PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

The intent of this program is to provide the participants with a comprehensive overview of the many and varied activities that are involved in developing and maintaining a pipeline infrastructure to transport hydrocarbons in a cost effective manner. The lecture material will be presented in a logical sequence of several blocks covering elements of design, hydraulics, mechanical and geotechnical design, construction and operation and maintenance.

While the subject matter is wide ranging, the learning objectives will be to provide a sound understanding of the underlying engineering principles in each area and, illustrate how they are linked to produce a total life cycle approach to system design and operation. Hence most of the major engineering disciplines will be touched upon during the program. The topics to be covered are listed below. 

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To Know About:

›       Elements of pipeline design and operation

›       Pipeline design

›       Route selection, surveying and geotechnical guidelines

›       Environmental considerations

›       Mechanical design

›       Material selection and quality control

›       Pipeline construction and commissioning

›       Pipeline protection

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Piping Engineers

›       Mechanical Engineers

›       Facilities Engineers

›       Plant Engineers

›       Pipeline Engineers

›       Maintenance Engineers & Supervisors

›       Service Engineers & Supervisors

›       Maintenance Technicians

›       Inspectors

›       Technicians and Inspectors responsible for the design

›       Workover Engineers & Supervisors

›       Plant Engineers and Petroleum Engineers

›       Anyone responsible for the design, integrity, maintenance and repair of pipelines and piping systems

›       Piping System Designers who are involved in the design of in plant piping systems for oil and gas facilities

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

›       Function and types of pipeline systems for liquid/gas/multi-phase flows

›       Gathering, transmission, and distribution systems

›       Supply and demand considerations

›       Design life

›       Capacity planning for transmission and distribution systems

›       System planning and facility build up

›       Project economics and planning

›       Route selection

›       Legal and land survey

›       Environmental considerations

HYDRAULICS

›       Compressible and incompressible flows in pipes

›       Phase envelopes

›       Flow regimes

›       Dense phase flow

›       Friction and fitting losses

›       General flow equation

›       Common steady state gas flow equations

›       Pipeline packing

›       Heat transfer to surroundings

›       Pressure drop calculations for single and looped lines

›       Types of compressors

›       Thermodynamics of polytrophic compression

›       Gas cooling

›       Centrifugal compressor performance curves

›       Hydraulic gradient

›       Types of pump

›       Fan laws

›       NPSH

›       Cavitation

›       Entry and exit losses

›       Internal coating

›       Drag reduction additives

›       Cost comparisons

›       Mechanical/geotechnical design

›       Material selection

›       HDPE

›       Aluminum

›       Low carbon steels

›       Sour service considerations

›       Low temperature toughness requirements

›       Fracture resistance calculations

›       Weldability

›       High strength steels

›       Significance of Y/T

›       Post yield behavior

›       Constructability considerations

›       Weld strength over/under matching

›       Pipe manufacturing techniques

›       Seamless

›       ERW

›       Spiral

›       UOE

›       Common material testing

›       Codes and Standards

›       Pressure

›       Thermal and combined loads

›       Pipe design methods

›       Working stress design

›       Strain based design

›       Limit states design

›       Above and below ground design considerations

›       Pig launchers and receivers

›       Buoyancy calculations

›       Wheel loads

›       Road and rail crossings

›       Casing design

›       Pull through loads for directional drilling

›       Slope stability

›       Surface drainage and ground movement monitoring

›       External coatings selection

›       Catholic protection and design of ground beds

CONSTRUCTION

›       The construction sequence for large pipe

›       Clearing grading, trenching, stringing, welding etc.

›       Joining techniques for HDPE and Aluminum pipe reels, explosive joining etc.

›       Right of way calculations

›       Salvage

›       Automatic welding techniques single and dual tandem

›       Ultrasonic and radiographic inspection

›       Records keeping

›       As built drawings and alignment sheets

›       Hydrostatic testing, purging and commissioning of equipment

›       Ground bed Installation

OPERATING & MAINTENANCE

›       SCADA systems function and purpose in pipeline operation

›       Metering and custody transfer

›       Nominations process

›       Scheduling and batching multi product systems

›       Planned maintenance strategies

›       Reliability centered maintenance

›       Supply chain management

›       Life cycle calculations including abandonment

›       High consequence areas

›       Risk based inspection

›       In line inspection methods (advantages and limitations)

›       Direct assessment methods including hydro testing

›       Pipeline pigging

›       Repair methods

ADDITIONAL DETAILS