4th Annual
Pipeline Crack Forum
Managing Circumferential SCC
November 13, 2025
Whitehall Hotel in Downtown Houston
Organized by Blade Energy Partners and Clarion Technical
8:00 Welcome and opening remarks, Sergio Limón, Blade Energy Partners
Liquids pipeline operator experience, Vitaly Vorontsov, Enbridge
Gas Pipeline operator experience, Yohann Miglis, Kinder Morgan
Key elements of C-SCC in Integrity Management Plans, Richard Kania, KanEnergy Partners (invited)
10:00 - 11:00 Break and exhibits
Gas pipeline operator experience, Jay Upadhyaya, TC Energy
Effects of external stresses/strains on the formation and growth of C-SCC and implications on integrity assessment, Yong-Yi Wang, Center for Reliable Energy Systems
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch, exhibits
Liquids pipeline operator experience, presenter to be confirmed
Not all circumferential cracking is C-SCC, Ravi Krishnamurthy, Blade Energy Partners
2:00 - 3:00 Break and exhibits
Experimental evaluation and failure stress prediction performance of pipe samples with C-SCC, Corey Drake, Lowell McAllister, C-FER Technologies,
PRCI update on C-SCC projects, Presenter to be confirmed
European experience with C-SCC, Presenter to be confirmed
4:30 Forum adjourns