 1.2 Continuing
Education Units (CEUs). • Pipeline data in GIS • Applications to analyze data
including risk assessment, and anyone
requiring a general knowledge of pipeline data • Why GIS and not CAD? • Case Study: liquids HCA analysis
management. Lecturer • GIS vendor options • Accessing and sharing
• How should I use GIS? • Collaboration and feedback
Course notes Nick Park has 10 years of software product management • Pipeline mapping • Delivering data and analyses
experience, with more than five years specifically in the
pipeline industry. He is currently a consultant and was
• Data model templates (again) • Reports
• All delegates will receive a detailed set of previously vice president of technology for GeoFields • Making maps
lecture notes providing an invaluable reference Inc, and has an MS in geographic information systems.
• Future concepts
document. Nick has been involved in the design and implementation Day 2
of data-management systems for complex pipeline
operations, which are currently being used by thousands • GIS Boot Camp ❖❖❖
of individuals across a diverse client base.
• Centerline editing
• Posting station
continued at the top of p15 locations

Direct Assessment for Pipeline Integrity

(continued from page 13)
• Steady state flow modelling calculations • Data collection
• Inclination profile calculations • Prioritization of pipeline segments
• Indirect examination
Direct examination • Site selection
• Site selection • Field verification of selected sites
• Site selection for constant flow rate pipelines • Direct examination
14 • Site selection for varied low rate pipelines • Excavation and examination 15
• Excavation and inspection • Post assessment
• Post assessment • Evaluation and documentation
• Assessment of ICDA effectiveness • Reassessment intervals
• Reassessment intervals • Records
• Records • Example of SCCDA application
• Example of ICDA application

Stress corrosion direct assessment (SCCDA)

• NACE Standard prepared by TG 273
• General – overview of SCC types and
characteristics
• Pre-assessment ❖❖❖
 Excavation Inspection & Applied NDE Pipeline Risk Management
for ILI/DA Validation and Correlation
“The course was
an excellent O N completion of the course, participants will have a solid understanding of the minimum
requirements to ensure maximum correlation with ILI and Direct Assessment results during an
R ISK MANAGEMENT has been embraced by both the pipeline industry and regulatory agencies as a
way to not only increase public safety but also to optimize all aspects of pipeline design, operations,
and maintenance. This workshop is designed to equip attendees with the information and the know-
overview of the
excavation program. In addition, each participant will receive a general understanding of the available how to set up and implement a comprehensive risk-management program for pipelines. The focus will
tasks of a pipeline
integrity engineer, technology and procedures to implant contracts, increase quality, and reduce overall project costs. be on the establishment of a program that not only fulfills regulatory requirements, but also gives the
reinforcing the The course had been designed around the critical step of excavation inspection and documentation pipeline owner/operator a long-term decision support tool. The emphasis throughout is on practical,
confidence and or, more recently termed by DA, as the ‘third step. Focus will be on the validation and correlation of ready-to-apply techniques that yield immediate and cost-effective benefits.
intellect behind
daily project
both ILI results and/or Direct Assessment techniques through non-destructive testing in the excavation.
decisions. It Comprehensive course notes as well as reference material will be provided, a valuable guide for future This workshop is structured so that it is appropriate for either the practicing or the beginning risk
also provided a applications. manager. Each participant will leave with the necessary tools to begin or strengthen risk-assessment
forum for recent “The pig is wrong” is not often the case: “No anomalies found” is not enough information. techniques leading to a formalized risk management program. The course also presents a powerful
developments
Brent Zeller is an advanced NDT consultant with Eclipse new generation of algorithms that more accurately model reality while making use of all previously
in the industry,
as well as share Who should attend Scientific Inc. With offices in Waterloo, Ontario and collected data and not increasing the costs of risk assessment at all. Key areas of focus include:
Edmonton, Alberta, Eclipse Scientific develops specialized
thoughts with products and techniques for the NDT industry, specifically
others.” • The course is specifically designed for in the advanced ultrasonic (UT) discipline. Brent has Basic concepts of risk; Risk-assessment processes; The indexing technique; Failure modes;
project managers, engineers and technical been involved with Non Destructive Testing for 8 years. Consequence analysis; Hazard zone calculations; Leak impact factor; Supplemental assessments;
personnel responsible for the management, He worked in research with the NDT group of Imperial
implementation and reporting of pipeline College in London while obtaining his PhD. His work Data collection and analysis; QA/QC of data; Dynamic segmentation; Using common spreadsheet
integrity inspection activities. there included high frequency immersion tank testing and desktop; Database tools; Managing the risks; Resource allocation modelling; Practical
and was predominantly ultrasonic analysis of very thin
films. Since returning to Canada he has worked with applications; Integrity management and risk management.
Continuing Education Units: 1.2 service companies to implement and apply advanced
NDT techniques to inspection of petrochemical plants,
pipelines, power plants and fabrication shops. Brent now
provides Advanced UT Expertise to clients worldwide, to Who should attend Lecturer
assist with implementation of new technologies, training
Lecturers of personnel, and procedure and technique development
for the industry. • Anyone requiring a general knowledge of W. Kent Muhlbauer is a principal of WKM Consultancy
Jim Marr is currently technical integrity specialist with pipeline risk concepts and how they can be and is the author of the widely-respected reference book
Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group. He is also Rick Desaulniers is currently Line Product Manager Pipeline Risk Management Manual. Since it’s inception in
president of the pipeline consulting firm Marr Associates. (Analysis) with Baker Hughes Management Group.
practically integrated into pipeline operations, 1994, WKM has been an advisor to government regulatory
He founded the original company in 1992 and was its He has been involved in the pipeline industry for the maintenance, design, or regulation. agencies and academia as well as the primary consultant
president until late December 2002. Jim has worked in past 20 years in the Data Interpretation Department in numerous pipeline technical projects for more than
pipeline integrity for the past 20 years, focusing on SCC, analyzing 1000’s of miles of pipelines around the world,
external corrosion, direct assessment, direct examination, specifically in Magnetic Flux Leakage type tools. He has Documentation 50 clients, including many major US and international
ILI development and correlation, data management, and been involved in past NACE conference as Chairman pipeline-operating companies.
the characterization of the environment around the pipe. of the Pipeline Integrity Symposium and presented/
He graduated with a degree in earth sciences in 1986 co-write papers on Excavation Data Collection and Data • Participants will receive a detailed set of
from the University of Guelph, Ontario. He is a member Analyst Qualification Processes. He was on the Standards course notes for reference after the course. Continuing Education Units: 0.8
of NACE and a past vice-chair of the NACE SCCDA Development Committee for ANSI/ASNT ILI-PQ-2005 In- Also included is the recently-published third
committee. Line Inspection Personnel Qualification and Certification
Standard. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geology edition of the definitive reference book,
from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Pipeline Risk Management Manual, by W. Kent
Importance of data collection and Optimize NDT results with ILI or DAresults Muhlbauer, as well as a comprehensive course
correlation notebook for future reference. ❖❖❖
• Excavation location verification
• What / why information to collect. • Universal naming system for anomalies For dates and
• Industry guidelines • Universal location and sizing system for
DAY 1 locations, see
• General work flow anomalies Risk management pages 4-5.
Introduction • Data analysis
• Reporting requirements • Reporting format
• Methodology quickview • Data-based decision making
• Objectives of risk management • Project prioritization based on risk assessments For fees, see
Contract considerations for ILI and or DA What do you do if you don’t find an anomaly
• Gathering and effectively utilizing information • Building a resource allocation model
vendors in the excavation
• Using model results in decision-making page 36.
• Correlating relative risk scales with absolute risk
• Reporting format • General procedures
Definitions
16 • Delectability tolerances • ILI tool-specific procedures (MFL, UT,
• Risk assessment concepts DAY 2 17
• Sizing tolerances mechanical)
• Tools
• Re-grading of the logs
Advanced NDT techniques and technology • Methodology choices Administrative processes— ingredients for
• Choosing the optimum approach continued success
Contract considerations for NDT vendors
• Corrosion • Data collection issues • Administrative support structures
• SCC • A proposed methodology— the basic algorithm • Data maintenance
• Qualifications
• Mechanical with assumptions • Reporting
• Available technology
• ERW and girth welds • Customizing the methodology for specific • Procedures
• Abilities and limitations NDT inspection
applications • Training
techniques.
Specialized excavations • Sensitivity analyses • Performance measurements
• Procedure demonstration
• Databases and software issues
• Documentation
• Tips and learning experiences in practicing risk
• Pre 1970 ERW
assessment ❖❖❖
• SCC soils modeling
 Risk-based Management of Pipeline • Optimal cessation of pipeline performance
DAY 1
Integrity and Safety Basics of the engineering approach to
pipeline integrity, remaining life,
• Optimal interval between inspections
• Optimal times for pipeline repair

