Pipeline Defect Identification and Sizing
including corrosion mechanisms and control
formerly "Understanding Pipeline Defects"

June 6-10, 2011

This course examines how the manufacturing and corrosion defects identified by intelligent pigging may arise, and how they may develop. With a solid understanding of the ways in which these defects originate, course participants will be better equipped to characterize and prioritize them in review and analysis of inspection reports, and to minimize defects in the fabrication process. The course is a “linking” course between the Pigging & ILI course and the Pipeline Defect Assessment course.

Lecturers

Dr. Michael Beller has more than 20 years experience in the pipeline inspection industry. Formerly with Preussag Pipeline Services, Pipetronix and PII, he is today the Global Marketing Manager of NDT Systems & Services AG. Michael holds a Master´s degree in Mechanical Engineering and has obtained his Ph.D. in fracture mechanics. He has been involved with a large number of inspection projects all around the world, including onshore and offshore inspection work. Michael has considerable experience as a presenter, trainer and in lecturing. He has authored more than 40 papers on the subject of pipeline inspection and intelligent pigging and is also co-author of a German reference book on Pigging Technology. Currently Michael serves on a number of Technical Committees and is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pipeline Integrity. He is the former president of the Pipeline Products and Services Association, where he still serves as a director.

Dr. Roger King has over 30 years' experience of corrosion in the oil, gas, civil, and nuclear industries. Dr King ran the premier microbiological corrosion group at UMIST for seven years; the group accumulated over 150 man-years of research into corrosion by micro-organisms. The group published over 100 theses, dissertations and papers on bacterial corrosion and its prevention and treatment. He also has specialist knowledge of sweet and sour corrosion and its prevention by chemical inhibition, monitoring of corrosion and the design of efficient cathodic-protection systems for flowlines, structures, and seabed installations. He has been an independent consultant since September, 1989, and prior to this was a founder member of the Corrosion and Protection Centre Industrial Service (CAPCIS) at the University of Manchester, UK.

Course Outline

Day 1

• Creating a "virtual" pipeline
• Manufacturing defects in pipeline materials
• Testing for defects in the steel and pipe mill
• Construction defects
• NDT methods utilized during pipeline construction and commissioning; creation of the "virtual" pipeline
• Overview of pipeline inspection techniques

DAY 2

• Identification and sizing of metal loss defects in liquid pipelines
• Corrosion risk assessment
• Internal corrosion in water injection pipelines
• Identification and sizing of metal loss defects resolution, accuracy and special issues
• Corrosion control of water pipelines
• Internal corrosion in oil production pipelines
• Corrosion control – oil pipelines

Day  3

• Internal corrosion in gas production pipelines
• Corrosion control – gas pipelines(RK)
• Identification of metal loss defects in gas pipelines
• External corrosion and cracking of onshore and offshore pipelines
• Crack Detection in High Pressure Pipelines
• Introducing Combo and Multi-Technology Inspection Tools

Day  4

• Introducing Combo and Multi-Technology Inspection Tools cont’d
• Identification of defects in offshore pipelines
• External corrosion and cracking of onshore and offshore pipelines cont’d
• Verification of Inspection Results, Measurement Errors and Input for Integrity Assessment
• Corrosion control of onshore pipelines
• Corrosion control of offshore pipelines

Day  5

• Inspection of Non Piggable Pipelines
• Backup inspection techniques
• Special topics
• Integrating defects into the "virtual" pipeline

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