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Onshore Pipeline Engineering Course Program
Course Schedule
Monday - Thursday: 8am to 5pm
Friday: 8am to 3pm
Day 1
Pipeline Engineering Basics (HOPKINS)
- 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
Pipeline Materials Selection (KING)
- 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
Pipeline Design (HOPKINS)
- 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
Pipeline Design – cont. (HOPKINS)
Day 2
Pipeline Materials Selection – cont. (KING)
Pipeline Welding (KING)
- Basics of Welding
- Types of Welding Processes
- Effects on Line pipe of the Welding Process
- Welding Procedures
- Inspection of Welds
Coffee
Pipeline Welding – cont. (KING)
Internal Pipeline Corrosion (KING)
- Why Pipes Corrode
- Sweet Corrosion, Sour Corrosion, Microbiological Corrosion
- Cracking Mechanisms
- Calculating Corrosion Rates
- Effect of Flow on Corrosion
- Water Injection Pipelines
Lunch
Pipeline Routeing and Construction (HOPKINS)
- Basics of routeing
- Classification schemes
- Easements and rights of way
- Legislation and permits
- Routeing methodologies
- Pipeline construction
Group Design Exercise Part 1
Day 3
Pipeline Project Control (HOPKINS)
- Management
- Scheduling and resource planning
- Execution
- Contracting strategies
Pipeline Testing and Operation (HOPKINS)
- Hydrostatic Testing
- Operation
- Inspection, maintenance and surveillance of operational pipelines
Monitoring of Internal Pipeline Corrosion (KING)
- Inhibition of Corrosion
- Biocide Treatment of Pipelines
- Monitoring Internal Corrosion
- Supplementary Inspection Techniques
Lunch
Economics of the Pipeline Industry (MIESNER)
- Role in the oil and gas value chain
- Evolution of the pipeline business model
- Ownership forms
- Current U. S. pipeline business model
- Revenue
-Transportation
-Storage
-Other
- Expenses
- Opportunities to grow earnings
a. Organic growth
b. Grassroots projects
- Purchases and sales
- Valuations
External Pipeline Corrosion and its Prevention (KING)
- External Corrosion in Soils
- Coatings and their Application
- Field Joints
- Interaction of Coatings and Cathodic Protection
Day 4
Inspection Using Smart Pigs (HOPKINS)
- 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
Cathodic Protection (KING)
- 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
Group Design Exercise Part 2
Pipeline Repair (HOPKINS)
- Pipeline Defects
- Pressure reductions prior to repair
- Repair methods:
- Grinding
- Weld deposition
- Sleeves
- Clamps
- Hot tapping
- Composite wraps
Lunch
Group Design Exercise Part 3
Day 5
Pipeline Engineers (HOPKINS)
- Responsibilities, duties and ethical behavior
Pipeline Integrity Management (HOPKINS)
- Risk and risk analysis
- Integrity management methods:
- API 1160
- ASME B31.8S
- Class tutorial – risk analysis of 3 pipelines
3.00 Close with Question and Answer Session (HOPKINS & KING)
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