Risk-based Management of Pipeline| Course schedule | |
| June 7: | 7.30am Registration, coffee |
| 8am-5pm Course | |
| June 8-9: | 8am-5pm Course |
21st century’s society is an “environment of risk,” and the pipeline industry is embedded in this environment. Hence, pipeline operators must know how to create integritymanagement plans that minimize the overall costs of pipeline operation and that address the consequences of a possible leak or burst – loss of life and property, pollution, numerous intangible losses – and the civil and criminal liabilities attached to them.
They need to know how to use recently-developed, powerful, and cost-effective tools of risk-based maintenance to their advantage when identifying the best methods for maintaining the structural soundness of transmission pipelines.
This unique course presents the full range of methods of risk-based
management for pipeline integrity and safety, including the human factor
component, and is intended for pipeline professionals at every level. It shows how to provide for all aspects of public safety and to optimize pipeline operations, maintenance and design using the risk analysis technique.
The methods range from simple and quick qualitative and semi-quantitative assessment methods to more-sophisticated pipeline risk analysis, and when which method is the most appropriate. The course is highly interactive, and takes the form of lectures, workshops, case studies, and discussions. The course is organized in association with the Science and Engineering Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Delegates must have a working understanding of statistics as applied to the problems that are solved within their companies. Other statistical definitions and methods will be given as needed in during the course.
Course Objectives
The course objective is to give a systemic, holistic understanding of the basics of probabilistic reliability and risk methodology concepts of diagnostics, integrity, safety, and security of transmission pipelines. It will give the attendees a deep and thorough understanding and knowledge of risk, integrity, safety, and how to use this knowledge in practice for optimization of operation and maintenance of transmission pipelines.
Who should attend
Gas and liquid operators, maintenance, repair and inspection personnel, regulators, decision-makers, risk managers, specialists in new and emerging technologies for pipeline integrity and safety, among other pipeline professionals. Participants in the course will leave with a working understanding of pipeline operational excellence and an awareness of best practices in risk management. They will be equipped to help lead their own firms in an intelligent manner.
Course Notes
Participants receive a sturdy ring binder containing all the lecture slides with notes and illustrations supporting the lectures and providing an invaluable reference source after the course.
Participants will also receive an educational software package with ready-to-apply tools that will allow them to do three hands-on Workshops (#1-3, see syllabus), related to risk analysis of oil and gas pipelines. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops to participate in the hands-on workshops.
Continuing Education Units
Upon completion of the course, participants will be eligible to receive 2.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Prof. Sviatoslav Timashev, Ph.D., has more than 25 years’ experience in pipeline reliability (including human factors), remnant life, diagnostics, maintenance, integrity, quantitative risk analysis, safety and security. Much of his work has been for (among other clients) the Russian oil and gas majors Gazprom and Transneft. Prof. Timashev has authored and co-authored 21 books and more than 300 technical papers on the reliability, integrity, diagnostics, maintenance, remnant life, safety and security of large distributed systems such as pipelines. An internationally recognized expert, he has lectured worldwide, including the USA, Russia, Italy, China, Australia, South Africa, Austria, and The Netherlands. Professional memberships include Charter membership in the International Association on Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR); the ASME Pipeline Systems Division Technical Committees on Operation & Maintenance and Risk & Reliability; the API 1163 ILI Qualification Standard Work Group; and the Interstate (CIS) Science & Engineering Council on High-Reliability Transmission Pipelines. Prof. Timashev also serves on the editorial boards of several industry and professional journals, including Structural Safety, Condition Monitoring & Diagnostics Engineering Management (COMADEM), Control & Diagnostics, and the Journal of Pipeline Integrity. He is currently director of the Science and Engineering Centre at the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Ekaterinburg.
General Introduction
Holistic Risk-Based Management of Pipeline Integrity and Safety: Methodology Quick View
Basics of the Engineering Approach to Pipeline Integrity, Remaining Life, Reliability and Safety
Oil/Gas Pipeline Safety Rules
Risk-Based Maintenance & Management
Fitness-for-purpose assessment
Prioritization of Pipeline Segments for Maintenance/Repair/Rehabilitation.
Pipeline operation risk assessment flow chart
Workshop # 1
Prioritizing pipeline segments for repair/rehabilitation based on the corporate evaluation criteria—The Net Present Value (NPV).
How to Assess the Risk of Pipeline Performance
Workshop # 2
Semi-quantitative assessment of individual and collective risk along an on-shore oil pipeline
Workshop # 3
Quantitative assessment of individual and collective risk along an on-shore gas pipeline
Elements of Risk Analysis for Off-Shore Pipelines and Facilities
Role of the Human Factor in Risk Assessment
Case Studies
Selecting additional safety measures, which maximize reduction of pipeline incident probability at a given amount of means
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