reliability and safety DAY 3

• Definitions of a pipeline Risk-based maintenance management
For dates and
locations, see
pages 4-5.
P ipeline operators need to know how to create integrity-management plans in order to
minimize the overall costs of pipeline operation, and to include the consequences of a possible leak
or burst (loss of property, environmental pollution, casualties/ mortalities, liabilities, and numerous
• GPS/GIS technology for mapping and 3D
description of pipelines
• Concept of pipeline integrity / limit states
• Fitness-for-purpose assessment
• Risk operation flow chart
• Structural reliability of pipelines • Prioritization of pipeline segments for
intangible losses). They need to know how to use the recently-developed, leading-edge, powerful, and • Pipeline defects and remaining life maintenance/repair/rehabilitation
For fees, see cost-effective tools of risk-based maintenance to their advantage when identifying the best methods for • Pipeline performance risk; components of risk • Real case studies
page 36. maintaining the structural soundness of transmission pipelines. (probability and consequences of failure)
• Quantitative, perceptional, potential, individual, Workshop: prioritizing pipeline segments for
collective, societal, territorial risks repair/rehabilitation
This course presents the latest methods of risk-based management for pipeline integrity and safety, • Types of oil/gas pipeline catastrophe (fire,
including the human factor component, and is intended for pipeline professionals at every level. These explosion, soil/water/air contamination,
methods range from simple and quick assessment methods to the more-sophisticated pipeline-risk injuries/fatalities) DAY 4
analyses. The course is highly interactive, and takes the form of lectures, workshops, case studies, and • Cost of life/injury, environment contamination,
property and profit losses, image damage How to assess the risk of pipeline
discussions. performance
Oil/gas pipeline safety rules
• Qualitative methods of risk evaluation
This course is organized in association with the Science and Engineering Center of the Ural Branch of • Basics of score methods
the Russian Academy of Sciences. • Pipeline integrity management in HCAs (current
state-of-the-art, API 1160, ASME B31.8S, 2001) • Quantitative engineering methods for evaluating
components of industrial risk; cost of life/limb,
environmental losses, property damage
DAY 2 • Basics of simulation methods
Course objective Lecturer • Real case studies
Types and classification of pipeline defect
Real case study: assessment of risk
• THe course objective is to give a systemic, Professor Sviatoslav (Slava) Timashev is an • Defects: main localities of pipeline failures and
holistic understanding of the basics of acknowledged international expert on oil and loss of integrity
probabilistic reliability and risk methodology gas pipeline safety, and has over 25 years of DAY 5
concepts of diagnostics, integrity, safety, experience in pipeline reliability, remnant life, Basics of oil/gas pipeline diagnostics
Role of the human factor
and security of transmission pipelines. diagnostics, maintenance, safety, and security, • In-line inspection (ILI)—most important single
It will give the attendees a deep and working (among other clients) for the Russian method of pipeline diagnostics • Existing approaches to quantitative assessment
• Contemporary methods of in-line inspection of human factor/errors
thorough understanding and knowledge of oil and gas majors Gazprom and Transneft. • Practical methods of assessing the influence of
• Four stages of ILI technology
risk, integrity, safety, and how to use this He is currently director of the Science and • Three possible outcomes of ILI human errors on pipeline safety and reliability
knowledge in practice for optimization of Engineering Centre at the Ural Branch of the • Current level of ILI consistency of defect • Means and methods of mitigating the probability
operation and maintenance of transmission Russian Academy of Sciences at Ekaterinburg. detection, positioning, and sizing and consequences of a terrorist attack on an oil/
gas pipeline
pipelines. • Real case studies
Optimizing monitoring and maintenance
Professor Timashev has authored and
co-authored 21 books, over 280 papers • Basics of pipeline monitoring Workshop: Selecting additional safety
Who should attend on reliability, integrity, ILI diagnostics, • Typical pipeline maintenance optimization measures that maximize reduction of
maintenance, remnant life, safety, and problems incident probability

• GAs and liquid operators, pipeline security of pipelines and other systems.
professionals that are involved with Internationally known as a specialist in these ❖❖❖
maintenance, inspection, and repair, fields, he is a Charter member of IASSAR
governmental regulators, decision-makers, (International Association on Structural Safety
human-resource managers, risk managers, and Reliability), USA; a member of ASME and
specialists in new technologies for pipeline of its Pipeline Systems Division Technical
integrity and safety, among others. Committees (operation and maintenance,
18 risk and reliability); a member of the API 19
Continuing Education Units: 2.6 1163 ILI Qualification Standard Work Group;
and a member of the Interstate (CIS) Science
& Engineering Council on High Reliability
Transmission Pipelines.

“The course was very informative in that it provided a wide variety of “The course was enjoyable and very thorough. I was initially
perspectives on Risk analysis and a comparison of the pros and cons concerned that there would be little applicability of the information
of each.” for me (offshore focus) but I was quite wrong.”
—J. Roberts —J. E.Hults, E.I.T.
GeoFields Senior Specialist, Risk & Integrity Management, Technip
 ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity Management
Integrity Management (continued from page 20)

Statistical predictive methods for dealing with uncertainty in ILI data DAY 1 corroboration of the ILI data
• Contractual criteria for defect reports
For dates and Introduction • ILI quality management

I N-LINE inspection (ILI) technology has been in existence for approximately 40 years and has • Cost/benefit analysis of ILI technology
locations, see
become the preferred method used by pipeline operators to ensure the integrity of their pipeline • Problems discovered during integrity
pages 4-5.
assets. However, as demonstrated world-wide by recent accidents on hazardous liquid and natural
management program (IMP) inspections and DAY 4
pipeline accident investigations
For fees, see gas pipeline systems, some pipelines, that were inspected by ILI devices and found safe for further Workshop # 1: Working examples of total
page 36. operation, continue to fail soon after (6-12 months) the inspection. Critical knowledge gaps in current ILI analysis of ILI data
technology
A telling quote from the US Department of Transportation: • Implementation of ILI analysis output in risk-
• Holistic analysis of ILI data – key element based pipeline IMPs
in successful pipeline integrity management
“The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) program Manual for the IMP manager: from holistic
has growing concerns with how operators are applying, interpreting, and evaluating data acquired • ILI data analysis terminology ILI data to IMP activities
• Defects: main threats and localities of pipeline
from in-line inspection devices, and how operators should be effectively integrating this data with loss of integrity • Assessment of rupture pressure (B31mod, Shell,
other information about the operator’s pipeline. OPS has become concerned with performance Battelle, DNV, etc.)
issues associated with in-line inspection devices and how the data acquired from these devices is Types and classification of pipeline defects • Defect-growth models
being used to characterize, discriminate, interpret, and evaluate… pipeline defects. • Corrosion
• Pipeline defects and remaining life • Stress corrosion
• Structural reliability and performance risk of • Low-cycle fatigue cracks
…OPS needs to determine if the problem resides in the technology or in the secondary and pipelines with defects • Interaction rules
tertiary stages of the ILI data evaluation – data characterization, validation, and mitigation, …and • Basics of ILI technology • Fitness-for-purpose assessment
to understand how the government, pipeline operators, standards organizations, and ILI vendors • Remaining lifetime
can help improve pipeline assessment using ILI technology.” DAY 2 • Planning the next ILI

