Lecturers
27-31 August, 2012

André Gonçalves is a Senior Pipeline Integrity Engineer with extensive experience in the integrity management of onshore and offshore oil and gas pipelines. André has worked on a wide range of pipeline integrity projects for numerous operators around the world. André’s experience includes the detailed assessment of pipeline defects, pipeline risk based inspection, inspection planning, pipeline pigging and pigging technology, pipeline repair, and pipeline fracture control. André is an experienced lecturer and has delivered numerous training courses in pipeline engineering topics including pipeline defect assessment, on-line inspection, and inspection of unpiggable pipelines. He has lectured extensively in the UK and also world wide including Rio de Janeiro, Houston, and Tripoli. As well as in English André is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.

John Simon has specific knowledge of Pigging Operations for both onshore and offshore pipelines and worked in Pipeline Operations & Maintenance, Pigging Product Development, Business Management and Pigging Business Development. John has held senior manager positions and has 25 years international experience including Planning, Engineering Studies, Supervision and Project Management of Pipeline Pigging operations for Oil, Gas and Product pipelines. John has provided training for pigging and was a developer of the “Practical Pigging Training Course.”