COURSE OVERVIEW ME885
Pipeline and Piping Inspection, Maintenance, Repair & Integrity Assessment
(ASME B31 & API 579 Standards)



 

Course Title 
Pipeline and Piping Inspection, Maintenance, Repair & Integrity Assessment (ASME B31 & API 579 Standards)     

Course Date/ Venue
June 21-25, 2009/ Al Dana Meeting Room, Golden Tulip Al Hamra Hotel, Dammam, KSA

Course Reference
ME885

Course Duration/Credits   
Five days / 3.0 CEUs 

Course Description
A five-day in-depth course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline integrity, maintenance and repair. Participants will be introduced to the technical basis of the ASME and API integrity rules, and their application to case studies and exercises.

The participants will be able to recognize causes of degradation in-service, whether mechanically induced (pressure, vibration, fatigue, pressure transients, external damage) or due to corrosion (wall thinning, pitting, cracking), and apply integrity analysis techniques to make run-or-repair decisions.

The participants will become knowledgeable in the technical basis and application of ASME B31.3, B31.4 and B31.8 piping codes, ASME B31G and API 579 Fitness-for-Service and Flaw Evaluation.

The participants will review inspection techniques, from the most common (PT, MT, UT, RT, MFL pigs) to most recent (AE, PED, UT pigs and multi pigs), and the use of hydrotesting for integrity assessment. and the implementation of integrity management programs, periodic inspections and evaluation of results.

The course will review the various repair techniques, their advantages and shortcomings, and the logic to be followed in making repair decisions and selecting the applicable repair.

Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:-

• Have a very good background on the principles & concepts of pipeline and piping inspection, maintenance & integrity assessment

• Identify the material specifications of the pipeline and piping and know the metallurgy, heat treatment and API/ASTM material specifications

• Gain in-depth understanding on design pressure and failure margins of pipes and learn how to establish the system design pressure

• Understand risk-based inspection & integrity management and be able to carry-out practical approach to assessing damage mechanisms

• Learn corrosion and integrity specifically wall thinning & cracking and be able to know how to evaluate cracks in piping and pipelines

• Become familiar with third party damage including the analysis of dents & gouges in pipelines and the analysis of distortion & permanent deformation

• Review the fundamentals of flow in pipes & pipelines and be able to identify the classes of pressure transients including their features

• Discover how to classify the cause of vibration in-service and how to analyze vibration & decide if it is acceptable

• Recognize the temperature effects including the lay-out, expansion and contraction of pipes & pipelines as well as the analysis for flexibility and failure margins

• Employ pressure & leak testing and be able to improve examination & inspection methods in pipes & pipelines considering the selection & use of the various types of testing & inspection techniques

• Become familiar with the pigging technology and improve maintenance & inspection strategies by organizing a guide for pipe & vessel inspections and learning the application of inspection & analysis of results

• Carry-out repair & rehabilitation of pipes & pipelines and be able to identify the various repair techniques used such as grinding & welding, flush patch repair, weld overlay repair, etc  

Training Methodology
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of total tuition hours:-
50% Lectures
30% Workshops, Group Work & Practical Exercises
20% Videos & Software

Who Should Attend
The course is intended for engineers, maintenance technicians and inspectors responsible for the integrity, inspection, maintenance and repair of pipelines and piping systems. The fitness-for-service and integrity techniques are based on quantitative analysis, please bring a calculator

Course Certificate
Haward Technology certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total tuition hours of the course.

Course Accreditation
Haward Technology’s courses/workshops/seminars meet the professional certification and continuing education requirements for participants seeking Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in accordance with the rules & regulations of the International Association for Continuing Education & Training (IACET). IACET is an international authority that evaluates programs according to strict, research-based criteria and guidelines. The CEU is an internationally accepted uniform unit of measurement in qualified courses of continuing education.

Haward Technology has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102, USA. In obtaining this approval, Haward Technology has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard which are widely recognized as standards of good practice internationally. As a result of our Authorized Provider membership status, Haward Technology is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard.

Haward Technology Middle East will award 3.0 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for participants who completed the total tuition hours of this program. One CEU is equivalent to ten Professional Development Hours (PDHs) or ten contact hours of the participation in and completion of Haward Technology programs. A permanent record of a participant’s involvement and awarding of CEU will be maintained by Haward Technology. Haward Technology will provide a copy of the participant’s CEU Transcript of Records upon request.

Course Fee
US$ 3,750 per delegate. This rate includes Participant’s Pack (Folder, Manual, Hand-outs, etc.), buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day. This also includes Mr. George Antaki’s book “Piping and Pipeline Engineering”, a 540 pages hard cover book published by M. Dekker, New York in 2003. 

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in the course fees. However, any accommodation required can be arranged by Haward Technology at the time of booking.

Course Instructor
Mr. George Antaki, PE (USA)... More

Course Coordinator
Lily Hijazi, Tel: +971-2-44 88 301, Fax: +971-2-44 88 302, Email: lily@haward.org