ILI – most important single method of Real case studies: application of PRIMA
This pioneer training course, organized in association with the Science and Engineering Center’s pipeline diagnostics software
Reliability and Safety of Large Systems Division, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,
• Contemporary methods of ILI Workshop # 2: Risk-based prioritization
Ekaterinburg, is aimed at answering the above questions. The course presents practical methods of of pipeline segments with defects for
• Four stages of ILI technology
risk-based ILI technology as applied to solution of pipeline integrity problems. The course is highly • Three possible outcomes of ILI maintenance/repair: making clever
interactive, and takes the forms of lectures, workshops, case studies, and discussions. • International ILI qualification standards: an decisions on actionable anomalies
overview
Role of the human factor in ILI technology
Comprehensive digest and analysis of
Objectives Who should attend existing international standards: DAY 5
• API 1163, NACE Standard RP 0102-2002, NACE Influence of ILI-induced human errors on
• The course is designed for professionals who • Gas and liquid operators, pipeline 35100, ASNT ILI- PQ 2005 pipeline safety and reliability
need to know the basics of acquiring and professionals that are involved with the ILI, • Selection of an ILI system (API 1163, RP 0102-
2002, RP 35100) • Personnel education, qualification, certification,
interpreting ILI data when assessing pipeline direct assessment, maintenance and repair, • Operational characteristics & constraints (API training and experience requirements (as per
integrity and safety. Participants will get governmental regulators, decision-makers, IMP 1163, NACE) ASNT ILI PQ requirements)
a working knowledge of the basics of the managers, human-resource managers, risk
engineering approach to ILI data extraction, managers, specialists in pipeline integrity and DAY 3 Existing approaches to quantitative
mining, fusion, and analysis. They will also get safety, among others. assessment of human factor/errors
essentials of the current international codes ILI system performance specification (API
1163) • Repeatability and reproducability of ILI and
that regulate ILI systems quality (API 1163, Lecturer • Basics of holistic ILI data acquisition, mining, field-verification measurements
NACE Standard RP 0102-2002, NACE 35100, analysis, and management • Interaction of pipeline operators, ILI vendors,
ASNT ILI-PQ 2005), and how to use them on a Professor Sviatoslav (Slava) Timashev is an acknowledged • ILI as a measurement system and regulatory bodies
international expert on oil and gas pipeline safety, and has • Main sources of variability in ILI measurements
20 daily basis.
over 25 years of experience in pipeline reliability, remnant • Typical ILI results Understanding ILI tool data submitted by 21
• Seven basic ILI performance quality metrics vendors
life, diagnostics, maintenance, safety, and security,
The course is unique, as it is offered to oil and working (among other clients) for the Russian oil and gas • Probability of true detection (PTD)
gas specialists for the first time, and is rich in • Probability of true location/positioning • Information exchange flow between operator
majors Gazprom and Transneft. He is currently director of
• Probability of true identification/discrimination and vendor before, during, and after ILI
content. It presents comprehensive analysis the Science and Engineering Centre at the Ural Branch of
(PTI) • Regulators and ILI quality
the Russian Academy of Sciences at Ekaterinburg.
of ILI data with respect to pipeline integrity • Defect sizing accuracy metrics • ILI tender issues
and safety assurance, providing for operational For his detailed profile, please see p16. • ILI system measurement and verification models
• Flow chart of holistic analysis of ILI results Conclusion: next steps and new horizons
excellence of pipelines and ILI technology.
• Solving the problem of missing and false ILI data
The course is self-contained. There is no need • Calibration of ILI tools and results of runs
to look for additional material to understand Continuing Education Units: 2.6
• Field verification of ILI data
the course. • Number of confirmatory digs needed for ❖❖❖
 “The course was very informative. It was
a great learning experience and look
forward to future courses with Clarion.”

Stress-Corrosion Cracking Stress-Corrosion Cracking (continued from page 22)

DAY 2 SCC detection and integrity assurance

• B31.8S

A
“ I was very lthough stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) is responsible for a very small percentage of pipeline Metallurgical factors • Hydrostatic testing
impressed with • Pipe grade • In-line inspection
failures each year, it continues to be a safety concern to pipeline operators, and it must be treated • Direct assessment
the depth and • Steel composition
quality of the in integrity management plans. This course will provide a detailed description of what is known • Mechanical properties
information about its appearance and causes, and it will discuss various approaches to mitigating and managing • Microstructure Mitigating SCC
presented. The the problem. Practical information on recognizing and dealing with SCC will be presented, along with • Manufacturer • Operating existing pipelines
presentation was descriptions of research results that have led to our current understanding of causes and methods of • Designing new pipelines
top notch. “ Mechanisms of SCC • Repair methods
—B.C. Mittelstadt management. • High-pH SCC
Senior Engineer • Near-neutral-pH SCC Integrity management plans
El Paso • Regulations
Pipeline Services Likely locations for SCC • Approaches
Who should attend of SCC, from which he identified the major factors that
• Geographical
cause high-pH SCC in pipelines. He also managed the
laboratory portion of that program from 1965 to 1982, • Proximity to compressor or pump stations SCC Direct Assessment technology
• Pipeline engineers, designers, and service which added significantly to an understanding of the • Proximity to other SCC demonstration
• Soil, terrain, moisture level
professionals who are involved with the phenomenon, and explored a number of possible solutions
• Gas versus liquid pipelines
maintenance, inspection, and repair of to the problem. For the past several years, he has been the
SCC consultant for GRI and PRCI. He recently completed
• Coating types and conditions
pipelines a comprehensive gap analysis on SCC, and he actively
• Pressure history
• Researchers who want to be aware of the participated in drafting the NACE Recommended Practice on
• Corrosion history ❖❖❖
• Pipe manufacturer
current understanding of SCC in pipelines SCC Direct Assessment.

John Mackenzie is a senior pipeline specialist with Kiefner &

Continuing Education Units: 1.2 Associates, focusing on the areas of Integrity Management ❖❖❖
Plans and Stress-Corrosion Cracking. John is also
• Note: This will be a 2.5-day course when held President of NorthAm Energy Solutions Ltd, and CEO of
Direct Assessment Partners LLP (DAP), both located in
in June 2008 (Houston). CEUs awarded will be Bellingham, WA. DAP provides interactive databases for
1.5. the capture and integration of pipeline dig-site data as well
as training for field technicians. Prior to joining Kiefner
& Associates, John was with TransCanada Pipelines for
Documentation 25 years, where he was responsible for the company’s

• Participants will receive a full set of the course

original investigation into SCC (1986-1990). This work led
to the discovery of near-neutral pH SCC and identified the
conditions under which it occurs. He also served as Chair
New courses under preparation
notes and slides in COLOR, in ring-binder
of the PRCI’s SCC Subcommittee for two years.
format.
“Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Was very applicable to my line
Lecturers of work! I felt the course was well balanced between theory and Risk-based inspection of pipeline systems
experience. It also left a lot of room for my own conclusions,
thoughts, and approaches.”
Dr Raymond R Fessler worked on the Pipeline Research
Committee project on SCC since its inception in 1965. He
—R. Lee
Pipeline Integrity EIT
HPHT subsea design
personally conducted most of the early field investigations TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.

❖❖❖ Practical pigging operations: launching, running,

DAY 1
receiving and evaluating utility and intelligent pigs
Test techniques to study SCC
Description of SCC • Accelerated testing
• Electrochemical tests
details will be posted on:
• Definition
• Causes • Cracking tests
• Appearance • Measuring crack growth
www.clarion.org
• Other forms of environmental-assisted cracking
22 Environmental factors
History of SCC in pipelines • Field observations 23
• Liquid composition and concentration www.pipeconferences.com
• High-pH SCC
• Near-neutral-pH SCC • Electrochemical potential
• Internal SCC • Temperature

Stages of SCC Stress factors

• Pre-initiation • Field observations
• Initiation  • Importance of strain rate
• Growth models • Cyclic loading
• Early growth • Sources of stress
• Dormancy and re-initiation
• Late growth
• Final fracture continued at the top of p23 (right)
 “Bill Bruce is an obvious expert on in-service welding.
Confident delivery of presentation. I enjoyed learning
from him.”
—D. M. Halferty
Plains All American, Pipeline Integrity Specialist

