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
8:30 Pipeline operator experience, Vitaly Vorontsov, Enbridge
9:00 Pipeline operator experience, Yohann Miglis, Kinder Morgan
9:30 Pipeline operator experience, Emily Williams, Armando Carmona, Enterprise Products
10:00 - 11:00 Panel Session: Technology innovations for C-SCC assessment,
NDT Global, Novitech, Pipecare, ROSEN, TD Williamson
11:00 - 12:00 Technology Displays & discussion
12:00 Pipeline operator experience, Jay Upadhyaya, TC Energy
12:30 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
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch, Technology Displays
2:00 Pipeline operator experience, Katrina Dwyer, Rick Gonzales, Xcel Energy
2:30 Not all circumferential cracking is C-SCC, Ravi Krishnamurthy, Blade Energy Partners
3:00 Experimental evaluation and failure stress prediction performance of pipe samples with C-SCC, Corey Drake, Lowell McAllister, C-FER Technologies,
3:30 Technology Displays & discussion
4:30 Forum adjourns