Pipeline Integrity Courses - Houston
Jim Marr is currently SCC Program Manager for TransCanada Pipelines. Previously, he was president of the pipeline consulting firm Marr Associates. He founded the original company in 1992 and was its president until late December 2002. In 2006, with the reforming of Marr Associates, two additional companies were developed to maintain Marr Associates’ tradition of providing comprehensive pipeline integrity field services such as modeling, direct examination, and project management. Jim has worked in pipeline integrity for the past 20 years, focusing on SCC, external corrosion, direct assessment, direct examination, ILI development and correlation, data management, and the characterization of the environment around the pipe. He has published numerous papers related to SCC, investigative procedures, and environmental relationships related to time-dependent pipeline threats. He graduated with a degree in earth sciences in 1986 from the University of Guelph, Ontario. He is a member of NACE and a past vice-chair of the NACE SCCDA committee.
Rick Desaulniers is currently Line Product Manager (Analysis) with Baker Hughes Management Group. He has been involved in the pipeline industry for the past 20 years in the Data Interpretation Department analyzing 1000’s of miles of pipelines around the world, specifically in Magnetic Flux Leakage type tools. He has been involved in past NACE conference as Chairman of the Pipeline Integrity Symposium and presented/co-write papers on Excavation Data Collection and Data Analyst Qualification Processes. He was on the Standards Development Committee for ANSI/ASNT ILI-PQ-2005 In-Line Inspection Personnel Qualification and Certification Standard. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Dr. Tom Bubenik is Director of Integrity Solutions at DNV Columbus (formerly CC Technologies). He has more than 20 years of experience in pipeline integrity assessments, in-line inspection tools and their capabilities, direct assessment techniques and methodologies, field data collection, and the impact of defects and inspection on pipeline operations and maintenance. Dr. Bubenik's research experience covers inspection technologies for pipelines, analysis tools for corroded and damaged pipelines, and repair techniques for pipelines. He also has extensive experience related to in-line inspection of natural gas pipelines including design and operation of inspection vehicles and analysis and interpretation of inspection data.
Mark Olson is Principal Engineer at DNV Columbus (formerly CC Technologies). He has over 20 years’ experience in pipeline integrity and inspection. Mark was one of the founders and also a president of PEI Pipeline Services, as well as a founder of Cornerstone Pipeline Inspection Group (CPIG), and Inspection Services manager for Baker Hughes PMG. Prior to entering the pipeline services field Mark spent 15 years working in pipeline design, maintenance, operation, and integrity for Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Marathon.
Dr. Jack Smart has been working in corrosion control and pigging in pipelines for more than 35 years, with Amoco and, since 1991, as an independent consultant. Jack also served three years as an engineering supervisor and Chief Engineer for Amoco in their offshore Trinidad operations. Jack has been active in NACE, where he has chaired numerous committees, in particular pipeline corrosion in and on pipelines; in SPE; and he represented AIChE on the Board of Directors of the Offshore Technology Conference. He is a frequent author for NACE and for related industry conferences, having published papers on corrosion and fatigue, cathodic protection, coatings, corrosion inhibitors and chemical treating, erosion-corrosion, Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion, corrosion monitoring, movement of black powder in pipelines, pipeline flow performance, pigging and combined pigging and chemical treating for more effective lower cost pipeline maintenance. He has a BE in Chemical Engineering from Yale and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.George Williamson has over 22 years of Operations, maintenance and Integrity Management experience. He is a registered professional engineer, NACE certified corrosion and cathodic protection specialist, and certified pipeline integrity specialist.
Bill Bruce is director of welding technology with DNV Columbus (formerly CC Technologies). Prior to joining CCT, he was a technology leader at Edison Welding Institute and a senior engineer at Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. He is a member of the American Petroleum Institute API 1104 Committee and is the chairman of the Maintenance Welding Subcommittee.
Dr. Chris Alexander is a Principal at Stress Engineering Services, Inc. In terms of pipeline work, He has been integrally involved in assessing the effects of dents and mechanical damage on the structural integrity of pipelines. These efforts have involved full-scale burst and cyclic pressure fatigue testing, as well as modeling dents using finite element analysis. Dr. Alexander has also been involved in assessing the use of composites in repairing pipelines and offshore risers. He has published more than 50 technical papers and has made international presentations on a wide range of topics. He has received B.S. M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
WKM Consultancy specializes in pipeline design, construction, operations and management with over 20 years experience specific to pipeline risk management and integrity management. Since it's inception in 1994, WKM has been an advisor to government regulatory agencies and academia as well as the primary consultant in numerous pipeline technical projects for more than 50 clients, including many major U.S. and international pipeline operating companies.
Instructor W. Kent Muhlbauer, is a principal of WKM and is the author of the widely respected reference book Pipeline Risk Management Manual which is part of the course material. Prior to forming WKM, Kent worked in all phases of engineering, operations, and management of natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines while with Dow Pipeline Company.
Dr. Raymond R. Fessler worked on the Pipeline Research Committee project on SCC since its inception in 1965. He personally conducted most of the early field investigations of SCC, from which he identified the major factors that cause high-pH SCC in pipelines. He also managed the laboratory portion of that program from 1965 to 1982, which added significantly to an understanding of the phenomenon and explored a number of possible solutions to the problem. For the past several years, he has been the SCC consultant for GRI and PRCI. He recently completed a comprehensive gap analysis on SCC, and he actively participated in drafting the NACE Recommended Practice on SCC Direct Assessment.
John Mackenzie is a senior pipeline specialist with Kiefner & Associates, focusing on the areas of Integrity Management Plans and Stress Corrosion Cracking. John was previously with TransCanada Pipelines for 25 years, where he was responsible for the company’s 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 of the PRCI’s SCC Subcommittee for two years.
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