Microbiological Corrosion in Pipeline Repair Methods/In-Service

Pipelines: Welding
Prevention, Detection, Mitigation
T HE various aspects of pipeline repair using weld and non-weld methods will be covered, as will the
concerns for welding onto in-service pipelines and the approaches used to address them.
M ICROBIOLOGICALLY-INFLUENCED corrosion (MIC) caused by sulfate-reducing bacteria has
been found to be a serious threat to pipeline integrity, safety, and reliability. Numerous pipeline
failures have been attributed to sustained, localized pitting corrosion. Bacterial colonies that can form Who should attend Lecturers
“Great Course!
Bill Bruce did an
excellent job. I
in some pipelines will produce combinations of products that pit the metal. Preventing, detecting, and Bill Bruce is director of welding technology with CC look forward to
mitigating this type of pitting is often difficult and requires monitoring of the physical, chemical, and • Pipeline engineers, operations and
Technologies. Prior to joining CCT, he was a technology future courses”
biological characteristics of the pipeline. This course will address these issues in detail, with particular maintenance personnel, inspectors, and —P. Kenny
leader at Edison Welding Institute and a senior engineer
emphasis on prediction and monitoring, and testing methods for managing MIC. welders. at Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. He is a member of the Welding
Opeartions Lead
American Petroleum Institute API 1104 Committee and is National Grid
the chairman of the Maintenance Welding Subcommittee.
Who should attend Documentation Documentation
Chris Alexander is a Staff Consultant at Stress Engineering
• All delegates will receive a detailed set of
• Pipeline engineers, technicians, and service • Participants will receive a full set of the course Services, Inc. He has been integrally involved in assessing
lecture notes containing more than 250 pages,
professionals who are involved with the notes and slides in ring-binder format. the effects of dents and mechanical damage on the
providing an invaluable reference document. structural integrity of pipelines. Mr. Alexander has also
maintenance, inspection, and repair of been involved in assessing the use of composites in
liquids, gas and products pipelines, storage Continuing Education Units: 1.2 repairing pipelines and has published numerous papers
tanks, and related components Continuing Education Units: 1.2 and made international presentations on this subject.
• Project and facility managers concerned with
system integrity assessment Lecturer • Note: This course will be 2.5 days when held in
• Researchers who want to be aware of the Rio de Janeiro. CEUs awarded will be 1.4. ❖❖❖
current understanding of MIC in pipelines Dr Roger King : see page 6 for biographical details
DAY 1 • History of weld deposition repair
• Burnthrough risk
❖❖❖ Defect assessment prior to repair • Integrity restoration
• Reason for assessment • Practical application
• Types of pipeline defects
DAY 1 • Pipeline profile
• Pressure reduction requirements
• Water cut Non welded repairs
• Product flow rate and water settlement • Corrosion measurement methods • Repair by grinding
Basics of Corrosion and Microbiology • Corrosion assessment methods
• Effect of internal roughness • Composite repairs
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) • Re-population • Epoxy filled shells
• Typical pipeline failure mechanisms Selecting an appropriate repair method
• Historical data • Pipeline repair manual
• Occurrence Code and regulatory requirements
Monitoring and testing methods for SRB • Detailed selection criteria • Recent changes to API 1104
• Mechanism
• Code requirements for weld deposition repair
Control of SRB Burnthrough and related safety concerns
Ecosystems • Factors affecting burnthrough
• Chemical treatment to control SRB
• Biocide treatments in water systems • Effect of wall thickness
Corrosion by SRBs
• Biocide treatment of oil systems • Effect of heat input DAY 2 “Found the
• Theory • Effect of flow rate/pressure information
• Reservoir souring by SRB • Effectiveness of corrosion inhibitors
• Avoiding burnthrough Procedure selection for hot tap and repair on Procedure
• Sources of the organisms • Use of pigging as an adjunct to chemical
sleeve welding Development &
• Reservoir cooling • Re-establishment of corrosion inhibitor films
Hydrogen cracking concerns • Burnthrough risk summary Qualification very
• Sulfide production • Recent significant incidents • Prevention of hydrogen cracking useful for practical
• SRB corrosion and growth Prevention of external corrosion by SRB
• Common factor/recommendation • Welding procedure options application”
• Redox potentials • Impact of SRB on coatings
• Hydrogen cracking requirements • Welder/procedure qualification —C. Hartig Sr. Specialty
• Checklist for evaluating sediments and soils • Calcareous backfill in the pipeline trench Engineer Xcel High
• Welding metallurgy 101 • Predicting required heat input
• Cathodic protection Pressure Gas
• Prevention of hydrogen cracking • Selecting an appropriate procedure
Case histories • Consumption of sacrificial anodes by SRB in
• External corrosion and internal corrosion sour sediments
Full encirclement repair sleeves Practical aspects of hot tap and repair sleeve
24 • Typical corrosion rates experienced • Options for protecting non-piggable pipelines 25
• Full encirclement sleeve types welding
• Operator methods used to prevent continued • UV sterilization
• Principle of operation • Proper electrode handling
corrosion. • Assuring effective reinforcement • Proper fitup
Internal inspection and defect assessment
• Sleeve design • Proper welding sequence
• Internal inspection methods for detecting MIC
• Sleeve fabrication • Control of heat input levels
damage
• Inspection and testing
DAY 2 • Prioritizing inspection of pipeline networks
Hot tap branch connections
• Assessing reported defects
• Branch connection design Lessons to be learned from past pipeline
Predicting internal corrosion of pipelines by repair incidents
SRB • Reinforcement types
• Integrally reinforced • Reported incidents
• Pipelines at risk • Previously unreported incidents
• Checklist for evaluation of risk of SRB corrosion • Ten commandments of inservice welding
• Limitations of growth and activity ❖❖❖ Pipeline repair by weld deposition
• Location of growth of SRB • Physical concept ❖❖❖
 Out of the Ditch Rehabilitation Projects Internal Pipeline Rehabilitation Projects
Performing Pipeline Rehabilitation • Right-of-way crossings
• Applicable engineering calculations
• Techniques available
o Interference sliplining system process
o Smart Pipe
Out of the Ditch Rehabilitation Projects
(continued) Inspection of the pipeline
For dates and • Right-of-way preparation • Standards to be considered
locations, see
pages 4-5. T his course is centered on the practical aspects of pipeline rehabilitation and covers both internal
and external rehabilitation. The course goes into depth on how to safely rehabilitate operating
pipelines using manual and automated equipment. Movement of in-service pipelines is analyzed in
• Excavation and stripping the pipeline
• Removing the existing coating
• Preparing the pipeline surface for the new
• ANSI B31-G
• RSTRENG
coating Making necessary repairs
For fees, see detail including the application and methodology of recommended practice API 1117. Other industry • Application of the new coating • Out of service repairs
page 36. standards applicable to pipeline rehabilitation are discussed as well as how they should be incorporated • Lowering-in and tie-in of the pipeline • In-situ repairs
into project specifications. • Final right-of-way restoration o Techniques available
o Composite reinforced repairs
In-situ and Short Segment Rehabilitation o Epoxy in-fill repairs
Approximately half of the course is spent in analyzing case studies of field rehabilitation projects Projects
from around the world. Over 400 photographs are used to illustrate how the work was performed and • Engineering Evaluation of the project Environmental Issues
