Onshore Pipeline Engineering Course Program
An introductory-level course covering:
- The history of pipelines - their design and regulation
- Engineering design - general introduction and basic principles
- Pipeline routeing, construction, and testing
- Cathodic protection - design and monitoring, interference
- Coatings - application, selection, limitations
- Selection of materials - API steels, corrosion-resistant alloys, alternative materials
- Inspection techniques - intelligent pigs, setting inspection levels and intervals, assessment of intelligent pigs versus hydrotesting
- Surveying and monitoring pipeline integrity - internal corrosion, cathodic protection, coatings
- Internal corrosion mechanisms - sweet corrosion, sour corrosion, microbiological corrosion
- Corrosion morphology - nature of corrosion and its impact on integrity
- Assessing fitness-for-purpose of pipelines with defects - corrosion, dents, gouges, and weld defects
- Repair and rehabilitation methods
- Evaluating pipeline management and safety systems
- Risk management and analysis - the latest Standards and Codes including API 1160 and ASME B31.8's New Appendix
Course Program
Day 1
07.45 Coffee
08.00 - 10.00 Pipeline Engineering Basics (PH)
- Introduction to Oil and Gas
- Pipelines - their history
- Are pipelines safe? Their safety record and types and causes of failures
- Basic pipeline and material parameters
Coffee
10.30 - 12.30 Pipeline Materials Selection (RAK)
- Steels used for Line pipe
- Compositional Limitations, Mechanical Properties, Grades
- Fabrication of Line pipe - Seamless, Longitudinal Welded, ERW, Spiral
- Toughness and Weldability
- Improving Corrosion Resistance
- Solid Corrosion Resistant Alloy Pipe
- Internally Clad Pipe
- New Materials
Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Pipeline Design (PH)
- Legislation and regulations
- Development of pipeline design codes
- Detailed design:
- locating pipelines,
- design pressures, stresses
- design factors
- Other design considerations:
- valves,
- bends,
- crossings,
- leak detection
- etc.
Coffee
15.00 - 16.30 Pipeline Design - cont. (PH)
Cocktail reception
Day 2
07.45 Coffee
08.00 - 09.30 Pipeline Materials Selection - cont. (RAK)
09.30 - 10.00 Pipeline Welding (RAK)
- Basics of Welding
- Types of Welding Processes
- Effects on Linepipe of the Welding Process
- Welding Procedures
- Inspection of Welds
Coffee
10.30 - 11.30 Pipeline Welding - cont. (RAK)
11.30 - 12.30 Internal Pipeline Corrosion (RAK)
- Why Pipes Corrode
- Sweet Corrosion, Sour Corrosion, Microbiological Corrosion
- Cracking Mechanisms
- Calculating Corrosion Rates
- Effect of Flow on Corrosion
- Water Injection Pipelines
Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Pipeline Routeing and Construction (PH)
- Basics of routeing
- Classification schemes
- Easements and rights of way
- Legislation and permits
- Routeing methodologies
- Pipeline construction
Coffee
15.00 - 15.30 Pipeline Project Control (PH)
- Management
- Scheduling and resource planning
- Execution
- Contracting strategies
15.30 - 16.300 Pipeline Testing and Operation (PH)
- Hydrostatic Testing
- Operation
- Inspection, maintenance and surveillance of operational pipelines
Day 3
07.45 Coffee
08.00 - 09.00 Pipeline Repair (PH)
- Pipeline Defects
- Pressure reductions prior to repair
- Repair methods:
- Grinding
- Weld deposition
- Sleeves
- Clamps
- Hot tapping
- Composite wraps
- Etc.
09.00 - 10.00 Inspection Using Smart Pigs (PH)
- The History of Internal Inspection
- Why 'Pig'?
- Types of Pig
- Intelligent (Smart) Pigs:
- Metal loss ( MFL , UT )
- Geometry
- Mapping
- Crack detection
- What do they find and how accurate are they?
- Pigs versus Hydrotest
Coffee
10.30 - 11.00 Pipeline Engineers (PH)
- Responsibilities, duties and ethical behaviour
11.00 - 12.30 External Pipeline Corrosion and its Prevention (RAK)
- External Corrosion in Soils
- Coatings and their Application
- Field Joints
- Interaction of Coatings and Cathodic Protection
Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 External Pipeline Corrosion and its Prevention - cont. (RAK)
Coffee
15.00 - 16.30 Monitoring of Internal Pipeline Corrosion (RAK)
- Inhibition of Corrosion
- Biocide Treatment of Pipelines
- Monitoring Internal Corrosion
- Supplementary Inspection Techniques
Day 4
07.45 Coffee
08.00 - 09.30 Cathodic Protection (RAK)
- How Cathodic Protection Works
- Monitoring of CP at Test Points
- Full Line Surveys with CIPS and Instant Off Surveys
- Coating Surveys using Pearson and DCVG Techniques
- Interference from Third Party Lines and DC/AC systems
Coffee
10.00 - 12.00 Pipeline Integrity Management (PH)
- Risk and risk analysis
- Integrity management methods:
- Class tutorial - risk analysis of 3 pipelines
12.00 Close with Question and Answer Session (PH & RAK)
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