Pipeline Integrity Management

December 7-9, 2011
Calgary

Course schedule
December 7-9	8am-5pm

The seminar provides a sound review of Pipeline Integrity Management strategies, in compliance with regulatory requirements, including self assessment. It is highly interactive and takes the form of lectures and case studies. On completion of the seminar, participants will have a solid understanding of the procedures, strengths, limitations, and applicability of the main issues that comprise a Pipeline Integrity Management Program.

Course Objectives

To provide attendees with the latest techniques used to develop a comprehensive integrity management program covering both pipelines and their associated facilities. The necessary elements of such a program are described in detail with examples of typical program content including an overarching view of where detailed Risk Analysis and Defect Assessment fits in the Program.

Course Notes

The accompanying course notes, in ring-binder format, are written in such a manner as to provide a starting point for a company in either developing its own integrity management plan or updating its current plan. The course documentation also includes the newly published reference book Pipeline Integrity Assurance: A Practical Approach, by Alan Murray, Mo Mohitpour, Michael McManus, and Iain Colquhoun, a $159 value.

Who should attend

Supervisors, engineers and technicians responsible for ensuring the adequate protection of pipeline assets; maintenance planners, regulators and service-providers to the pipeline industry will also benefit from attending the course.

On completion of this course you will be able to understand:

Codes used in developing Integrity Management Plans
The elements of an Integrity Management Plan
Threat assessment
Critical aspects of risk assessment.
Prevention and mitigation measures
Characteristics and limitations of different inspection methods
A risk- based approach to maintenance

Continuing Education Units

On completion of the course, participants will be eligible to receive 2.1 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s).

Lecturer

Dr. Alan Murray recently retired from the position of Chief Engineer at the Canadian National Energy Board having previously held a number of senior management positions with a large pipeline operating company in North America with responsibility for system planning, construction, maintenance and contracting functions. His 40 years of work experience spans research, regulation, third-party assessment, design and development in pipelines and offshore structures. He was the founding chairman of the ASME Pipeline Systems Division and is the co-author of the ASME Press text books Pipeline Design and Construction – A Practical Approach and Pipeline Integrity Assurance. He has published over 60 papers on a variety of engineering topics. Alan is an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary and has given courses on Pipeline Design and Construction throughout the world. A mechanical engineer by training, he holds a doctorate in Civil Engineering from the Queen's University of Belfast and is a Fellow of the ASME.

Course Outline

DAY 1
Introduction

Overview of codes used in developing Integrity Management Plans
DOT 49 CFR 195 and 192
Onshore pipeline regulations and CSA Z662 Annex N
NACE Recommended Practice 102
Brief history of the requirement for Integrity Management Plans
ASME B31.8S "Managing System Integrity of Gas Pipelines"
API standard 1160 "Managing System Integrity for Hazardous Liquid pipelines"

Elements of an Integrity Management Plan (IMP)

Threat identification –ASME B31.8S threat categories
Baseline assessment plan
Direct assessment plan

Conducting an assessment

Gathering, reviewing and integrating data
Data base: types, GIS software compatibility and risk analysis
Data integration: common systems of reference
Cartographic information
Record keeping provisions and communication plans
Performance plan
Management of change process

Case study

DAY 2
Approaches to Risk Assessment Analysis

Objectives of risk assessment
Understanding pipeline failure causes - PRCI's 21 common causes
Data elements for a prescriptive integrity management plan
Data requirements for a goal oriented (performance-based) approach to IMP
High-consequence areas
Risk to the environment
Quantitative and qualitative methods of risk assessment
Advantages / disadvantages and limitations of each approach
Combined approaches based on the relative importance of different threats

Prevention and Mitigation Measures

Third-party damage
Coating damage and repairs
Cathodic protection close interval surveys
Pipeline patrols, aerial surveillance

Inspection Methods: Characteristics and Limitations

API Standard 1163: In Line Inspection Systems
Key terms and definitions
Systems qualification process
In Line inspection system selection
ILI - In Line Inspection
Types of tools
Tool accuracy and selection
Qualification of performance specifications
System operational validation
System results verification
Reporting requirements
Hydrostatic pressure testing
Direct assessment
ECDA (External Corrosion Direct Assessment

ICDA (Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment)
Practical worked examples of corrosion and crack growth rates

Determination of re-inspection Intervals

Case study

DAY 3
Integrity Management Plans for Facilities

Risk-based approach to maintenance
Failure modes, fault trees and root-cause analysis
Use of historical data on incidents and spills
Risk-based inspection (RBI)
Resource allocation
Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)

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