the results obtained. The course presents techniques for performing the work with a combination • API 1117 Standard • Coatings removal
• Supporting the line • Coating application
of in-house personnel and outside contractors to minimize costs while maintaining clear lines of • Moving the line • Abrasives and dust
responsibility. • Lowering the line • Coating overspray
In-situ and Short Segment Rehabilitation Industry Standards to be incorporated in Job
Projects Specifications
Who should attend Lecturer • Excavation of the pipeline • Coating removal (How clean is clean?)
• Removing the existing coating • Testing for water soluble contaminants
• Preparing the pipeline surface for the new
Engineers involved in: Sidney A Taylor is president of Incal Pipeline coating Industry Standards to be incorporated in Job
Rehabilitation, Inc. He has over 30 years’ • Application of the new coating Specifications
• Question and Answers    • Surface preparation
• Determining the best way to rehabilitate a experience in the design and development of
• Specifying abrasives
section of pipeline, automated high-pressure water jet cleaning • Inspection of coatings
• Preparing the project specifications, and coating systems. Prior to Incal, Sid Day 2
• Performing the necessary engineering worked with Schlumberger as a designer Tying it all together
New Approach to In-Situ Rehabilitation • Questions and Answers
calculations to insure the project is carried out and manufacturer of well-logging tools and • In-Situ Rehabilitation of the CPC Crude Oil
safely, equipment, with MW Kellogg as a senior Pipeline
• Health and safety issues specific to regulatory attorney, with Weatherford as • Problems
rehabilitation projects. general manager of water jetting systems, and • New Technology Solution
with CRC-Evans as vice-president, engineering ❖❖❖
Internal Pipeline Rehabilitation Projects
Field Operations Personnel and contractors who and marketing, where he was responsible for • Nature of the problem
need to be aware of many alternatives techniques engineering design, manufacturing, and world- • Corrosion, erosion and corrosion/erosion
available for pipeline rehabilitation and their cost wide marketing of pipeline rehabilitation • Techniques available
o “Tight fit” or interference sliplining
impact. systems. systems
o Internal (in-situ) cleaning and coating
Inspection Personnel involved in evaluation of systems
defects and selection of proper repair techniques. Course Program For dates and
locations, see
Day 1 pages 4-5.
Documentation Introduction For fees, see
• Overview of the course
• Outline of Course Materials
page 36.
• All delegates will receive a detailed set of
lecture notes providing an invaluable reference Rehabilitation Options
document. • Types of techniques that are available
26 • Factors affecting selection of the best technique 27
• Practical examples
Continuing Education Units 0.6
In-Plant Rehabilitation of Pipeline
• Removal of existing coatings
• Internal cleaning
• Surface preparation
• Coating application
 Optimizing ILI Inspection
Scheduling
For dates and
locations, see
pages 4-5. T HE COURSE presents methods for dealing with inherent uncertainties about corrosion growth rates
as well as ILI tool measurements, with the object of improving the reliability of ILI inspections,
and the interpretation of the inspection results into maintenance decisions. It examines methods
For fees, see of determining corrosion rates, timing of inspections, and deterministic-, reliability-, and risk-based
page 36. approaches to dealing with uncertainties and establishing failure criteria. The course is intended for
those with basic familiarity with ILI tools and their capabilities.
Who should attend
• The course is especially designed for pipeline
integrity engineers and inspection specialists,
ILI data analysts, and technical personnel
responsible for pipeline integrity assurance
and corrosion control.
Documentation
• All delegates will receive a detailed set of
lecture notes providing an invaluable reference
document.
Continuing Education Units 0.6
Lecturer
Guy Desjardins has more than 25 years experience in the
oil and gas industry and 12 years with pipelines. In 1997,
he became a principal co-owner of Morrison Scientific
and became Morrison’s president in 1998. He has been an
independent consultant since 2005, offering services of
data analysis, research, and software development. Guy
graduated from the University of Alberta in Edmonton
with a Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics in 1978.
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DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations
T HE COURSE program will cover detailed information in select focus areas to benefit actual
practitioners, but it will also cover a range of topics in an abbreviated manner that is suitable for
management. The course will also review the major compliance requirements of the Department of
Transportation (DOT) regulations affecting the operation of gas and hazardous liquids pipelines - CFR
49, Parts 192 and 195.
Course Program Who should attend of the odorization audit and expertise in regulatory
compliance, and evaluating damage-prevention programs.
His experience includes risk assessments for over 75 gas
• Introduction • This course is designed for pipeline company utilities for AEGIS Insurance Services, membership on the
personnel in regulatory compliance, Damage Prevention Quality Action Team (Dig Safely), and
• Corrosion rates
operational, or engineering roles. as a staff member at the Transportation Safety Institute,
• Introduction to Inspection timing Pipeline Division. David has over 28 years’ experience
helping pipeline operators to assess and manage their
• Deterministic approach Documentation risk and liability exposures. He is also a principal in
• Reliability approach ViaData LP, publisher of WinD.O.T., The Pipeline Safety
• Risk approach • Participants will receive a detailed set of Encyclopedia.
course notes for reference after the course. George Williamson is currently the manager of DOT
• Assessing ILI uncertainty
Regulatory Compliance and Process Safety Management
• Methods of assessing corrosion rates Continuing Education Units: 1.2 for BP America’s Onshore Business Unit. He oversees
the compliance program for approximately 12,000 miles
• Assessment of failure pressure
of buried piping. George has over 20 years’ of O&M and
• Miscellaneous topics integrity management experience. He is a registered
• OPIS software tutorial Lecturers
professional engineer, as well as being a NACE-certified
corrosion and cathodic protection specialist.
David E. Bull, ARM, is well known throughout the gas
industry for outstanding training programs, development
“Great presentation format. It contained information directly
related to my job and allowed me to think of ways to enhance ❖❖❖
myperformance.”
—M. Magrane
Sempra Utilities DAY 1 DAY 2
Regulatory review • Specific elements of pipeline integrity
❖❖❖ management:
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act
Applicability of the various regulations
Regulatory structure Definition of high consequence areas (HCAs) For dates and
Determining pipeline corridor buffer zones
Key deadlines and compliance dates locations, see
Hazardous liquids regulations
Integrity assessment options (pros/cons and pages 4-5.
Gas regulations implementation enhancements)
OPS Checklists For fees, see
Reporting requirements Compliance
Self-assessment process page 36.
Breakout tanks
Operator qualification
Regulatory update
• Criteria for determination of covered tasks and 29
Pipeline integrity management applicability
• Regulatory requirements for pipeline integrity • Compliance options for company personnel and
management will be covered in detail. Technical contractors
and practical application aspects of the following
baseline assessment methodologies will be
reviewed: • Commercially available industry-wide
qualification alternatives
In-line inspection
Pressure testing • Interpretation and enforcement issues OQ2
Direct assessment

