Pipeline Inspection Using Intelligent Pigs Workshop
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Time |
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Topic |
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7:15
AM - 8:00 AM |
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Continental
Breakfast
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| 1 |
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8:00
AM - 10:00 AM |
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An
Introduction to the Workshop and to Intelligent Pigging
Fraser Farmer, PipeLink Associates
- The Workshop
presentations
- What is a
Pig, an Intelligent Pig
- Overview -
kinds of pigs
- Historical
development
- Class introductions
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| 1 |
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10:00
AM - 2:00 PM |
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Pigging
Field Operations Success Factors
Rusty Jackson, Tuboscope Pipeline Services
- Pipeline piggability
evaluation
- Line cleanliness
requirements
- When to use caliper, gaging, and dummy pigs
- Bends, fittings
and other restrictions
- Modeling/simulation/verification
- Pig launching,
propelling, tracking, and receiving
- Defect locating
- marker systems, GPS coordination
- What pigging
vendors expect from pipeline companies
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12:00
PM - 1:00 PM |
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Lunch
(provided)
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
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Pigging Field Operations Success Factors (continued)
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| 1 |
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2:00
PM - 3:00 PM |
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Bore Diameter Measurement
Chuck Harris, T.D. Williamson, Inc.
- Pipeline bore proving
- Pipeline bend assessment
- Dent detection and sizing
- Gauging pigs
- Conventional caliper inspection
- Clock caliper inspection
- Dummy tools
- Magnetic deformation tool
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| 1 |
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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Inertial Tools and Pipeline Mapping
Stephen Westwood, BJ Pipeline Inspection Services
- Baseline surveying
- Digital mapping of pipeline routes
- Assessment of subsidence, strain
- Assessment of damaged and buckled sections due to upheaval
- Generation of as-built drawings of operational pipelines
- Creation of a Geographic Information System (GIS)
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| 2 |
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7:15
AM - 7:30 AM |
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Continental
Breakfast (at hotel)
7:30 -- Bus to Pipeline Simulation Facility, West Jefferson Ohio
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| 2 |
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8:00
AM - 12:00 PM |
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Magnetic
Flux Leakage (MFL)
Bruce Nestleroth, Battelle
- Basic principles:
magnets, sensors, resolution
- Operational
limitations: velocity, bends, thick pipe
- Detection
of defects and pipeline features
- Metal loss
corrosion sizing
- MFL for Mechanical
Damage
- Circumferential
MFL
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| 2 |
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12:00
PM - 1:00 PM |
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Lunch
(provided)
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| 2 |
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1:00
PM - 2:15 PM |
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Display
of MFL Data
Stephen Westwood, BJ Pipeline Inspection Services
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| 2 |
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2:15
PM - 2:30 PM |
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Battelle
Pipeline Simulation Facility Tour
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| 2 |
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2:30
PM - 4:15 PM |
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MFL
Signal Scavenger Hunt
Bruce Nestleroth, Battelle
During
this session participants will put into practice what they have
learned in the training so far. Participants will try to locate
defects given data collected during an intelligent pig test run.
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| 2 |
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4:15
PM - 5:00 PM |
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Chemical
Cleaning
Steve Turner, BakerHughes/PMG
- Use of chemicals,
handling same and disposal
- How to optimize
a cleaning program
- How to tell
if the line is clean
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| 2 |
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6:30
PM - 8:30 PM |
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Hosted
Dinner (hosted by Pipelink Associates, Battelle, SGA)
Buca di Beppo's (across from the hotel)
Note: Attendees of the "Pipeline Repair Workshop" will join us.
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| 3 |
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7:15
AM - 8:00 AM |
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Continental
Breakfast (at hotel)
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| 3 |
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8:00
AM - 10:30 AM |
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Liquid
Coupled Ultrasonic Inspection for Metal Loss and Cracks
Neb Uzelac, NDT Systems & Services AG
- Metal Loss
Detection and Sizing
- Basic principles,
sensors, resolution
- Defect detection
and discrimination
- Defect sizing
and assessment
- Axial Crack
Detection and Sizing
- Basic principles,
sensors, resolution
- Defect detection
and discrimination
- Defect sizing
and assessment
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| 3 |
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10:30
AM - 11:00 AM |
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Bus
to Pipeline Simulation Facility, West Jefferson Ohio
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| 3 |
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11:00
AM - 12:00 PM |
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Pigging
and Direct Assessment (with ½ hour lunch break)
Tom Bubenik, CC Technologies
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Lunch (provided)
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| 3 |
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12:30
PM - 2:30 PM |
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Pipeline
Defects and Analysis
Tom Bubenik, CC Technologies - Corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, mechanical damage
- Codes and practices for defect assessment
- Comparison with test results
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| 3 |
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2:30
PM - 5:00 PM |
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Repair
Methods Demonstrations
- RTD - Corrosion
Defect Sizing - James Grant
- Clockspring - Buddy Powers
- TD Williamson - Dixit Kadakia
- Plidco - Pete Haburt
- Dresser – Matt Lewis
- GE Epoxy Filled Sleeve - invited
- Armor Plate - invited
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| 3 |
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5:00 PM |
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Return
to Hotel
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| 4 |
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7:15
AM - 8:00 AM |
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Continental
Breakfast (at hotel)
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| 4 |
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8:00
AM - 9:00 AM |
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Axial
Defect Detection
Clay Goudy, GE Energy
- Wheel Coupled Ultrasonic Inspection
- EMAT tools crack detect
- Other inspection tools
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| 4 |
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9:00
AM - 11:00 PM |
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Role
of Intelligent Pigging in Pipeline Integrity
Fraser Farmer, PipeLink Associates - Pipeline integrity management
- Risk assessment
- Geographic information systems
- Information integration
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| 4 |
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Data Handling and Reporting
Fraser Farmer, PipeLink Associates
- Requirements
- Data/reporting formats
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| 4 |
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12:00
PM - 1:00 PM |
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Lunch
(provided)
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| 4 |
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1:00
PM - 2:15 PM |
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Things to Consider After You Get the Pigging Report
Clay Goudy - GE Energy
- Maintenance planning
- Integrity Management
- Re-inspection scheduling
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| 4 |
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2:00
PM - 4:00 PM |
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Pigging Standardization
Bryce Brown, H. Rosen Engineering
- Standards
- Pipeline Operators Forum Standard
- The emerging standards
- NACE Pigging Recommended Practice
- API ILI Equipment standard
- ASNT Personnel qualification standard
- Standardized reporting
- Performance testin
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| 4 |
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4:00
PM - 5:30 PM |
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Contracting
Issues
Fraser Farmer, PipeLink Associates
- Responsibilities and liabilities
- Performance expectations
- Stuck, lost, damaged pigs
- Damaged pipeline, flow restrictions
- A contract template will be provided
5:30 PM Workshop Adjourns |
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