These courses provide an opportunity to gain the knowledge and necessary skills as required to develop and manage a pipeline integrity assessment and rehabilitation program. The following personnel will benefit from this course: Engineers, Pipeline Integrity Managers, Engineering Consultants, Facility Operators, Maintenance Personnel/Supervisors, Inspectors, In-line Inspection Technicians/Analysts, and Pipeline Regulators.

Benefits to Participants

Students will study and gain a greater understanding of critical aspects of pipeline assessment techniques and rehabilitation approaches as relates to the following:

• Regulatory requirements relating to in-line inspection (ILI) and rehabilitation applications, industry failure modes, and statistics
• Pipeline assessment and mitigation techniques
• Technical aspects of in-line inspection tool application, including review of the benefits and limitations relating to each in-line inspection technology
• In-line inspection contractual considerations, including the option for auditing of in-line inspection results, assurance of inspection tool accuracies, continued technical support, and structure of final reporting
• Project risk assessment – Case Study 1 – A four-phase approach to pipeline assessment and rehabilitation that provides for a logical and systematic approach to large program budgeting
• Application of ILI results within a repair program, including requirement for correlation excavations, excavation prioritization approaches, pipeline design applications, and development of criteria for excavation
• Development of field repair program, including development of criteria for field repair, methods of field repair, and review of key field procedures
• Field service procedure development, including site survey, excavation, pipe surface preparation, nondestructive examination (NDE), and pipe repair methodologies
• Database applications-control of all program data, including ILI results, NDE results, sectioning results, regulatory documentation, and ILI accuracy monitoring applications
• Field program quality control applications and techniques to ensure excavations are performed at the correct location and NDE results correlate to predicted ILI findings
• Project risk assessment – Case Study 2 – Project risk assessment – A detailed nine-step approach to a typical pipeline assessment and repair program
• New and emerging pipeline integrity assessment and rehabilitation technologies

Course 1 - Basic Pipeline Integrity Assessment

Day 1

North American Pipeline Network Overview

• Pipeline failure statistics
• Pipeline integrity regulations and standards
• Integrity management plan development
• Excavation and repair criteria development

Pipeline Problems and Defects. Statistical Breakdown of Events

• Material related
• Construction related
• Third-party contact related
• Corrosion – External and internal related
• Cracking (pipe body) related

Mitigation Methods

• Cathodic protection
• Inhibitor injection
• Arial patrols

Overview – Pipeline Integrity Assessment Methods and Approaches

• Depth of cover surveys
• Pipe coating integrity surveys
• Pipeline leak surveys
• ILI surveys
• Direct assessment approaches

The History of Pipeline Pigs

Overview – Types of Pipeline Pigs/Utilization of Pipeline Pigs

Pipeline ILI Tools

• Gauging
• Geometric
• Magnetic flux leakage (MFL)
• Ultrasonic
• Eddy Current
• Geodetic

Selection/Limitations of ILI Tools

• Defect modes
• ILI vendor qualification process
• Contractual considerations
• Specifications – Accuracy Tolerances
• Pipeline design/product flow considerations

Day 2

Running an ILI Tool – The Process

• Pipeline preparation
• Scheduling requirements
• Operational parameters
• Diameter confirmation, running a geometry tool
• Tracking requirements
• Above ground marker (AGM) approaches
• Contingency plans (stuck pig, etc.)

ILI Tool Data Assessment

• Analysis techniques
• Data storage and processing
• ILI data analysis
• Grading techniques and principles
• Data accuracy and tolerances
• Repeatability and reliability
• Third-party analysis (quality assurance). Validation of results (correlation)
• Prioritizing the excavation program. Repair criteria
• Managing ILI data
• Analog versus digital data
• Standardization of data
• Database models – Distance versus joint tally
• Correlation of multiple types. Years of survey data
• Risk assessment applications
• Geographic Information System (GIS) and Geographical Positioning System (GPS) Applications

Day 3

Case Study (Group Response). Practical Program Applications. Project Risk Assessment Development *

• Phase 1 – Pipeline system integrity and repair historical review. Integrity management plan development. Code compliance evaluation. Repair criteria development. Validation of inspection tool performance.
• Phase 2 – Specific project development and strategy.
• Phase 3 – Pipeline rehabilitation and repair.
• Phase 4 – Final reporting. Database input

Review and Open Discussion

Emerging Pipeline Integrity Approaches and Technologies

*Note: Participants will meet in small groups to discuss and suggest the best possible solution to a case study problem with emphasis on the various project “what if” risks involved. A representative from each group will present the solutions to all participants. An open discussion will follow.

Course 2 - Advanced Pipeline Integrity Assessment & Rehabilitation

Day 1

Basic Pipeline Integrity. A Review of ILI Tools, Pipeline Integrity Concepts, and Applications

ILI Data Verification

• Correlation results
• Accuracy tolerance applications
• Independent data auditing

Codes and Regulations

• API 1163 – In-line Inspection Systems Qualification Standard
• NACE Standard RP0102 – Standard Recommended Practice, In-line Inspection of Pipelines
• NACE TR 35100 – In-Line NDE Inspection of Pipelines
• API Standard 5T1 – Standard on Imperfection Technology
• API Specification 5L – Specification for Line Pipe
• ASME B31.4 – Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids
• Pipeline Integrity Management Federal Register/Volume 65, No. 232- 195.452-Pipeline Integrity – Management in High Consequence Areas. Section 5 – Special Requirements for Scheduling Repairs

Geographic Information System (GIS) and Geographical Positioning System (GPS) Applications

Day 2

Procedure Development and Field Service Applications

• Field survey. Site Confirmation
  • Site location assurance
• Excavation
  • Safety and personnel considerations
  • Technical considerations
• Pipe Preparation
  • Pipe surface cleaning requirements
  • Pipe surface cleaning techniques
  • Pipe surface cleaning medium
  • Pipe surface profile considerations
• NDE and pipeline evaluations
  • Quality of personnel
  • Data to be collected
  • Documentation approaches
  • Photograph requirements
  • ILI data correlation
  • Data management and storage
  • Issues of nomenclature. How do we define an anomaly?
  • Reporting considerations. Legal exposure considerations
• Repair criteria. Approaches to repair
  • Composite (ClockSpring, armour plate, others)
  • Steel Sleeves (A & B)
  • PetroSleeve
  • Bolt on sleeves
  • Overlay
  • Cut out. Section replacement
  • Buffing
  • Documentation requirements
  • Cost considerations
• Pipeline recoat approaches

Day 3

Case Study (Group Response). Nine-Step Rehabilitation Program Approach. Project Risk Assessment Development *

• Step 1 – Pipeline assessment. Determining the problem
• Step 2 – Bid document release. Vendor selection. Contract negotiations
• Step 3 – Pipeline preparation. Cleaning. Launcher and receiver installation. Geometry inspection. Establish AGM locations. Project risk assessment
• Step 4 – Inspection tool launching and receiving. Inspection tool tracking
• Step 5 – ILI data acceptance. Preliminary data review
• Step 6 – Correlation excavations. NDE approaches. Metallurgical assessment. Development of Criteria for Excavation
• Step 7 – ILI final report. Software release
• Step 8 – Pipeline rehabilitation program planning, project budgeting, cost controls
• Step 9 – Pipeline rehabilitation program implementation

*Note: Participants will meet in small groups to discuss and suggest the best possible solution to a case study problem with emphasis on the various project “what if” risks involved. A representative from each group will present the solutions to all participants. An open discussion will follow.