Subsea Pipeline Engineering
formerly the Marine Pipeline Engineering course
For dates and
locations, see
pages 4-5.
T HE COURSE will provide a complete and up-to-date overview of the area of subsea pipeline
engineering, taking delegates through the pre-design phase, design, construction, installation,
operation and maintenance. It will give a complete picture of the work of design engineers and pipeline
construction companies, using actual case studies from around the world to highlight the topics
For fees, see discussed.
page 36.
While the course requires no previous experience, this is not a superficial overview. The lecturers
are experts in their fields and have vast experience in lecturing on the subject of subsea pipeline
engineering. Places will be strictly limited to ensure maximum individual attention.
Who should attend
• Engineers from oil and gas companies,
construction companies, pipe and service
suppliers, and regulatory authorities, who
are newly qualified, have recently moved
into pipeline engineering, or hold broad
responsibilities that include pipelines.
Documentation
• Participants receive a sturdy ring binder
containing more than 700 pages in COLOR,
plus the 650-page reference book Subsea
Pipeline Engineering by Andrew Palmer and
Roger King.
Continuing Education Units: 2.6
Lecturers
Professor Andrew Palmer is a consulting engineer. He
retired in September 2005 as the Jafar Research Professor
of Petroleum Engineering at Cambridge University, UK.
Professor Palmer is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the
Institution of Civil Engineers. He has been engaged in
marine pipeline engineering for 35 years. He has taken a
leading part in many pipeline projects in the North Sea,
the Middle East, Canada, and the Far East, and is active
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as an expert witness. He is the author of more than 170
published papers on pipeline engineering, structures and
geotechnics, of a book on structural mechanics, and with
Dr Roger King of the new reference book, Subsea Pipeline
Engineering.
“Excellent course which delivers technical backgrounds required for
pipeline project management as advertised.”
—G. Wiechers
Acergy Group
“This was an excellent overview course with a good
blend of technical and practical knowledge.”
DAY1 External corrosion and coatings
(USA syllabus is shown: the program will be modified • Coating for submarine pipelines
• Inspection of coating integrity
when offered in the UK)
• Concrete weight coatings
System configuration • Field joints and infills
Route selection Cathodic protection
• Principles of route selection • Mechanism of CP
• Constraints imposed by oceanographic, • Design of sacrificial anode CP systems
geotechnical, environmental, safety and political • Thermal effects on CP performance
factors
• Case studies from Canada, Spain, England
• Interactions between CP systems
Design for stability
Shore approaches • Hydrodynamic forces: steady & unsteady flow
• Influence of coastal topography, geotechnics • Lateral resistance
tides andwaves • Design for stability - RPE305
• Alternative construction techniques • Interaction with seabed instability
• Horizontal drilling and tunnels
• Case studies Environmental design criteria
• Design currents
• Waves
DAY 2 • Geotechnics and earthquakes
Materials selection Trenching and burial
• Fabrication of API pipe • Trenching and burial methods, jetting,
Dr Roger King has over 30 years’ experience of corrosion in
• Increasing the strength of pipeline steel mechanical cutting, ploughing, etc.
the oil, gas, civil, and nuclear industries. He has specialist
• Balancing strength, toughness and weldability • Case studies
knowledge of sweet and sour corrosion and its prevention
by chemical inhibition, monitoring of corrosion,
Hydraulics and flow assurance
microbiological corrosion, and the design of efficient
• Single-phase flow, oil and gas
DAY 4
cathodic-protection systems for flowlines, structures,
• Pressure drop and effect on optimal line size
and seabed installations. He has been an independent Mishaps, risk, and repair
• Influence of compressibility, temperature
consultant since September, 1989, and prior to this was • Safety of marine pipeline systems
change
a founder member of the Corrosion and Protection • Case studies of failures
• Quantitative risk assessment & acceptable risk
Centre Industrial Service (CAPCIS) at the University of Increasing corrosion resistance
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). • Integrity management
• Increasing the corrosion resistance of carbon
steels
Case study: Mardi Gras
R. J. “Bob” Brown has over 46 years’ experience in the • Limitations of use of solid corrosion resistant
offshore pipeline industry. Among his many awards and alloys
recognitions, he has received the OTC Heritage, ASCE Design exercise
• Internally clad pipe
Stephen D. Bechtel, and “Pipeliner of the Year” Awards for • Flexible pipe
his outstanding contributions to the oil and gas industry.
Bob is currently director of RJ Brown Deepwater, Inc., Design for strength
DAY 5
which is part of the Technip Offshore Group, who is • Internal pressure, code requirements
playing an important role in the development of pipeline Construction
• External pressure; bending; bending buckling;
installations for offshore energy projects. (Lectures on the collapse and buckle propagation; denting and
• Laybarge, S-Lay and J-Lay
US course only.) • Reelship
gouging; allowable strain design; impact damage
• Mid-depth tow, bottom tow and surface tow
• Pros and cons of different methods
Michael Coyne has worked for Shell Oil Company for 29 Lateral and upheaval buckling
• Alternative contracting strategies
years. He has worked mainly in the Transportation • Driving force for upheaval and lateral buckling
organization in the construction and operations • Analysis of risk buckling
Spans
sides of the pipeline business. Mike has also had two • Alternative design and construction options
• Span occurrence and possible systems
assignments in the E&P organization within Shell. He • Case studies
• Vortex-excited oscillation, overstress, hooking
has an undergraduate degree from the University of • Span monitoring and correction
Virginia in Mechanical Engineering and a graduate degree Materials for sour service
from the University of New Orleans also in Mechanical • Pipeline steels for sour service: sulfide stress
Welding
Engineering. Mike’s current assignment is Manager for cracking and HIC
• Welding of carbon manganese pipeline steels
the Offshore Projects Group in Shell Pipe Line where he • Appropriate specification of pipe material
• Welding of duplex and clad pipe
supervises a group of engineers working on an assortment • Inspection of weldments
of export pipeline related projects in the Gulf of Mexico Microbiological corrosion
and Louisiana. • Sulphate-reducing bacteria
Codes
• Microbiological corrosion mechanisms
• Design codes
Brian McShane has 15 years experience in engineering • Evaluation of the problem
• Trends in code development 31
consultancy to the offshore pipeline industry. He has • Housekeeping and treatment
• Limit-state designs
broad experience in pipeline design and project execution • API RP1111 and DnV 101
around the world, ranging from offshore to onshore, DAY 3
deepwater to shallow, tropical to arctic. For the past nine Decommissioning
years Brian has been working with INTEC engineering; Case study: Thunder Horse • Legislation
he is currently the Project Director of the Mardi Gras • Decay mechanisms
Transportation System, a 400-mile deepwater export Internal corrosion • Methods of recovery
system made up of four pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. • Sweet corrosion mechanisms • Alternatives to recovery
• Evaluating a suitable corrosion allowance • Disposal materials
• Effects of flow on corrosion • Costs
• Moderators of corrosion
• Corrosion inhibition and flow morphology ❖❖❖
❖❖❖
 “Excellent course, learned a lot in a
short time. Strongly recommend to
subsea or aspiring subsea engineers.”
—T. Kissoonsingh
BPTT

