Pipeline Operation and Maintenance

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Pipeline Operation and Maintenance Course
Introduction:
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This five-day course delves into the practical aspects of maintaining and repairing piping and pipeline integrity. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of the technical principles underlying integrity rules set forth by the ASME and API. Through case studies and exercises, attendees will learn how to apply these rules to real-world scenarios.
Upon completing the course, participants will be equipped to identify various causes of degradation in-service, whether they stem from mechanical factors such as pressure, vibration, fatigue, pressure transients, or external damage, or from corrosion-related issues like wall thinning, pitting, and cracking. They will also learn how to utilize integrity analysis techniques to make informed decisions regarding whether to run a system as-is or proceed with necessary repairs.
Furthermore, attendees will develop a comprehensive knowledge of the technical foundations and practical applications of piping codes such as ASME B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8. They will also become proficient in API 579 Fitness-for-Service and Flaw Evaluation, which are essential tools for assessing the fitness of a system and evaluating flaws.
If you have any specific inquiries or require further details about the course content or related topics, please feel free to ask!
Course Objectives:
Upon the successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:-
· Have a very good background on the principles & concepts of pipeline and piping inspection, maintenance & integrity assessment
· Identify the material specifications of the pipeline and piping and know the metallurgy, heat treatment and API/ASTM material specifications
· Gain in-depth understanding on design pressure and failure margins of pipes and learn how to establish the system design pressure
· Understand risk-based inspection & integrity management and be able to carry-out a practical approach to assessing damage mechanisms
· Learn corrosion and integrity specifically wall thinning & cracking and be able to know how to evaluate cracks in piping and pipelines
· Become familiar with third party damage including the analysis of dents & gouges in pipelines and the analysis of distortion & permanent deformation
· Review the fundamentals of flow in pipes & pipelines and be able to identify the classes of pressure transients including their features
· Discover how to classify the cause of vibration in-service and how to analyze vibration & decide if it is acceptable
· Recognize the temperature effects including the layout, expansion and contraction of pipes & pipelines as well as the analysis for flexibility and failure margins
· Employ pressure & leak testing and be able to improve examination & inspection methods in pipes & pipelines considering the selection & use of the various types of testing & inspection techniques
· Become familiar with the pigging technology and improve maintenance & inspection strategies by organizing a guide for pipe & vessel inspections and learning the application of inspection & analysis of results
· Carry-out repair & rehabilitation of pipes & pipelines and be able to identify the various repair techniques used such as grinding & welding, flush patch repair, weld overlay repair, etc.
Who Should Attend?
Inspectors, engineers, maintenance and QA personnel who work for owner-user companies, inspection companies, fabricators, maintenance service and repair companies, inspection companies and EPC's from petrochemical plants, refineries, power plants, gas/oil pipeline companies, and pulp mills. Optional evening tutorial sessions will be available for CSA W178.2 welding inspector exam candidates (level 1 ASME B31.3 exam).
Course Outlines:
Pipeline Integrity. A Review of ILI Tools, Pipeline Integrity Concepts, and Applications
ILI Data Verification
- Correlation results
- Accuracy tolerance applications
- Independent data auditing
Codes and Regulations
- API 1163 – In-line Inspection Systems Qualification Standard
- NACE Standard RP0102 – Standard Recommended Practice, In-line Inspection of Pipelines
- NACE TR 35100 – In-Line NDE Inspection of Pipelines
- API Standard 5T1 – Standard on Imperfection Technology
- API Specification 5L – Specification for Line Pipe
- ASME B31.4 – Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids
- Pipeline Integrity Management Federal Register/Volume 65, No. 232- 195.452-Pipeline Integrity – Management in High Consequence Areas. Section 5 – Special Requirements for Scheduling Repairs
Geographic Information System (GIS) and Geographical Positioning System (GPS) Applications
Procedure Development and Field Service Applications
- Field survey. Site Confirmation
- Site location assurance
- Excavation
- Safety and personnel considerations
- Technical considerations
- Pipe surface cleaning requirements
- Pipe surface cleaning techniques
- Pipe surface cleaning medium
- Pipe surface profile considerations
- Quality of personnel
- Data to be collected
- Documentation approaches
- Photograph requirements
- ILI data correlation
- Data management and storage
- Issues of nomenclature. How do we define an anomaly?
- Reporting considerations. Legal exposure considerations
- Composite (ClockSpring, armour plate, others)
- Steel Sleeves (A & B)
- PetroSleeve
- Bolt-on sleeves
- Overlay
- Cut out. Section replacement
- Buffing
- Documentation requirements
- Cost considerations
- Pipe Preparation
- NDE and pipeline evaluations
- Repair criteria. Approaches to repair
- Pipeline recoat approaches
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