The 25th INTERNATIONAL
Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management Conference
plus Training Courses and Exhibition
Marriott Westchase Hotel • Houston, Texas • February 11-14, 2013

Course Objectives The course will cover methods available to assess the significance of defects detected in onshore and offshore pipelines. It will introduce simple analytical methods used to assess internal and external corrosion, dents and gouges, cracks (e.g. SCC), weld defects, and fatigue. The course is unique as it is a holistic approach to defect assessment, and it ensures the student appreciates all aspects of the subject, including repair and risk management. Who Should Attend Pipeline engineers, designers and service professionals who are involved with the maintenance, inspection, and repair of pipelines. Course Notes All delegates will receive a detailed set of lecture notes totaling more than 700 pages, providing an invaluable reference document. Continuing Education Units Upon completion of the course, participants will be eligible to receive 1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Lecturer Dr. Phil Hopkins has more than 30 years’ experience in pipeline engineering, and is Technical Director with Penspen Integrity and Visiting Professor of Engineering at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He has worked with most of the major oil and gas companies and pipeline companies around the world, providing consultancy on management, business, design, maintenance, inspection, risk analysis and safety, and failure investigations. He is the past-chairman of the Executive Committee of the ASME Pipeline Systems Division and has served on many other professional committees, including the British Standards Institution, European Pipeline Research Group, the American Gas Association’s Pipeline Research Committee, and the DNV Pipeline Committee. More than 1800 engineers and technical personnel around the world have attended his Pipeline Defect Assessment and Pipeline Integrity-related courses. Journal of Pipeline Engineering As an additional benefit from attending the course, you will receive a FREE one-year subscription to the Journal of Pipeline Engineering, a $350 value. Offer available to new subscribers only. For more information on the Journal, please see: http://www.j-pipe-eng.com/

Course Program

DAY 1

Introduction to Basic Pipeline Engineering Principles

• Basic pipeline design principles
• Stresses in pipelines
• Routing of pipelines
• Basic pipeline operating and maintenance parameters
• Maintenance and inspection methods

• How safe are pipelines?
• How often do they fail?
• What causes pipelines to fail?
• Pipeline risks
• History of pipeline defect assessment

• Basic theory
• Brittle & ductile fracture
• K, J, and CTOD

Understanding Fatigue (handouts and notes only, no lecture)

• Why pipeline defects fail
• Fundamental failure relationships
• Explanation of key parameters

• 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

DAY 2

How to Assess Gouges

• Introduction to basic theory
• Methods to assess gouges
• Additional problems and concerns with gouges

• Introduction to basic theory
• Methods to assess dents
• Methods to assess dents containing gouges
• Rock dents
• Problems with fatigue loadings

• Basic theory
• The problems with cracks in pipelines
• Stress corrosion cracking (low and high pH)

• 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.
• What pigs can detect
• What operators want to detect
• Setting intelligent pig inspection levels

Workshop: Setting Intelligent Pig Inspection Levels

Fracture Propagation and Arrest (handouts and notes only, no lecture)

• Why fractures propagate
• Brittle and ductile propagation
• Fracture arrest
• Calculating toughness requirements

• Repair and rehabilitation strategy
• Response to discovering defects
• What are the cost implications?
• Types of repair and rehabilitation methods
• Grinding
• Weld deposition
• Shells (including epoxy-filled)
• Composite wraps
• Cut outs
• Mechanical clamps/connectors
• Time to repair

• 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
• Prioritisation schemes

Workshop: Setting Priorities

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