Subsea Production Systems Engineering Deepwater Riser Engineering

“Really fit my
initial needs. Very
knowledgeable
T HIS course provides an overview of the key processes, technologies and equipment that comprise
contemporary subsea production developments. It also provides experienced-based details of actual
projects, from the drilling of the well to bringing the system into production. The course focuses on T HE COURSE provides an overview of marine risers focusing on deepwater application from
material selection to offshore installation. Detailed lectures cover design and analysis methods with
course lectures particular attention to top-tensioned risers (TTR) and steel-cantenary risers (SCR), and go on to review
that have how subsea hardware, pipelines, riser systems, and other equipment relate to design philosophies, and
how to establish a basis for subsea production system design. Lectures, devoted to system development and compare riser design codes and industrial standards; field applications are discussed throughout the
real world
experience.” issues, will be complemented by a plant tour to establish familiarity with specific hardware items, as lecture program.
—J. N. Lauterbach
Technical QA/QC well interactive design exercises in class.
Manager
NDE Quality
Systems, Inc. Patrick Boster is president of RTI Energy Systems, a
Who should attend Lecturers Who should attend supplier of production riser systems and engineering
solutions such as subsea tiebacks utilizing tapered stress
David Fudge has a 30-year career in control engineering,
• Project managers who want to know more including 20-years’ experience of management and system • Engineers from oil companies, engineering joints of both steel and titanium. Prior to joining RTIES,
about the technology they are directing engineering of diver/diverless subsea field developments, service companies, construction companies, Patrick worked for ABB as manager of the materials
embracing conceptual design through to field and welding group, and then started his own company,
• Project engineers who specialize in a specific pipe and service suppliers and regulatory Weld-Tech Engineering, supplying materials technology,
commissioning, including operations and intervention
area, but need to know about how other with a core specialization in subsea control systems and authorities, who are newly qualified, have manufacturing, welding and related services. Weld-Tech
technologies interface with their own umbilicals. He is presently with Subsea Control Services, recently moved into riser engineering or hold was acquired by RTI International Metals in 1998.
London, and Deepwater Technology Co, Houston.
• Engineers from other disciplines who are broad responsibilities that include risers. The
Kieran Kavanagh is president of MCS in Houston. He holds
moving into the subsea area Tommy Golczynski is general manager - services for course is especially suitable to those who wish a Masters degree in offshore engineering from University
Multiphase Solutions, Inc. He manages the flow-
• Newly qualified engineers who just coming assurance department and is responsible for technical to broaden their knowledge of deepwater College Cork, Ireland, and a degree in economics from the
into the offshore industry and commercial aspects of all projects. Tommy provides riser engineering or deepen their technical London School of Economics. He has 18 years’ experience
technical support on flow assurance issues, in particular, a understanding of specific riser types. In in offshore engineering, specializing in the design and
wide range of thermal and hydraulic, transient, multiphase analysis of floating-production steel and flexible risers
Documentation flow analyses. Projects range from early conceptual particular: and umbilicals. He has also been responsible for mooring-
to detailed FEED studies, as well as development of
guidelines and flow assurance specifications for successful system design, vessel-motion analysis, and structural steel
• Course participants receive a all lecture slides field operations. • Newly qualified riser engineers (designers and design.
and reference materials in a ring binder. analysts)
Kieran Kavanagh is president of MCS in Houston. He holds Dave Madden, is Technical Operations Manager with DUCO,
a Masters degree in offshore engineering from University • Experienced riser project engineers who want Inc. in Houston, where he oversees engineering activities
College Cork, Ireland, and a degree in economics from the to expand their knowledge
Continuing Education Units: 2.1 London School of Economics. He has 18 years’ experience
relating to product design and manufacture on current
in offshore engineering, specializing in the design and
• Sub-project managers (of subsea contractors projects and future prospects. He has more than 28 years’
including risers) experience in subsea umbilical project engineering,
“Very Interesting Summary syllabus - 4 days analysis of floating-production steel and flexible risers
and umbilicals. He has also been responsible for mooring- management and product design. He was involved in
and enjoyable
For the complete syllabus, log on to • Subsea supervisors / managers many of the early subsea developments in the North Sea,
course. “ system and structural steel design, and vessel-motion
www.clarion.org analysis. • MSc students in offshore engineering and he worked for more than three years at the Technip
—D. Davies
Technical Director center for product development in Le Trait (France),
Bil Loth has 36 years’ experience in design, engineering,
NDE Technical
• Concept selection interfaces: the keys to an and management of subsea development projects. His Documentation where he was responsible for umbilical R&D activities
Services GmbH within the group. David is a member of the Technip
integrated subsea system career has included positions with Esso Production
Research (now Exxon Upstream Research), Exxon USA, “group of experts” and currently participates in the API17E
• Various perspectives on the “system” Esso Europe, and Shell Expro Central Engineering, where • Participants receive a sturdy ring binder working group who are editing the joint API17E/ISO13628-
• The components of a subsea production system as head of subsea engineering he was responsible for 5 Subsea Umbilical Specification for the industry.
• Production system compatibility
containing all the lecture slides with notes and
prospect evaluation and front-end engineering for all
• Management of interfaces subsea developments, including Osprey and Gannet. In illustrations supporting the lectures. For dates and
• Field development options 2001 ExxonMobil Development Co assigned Bil as the lead Roy Shilling is engineering manager - HPHT floating
systems, risers and topsides for BP. As the delivery
locations, see
• Economic and risk variations engineer for its Erha subsea systems concept selection and
• Economic decision-making: the factors design. manager for GoM HPHT floating systems, risers and pages 4-5.
• Cost vs schedule vs quality Continuing Education Units: 2.6 topsides, Roy currently leads a team in BP’s deepwater
Steve Sasanow has been editor of Subsea Engineering News development business unit charged with pre-qualifying
• Economic decisions: different results from since its birth in 1984. In addition to being one of the For fees, see
different operators and delivering HPHT technology to the next group of GoM
leading offshore technology writers (he has contributed to
projects. He has over 29 years of experience, including
page 36.
• Establishing field architecture: almost every offshore magazine in print) Steve has carried
out consultancy work for many of the leading companies. Lecturers 15 years in drilling and completion and was ARCO’s riser
Drilling, completion, and production technology leader, prior to becoming the risers systems
Marcus Smedley has more than 20 years of experience in delivery manager for the Horn Mountain Truss Spar in
Reservoir, bathymetry, and geohazard
32 considerations subsea systems engineering, project management, and Erin Balch is a senior specialist at MCS Houston with broad 2002, which at the time set a world record water depth 33
sales with FMC Technologies. He has been involved in engineering experience of floating production riser and for dry tree systems, at 5,500ft. Roy is a graduate of
Flow assurance considerations
equipment design, fabrication and delivery, including Vanderbilt University in Mechanical Engineering with a
Host facility, mooring, and metocean drivers mooring systems. She has considerable experience in
Flowlines and risers trees and wellheads, and he currently manages field the specification, design, verification, installation, and Master of Science from Texas A&M in Ocean Engineering.
Myths and legends: why equipment is designed development efforts in performing front-end engineering integrity management of floating production risers. She
the way it is consulting to FMC clients on subsea projects. He has has worked extensively in flexible risers, umbilicals and
Equipment selection - trees and jumper systems been involved with many significant projects around the drilling risers, and has a keen understanding of the design,
Equipment selection - controls and umbilicals world, most recently Murphy Azurite offshore Congo, and manufacturing, and testing challenges associated with
High pressure and temperature (HP/HT) Petrobras Cascade-Chinook in the Gulf of Mexico. Other these risers. Before working for MCS, she gained valuable
designs projects include Prince, Neptune, Boomvang-Nansen, experience in the design of floating production mooring
New technology Gunnison, Constitution, Matterhorn, Devil’s Tower, West systems
Seno, Marco Polo, Okume and Murphy Kikeh, Sakhalin II,
continued at the top of p34
Subsea engineering practice - case studies
Bald Pate, Auger, Brutus, and Hoover.
 Deepwater Riser Engineering (continued from page 33)
Dr Ruxin Song has more than 15 years’ experience inrisers
and pipelines. He has been the lead engineer for some
large well-known riser and pipeline projects in North
Sea , Gulf of Mexico, and offshore Brazil, including the
EMDC Kizomba Tower riser, Statoil’s Gullfaks pipeline and
riser bundles, BP’s Thunder Horse risers, and Petrobras’
Roncador risers. Ruxin has published 30 technical papers in
international journals and conferences, and been actively
involved in design code development. Currently Ruxin is
a principal associate in the riser technology department of
Technip Offshore, Inc., Houston.
❖❖❖
Summary syllabus - Days 1-5
For the complete syllabus, log on to
www.clarion.org
• Overview
• Fundamentals of riser engineering
• Design codes and regulations
• Top tensioned risers
• Hybrid riser systems
• Steel catenary risers
• Flexible risers
• Drilling risers
• Riser design methods overview
• Riser system analytical tools
• Functional requirements and design drivers
• Design basis development
• TTR analysis and design methods
❖❖❖
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14 - 24 September, 2009
Rio de Janeiro
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Dr Paul N. Stanton is vice president of the riser technology
and well systems department of Technip Offshore, Inc. He
has 36 years of experience in deepwater floating drilling
research and engineering, subsea production research,
TLP and Spar well systems’ research and development,
and riser engineering management. Paul is active in
development of API and ISO standards for dynamic riser
systems.
Glenn Wald is a senior staff mechanical engineer with
Shell Oil. He has 25 years experience in the industry.
His primary area of expertise is design, procurement
and installation of Spar and TLP riser systems. This
includes concept evaluation, system design, component
design, interface management, and riser component
manufacturing.
• Hybrid riser analysis and design methods
• TTR component design
• Flexible riser analysis and design methods
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 Course Fees Index of courses by topic
(Note: courses are arranged alphabetically in each category,
and numbers refer to page numbers in this catalogue)
The fees listed here are for budget estimates only. They are subject to change and will vary with locations.
Please visit www.clarion.org or call us on (+1) 713 521 5929 to confirm the latest rates.

Members of PIPE (see ww.pipeinst.org) 10% on all fees

Cleaning, Commissioning, &
Early registration discount (21 days prior): $ 100 (£100 for UK courses) Operations
Groups of two persons or more: $ 100 discount per person (£100 for UK
courses) ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity
ASME members: 10% discount (all courses) Management......................................... 20
Performing Pipeline Rehabilitation........... 26
Advanced In-line Inspection of Pipelines £ 975 (held in Newcastle)
Pipeline Mapping, GIS, and
Deepwater Riser Engineering $ 3995 Data Integration.................................... 18
Pipeline Pigging and In-line Inspection...... 8
Defect Assessment in Pipelines $ 2395 (£ 2995 outside N America) Pipeline Repair Methods/
In-Service Welding................................ 25
Direct Assessment Methods for Pipeline Integrity $ 2395
Risk-based Management of
DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations $ 2395 Pipeline Integrity and Safety................ 18
Excavation Inspection & Applied NDE for ILI/DA Validation and Correlatio
Stress-Corrosion Cracking.......................... 22
$ 2395
ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity Management $ 3995 (£ 2995 outside N America) Corrosion & Materials
Introduction to In-line Inspection of Pipelines £ 975 (held in Newcastle)
Defect Assessment in Pipelines..................11
Microbiological Corrosion in Pipelines $ 2395 Direct Assessment Methods for
Pipeline Integrity.................................. 13
Onshore Pipeline Engineering $ 3995 (£ 2995 outside N America) Microbiological Corrosion in Pipelines...... 24
Onshore Pipeline Engineering.................... 6
Optimizing ILI Inspection Scheduling $795 Pipeline Repair Methods/
In-Service Welding................................ 25
Pipeline Mapping, GIS, and Data Integration $ 2395 Stress-Corrosion Cracking.......................... 22
Subsea Pipeline Engineering..................... 30
Pipeline Pigging and In-line Inspection $ 2395
Design & Construction
Pipeline Repair Methods/In-Service Welding $ 2395
Deepwater Riser Engineering.................... 33
Performing Pipeline Rehabilitation $ 2395 Onshore Pipeline Engineering.................... 6
Subsea Pipeline Engineering..................... 30
Pipeline Risk Management $ 1995
External Inspection
Risk-based Management of Pipeline Integrity and Safety $ 3995 (£ 2995 outside N America)
Direct Assessment Methods for
Stress-Corrosion Cracking $ 2395 Pipeline Intehgrity................................ 13
Excavation Inspection & Applied NDE for
Subsea Pipeline Engineering $ 3995 (£ 2995 outside N America) ILI/DA Validation and Correlation....... 16
36 Onshore Pipeline Engineering..................... 6
Subsea Production Systems Engineering $ 3695 Subsea Pipeline Engineering..................... 30
Internal Inspection
Advanced In-Line Inspection of Pipelines.10
Defect Assessment in Pipelines..................11
Excavation Inspection & Applied NDE for
ILI/DA Validation and Correlation....... 16
ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity
Management......................................... 20
Introduction to In-Line Inspection
of Pipelines............................................. 9
Optimizing ILI Inspection Scheduling....... 28
Pipeline Pigging and In-line Inspection...... 8
Offshore Operations & Systems
Deepwater Riser Engineering.................... 33
Subsea Pipeline Engineering..................... 30
Subsea Prooduction Systems Engineering.32
Regulations
Defect Assessment in Pipelines..................11
DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations............... 29
Pipeline Risk Management........................ 17
Repair & Rehabilitation
Defect Assessment in Pipelines..................11
Onshore Pipeline Engineering.................... 6
Performing Pipeline Rehabilitation........... 26
Pipeline Repair Methods/
In-Service Welding................................ 25
Subsea Pipeline Engineering..................... 30
Risk Assessment & Management
Pipeline Risk Management........................ 17
Pipeline Mapping, GIS, and
Data Integration.................................... 14
Risk-based Management of
Pipeline Integrity and Safety................ 18 37

