Data Management for Pipeline Integrity and Risk Assessment

February 13, 2006
7:30am	Registration & coffee
8:00am-4:45pm	Course
February 14, 2006
8:00am-4:45pm	Course

This course is designed for pipeline company personnel in need of either a refresher or introduction to data management for pipeline integrity support and to support the risk analysis process. It will review data model types, where to locate data, how to integrate data from different sources, and how to best make this data work for you.

Course Objectives

On completion of this course attendees will have an understanding ways data can be stored, including a review of industry standard data models; will be able to identify possible data sources and will have learned methods for review and acquisition of data. In addition attendees will have powerful insight into getting the most out of the vast amounts of data available to make better-informed decisions regarding risk and integrity management.

Who Should Attend

Pipeline integrity managers, pipeline engineers involved in assessment activities including risk assessment, and anyone requiring a general knowledge of pipeline data management.

Course Notes

All delegates will receive a detailed set of lecture notes providing an invaluable reference document.

Lecturers

Nick Park has 12 years of software product management experience with more than six years specifically in the pipeline industry. As a Consultant and, most recently, Vice President of Technology for GeoFields Inc., Mr. Park is involved in the design and implementation of data management systems for complex pipeline operations, which are currently being used by thousands of individuals across a diverse client base. Mr. Park has an MS in Geographic Information Systems and continues to provide support to a range of mapping and GIS projects.

Kriste Elia has 8 years of technical project management experience with more than 5 years specifically in pipeline integrity management and is an Account Manager for GeoFields Inc. She has an MS in Geographic Information Systems. Ms Elia has worked with many oil and gas pipeline companies designing, building and populating data management solutions in addition to supporting several companies in integrity management audits and providing risk and integrity consulting.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

On completion of the course, participants will be awarded 1.2 CEUs

Data Management for Pipeline Integrity and Risk Assessment

Day 1

Why Pipeline Operators Need to Manage Data – and Manage it Better
What bad data can lead to
Known source, edits, reporting
True cost savings
OPS

Getting Organized
Important questions
Identification of drivers
Funding

First Steps
Workshop
Needs Assessment
Inventory
Identification of existing process
What others are doing – within industry
Standard Best Practice – cross industry
Prioritization
Phased Approach
Data Storage Selection – PODS, APDM, and the rest
Infrastructure to support the enterprise

Identification and Acquisition
Spatial vs. Relational
• The wisdom to know the difference
• Do you have and maintain both?
• When to use what data
Relational Data
• Internal - Engineering, ROW, Environmental
• External – NPMS, SURGO, GITA
• Hard copy
• Word and Excel
• Access and Relational Databases
• Other Systems – SCADA, ILI Vendor databases, CPDM, IAP
• Scale, Time, Accuracy
Spatial Data
• Spatial Data Overview
• Projection Systems – Geographic, UTM, State Plane
• Coordinate systems
• Map projection
• Coordinate Conversion and Transformation
• Elevation referencing
• Surveying - the basics of surveying (what data is collected and different methods)
• Global positioning systems "how they work - communicating with satellites"
• Accuracy vs. precision – it’s all relative

A Database Is Born
Population
Review and Correction and Review – defining a process
Maintenance
Reports
Application
Analysis

Day 2

Document Management

Accounting and/or Work Order Management

Acronyms
RMIS – Risk Management Information System
CMMS – Computerized Maintenance Management System
EAM – Enterprise Assess Management
CAFM – Computer Aided Facility Management

Getting accurate data to the masses
Web based data access – Mapping, Field Data Access, Facility Data and Documents
Reporting - DOT Standard Reports, Application supported reporting and analysis
Hard copy solutions

Analysis
Multiple different data sets can now be reviewed together
ILI from several years with CIS data
Physical Inspections with ILI runs
Cost Analysis
Anomaly growth over time vs. cost of dig and repair
Mitigation vs. post ILI repairs
Spatial review
Impact radius affects X population
If pressure is adjusted will population still be affected?

Preventive and Remedial Actions
Physical Inspections as of last week or yesterday?
Digs
Mitigation Measures
Qualitative Maintenance, Index Prioritization

Historical analysis
Fast answers
Why was a clock spring put in this location two years ago?
What maintenance was done in a given location that has a leak?
Meeting regulated information access requirements

Super charged data – Application Support for Data Access
Corrosion and ILI analysis
Physical Inspection and Maintenance Reporting
Risk Analysis
Mitigation “What If” analysis

Organized by:

Supported by:

pipeline