Contact details
Clarion Technical Conferences
Suite 255, 3401 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002, USA
t: 713 521 5929
e: bjlowe@clarion.org
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❖❖❖
PO Box 21
Beaconsfield HP9 1NS, UK
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 Index of courses by title

Advanced In-Line Inspection of Pipelines ........................................... 10

Deepwater Riser Engineering .................................................................. 33

Defect Assessment in Pipeline ................................................................11

Direct Assessment Methods for Pipeline Integrity .............................. 13

DOT Pipeline Safety Regulations ............................................................ 29

Excavation Inspection & Applied NDE for

ILI/DA Validation and Correlation ..................................................... 16
ILI Data Analysis for Pipeline Integrity Management . ....................... 20
Introduction to In-Line Inspection of Pipelines . ................................... 9
Microbiological Corrosion in Pipelines ................................................. 24
Onshore Pipeline Engineering ................................................................... 6
Performing Pipeline Rehabilitation......................................................... 26
Optimizing ILI Inspection Scheduling ................................................... 28
Pipeline Mapping, GIS, and Data Integration ....................................... 14
Pipeline Pigging and In-line Inspection .................................................. 8
Pipeline Repair Methods/In-Service Welding . ...................................... 25
The conference is devoted to these themes related to cross-
country, offshore, deep water and arctic pipelining:
• Design: Elastic and Plastic Designs, Limit State Design, Design Factors,
Environmental Factors Influencing Pipeline Design, Standards & Regulations
Specifications, Test Requirements.
• Materials: Property Requirements of High-Grade (ferritic, austenitic and duplex)
Line Pipe Steels (X70 and above), Welding Consumables and Material Selection.
• Construction: Application of Emerging Technologies and Construction Practices,
Pipelining in Low Temperature Regions.
• Fabrication: Welding (consumables, processes, mis-match, weld repair, trends)
and non-destructive testing (radiographic and ultrasonic testing).
• Integrity: Defect Acceptance, Fatigue, Risk Assessment, In-line Inspection,
Assessment of Old Pipelines, and strain-based design.

Pipeline Risk Management . ..................................................................... 17

For further details, please visit the conference website:
https://www.ti.kviv.be/conf/Pipeline2009/
Risk-based Management of Pipeline Integrity and Safety .................. 18 or contact:
Rita Peys, Conference manager
Stress-Corrosion Cracking ......................................................................... 22 TI - Ingenieurshuis K VIV
38 Desguinlei 214
Subsea Pipeline Engineering . .................................................................. 30
BE – 2018 Antwerpen (Belgium)
Subsea Production Systems Engineering ............................................... 32 Tel +32 3 260 08 61. Fax. +32 3 216 06 89
e-mail: info@pipeline2009.com
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PIPELINE PIGGING
& INTEGRITY
TECHNOLOGY
3RD EDITION
John Tiratsoo, Editor
Provides a wide-ranging
overview of the best in
pigging and integrity-
monitoring technology,
and thus makes essential
reading for all involved in
these increasingly-
important industries.
SUBSEA PIPELINE
ENGINEERING, 2ND ED
Andrew C. Palmer and
Roger A. King
Authored by two of the
world's most respected
authorities in subsea
pipeline engineering, this
definitive reference book
covers the entire
spectrum of subjects in
the discipline.
OIL & GAS PIPELINES
IN NONTECHNICAL
LANGUAGE
Leffler Miesner
Written for those not
directly involved in
pipeline operations —
legal, supply, accounting,
finance, and people who
service and sell
equipment to pipeline
companies.
PIPELINE PIGGING
HANDBOOK
(ALL ABOUT PIGGING)
Jim Cordell, Hershel Vanzant
Represents the
accumulated knowledge
and experience of the
authors, which spans
more than 30 years and
contains the latest
information about the
changing products and
services now available.
PIPELINE OPERATION
& MAINTENANCE
M. Mohitpour, J. Szabo,
T. Van Hardeveld
Addresses day-to-day
operations and maintenance
of pipelines, valves and
operators, hydrocarbon
measurement, pump and
compressor stations, system
automation, and reliability/
availability assessment.
PRACTICAL MANUAL ON
MICROBIOLOGICALLY
INFLUENCED
CORROSION
John G. Stoecker II, Editor
A perfect companion to
the first edition, Volume
2 uses the same format
while providing new
material and current
developments with an
international influence.
PIPELINE RISK
MANAGEMENT
MANUAL
3RD EDITION
W. Kent Muhlbauer
Widely accepted standard
reference guide includes
sections on pump and
compressor stations,
geographical information
systems, absolute vs.
relative risks, and latest
regulatory developments.
SUBSEA PIPELINES
& RISERS, 2ND EDITION
Yong Bai
Summarizes the author’s
18 years research and
engineering experience at
universities, design
offices and classification
societies and is suitable
as a textbook for graduate
students and a reference
for practicing engineers.
PEABODY'S CONTROL
OF PIPELINE
CORROSION
Edited by Ronald Bianchetti
Completely revised and
updated to provide the
most thorough and
authoritative coverage of
the prevention and
control of pipeline
corrosion.
PIPELINE DESIGN & MACAW'S
CONSTRUCTION PIPELINE
2ND EDITION DEFECTS
M. Mohitpour, H. Golshan, Provides a pictorial
A. Murray, reference for the type of
Practical techniques for defects that may be
pipeline design and found in high-pressure
construction revised to steel pipelines and the
include the latest updates anti-corrosion coatings
to design codes and on these pipelines.
standards, along with
clarified solutions to
design problems.
PIPELINE RULES OF PIPELINE RULES OF
THUMB HANDBOOK THUMB SOFTWARE
6TH EDITION W. Kent Muhlbauer
E.W. McAllister Over 200 equations
Standard resource for built in for quick
any professional in the calculations. All of the
pipeline industry by articles (more than
providing quick 400) in the text edition
solutions to the available on CD with
everyday pipeline keyword search
problems that the capabilities.
pipeline engineer faces.
NACE CORROSION
ENGINEERS
REFERENCE BOOK
Edited by R. Baboian JOURNAL OF
Expanded and updated to PIPELINE ENGINEERING
include 136 new and 47 An independent, refereed,
revised items. New international quarterly
Sections have been added journal devoted to the
to help in the evaluation subject of maintaining and
of corrosion tests and improving pipeline
data. integrity for oil, gas, and
products pipelines.