Pipeline Integrity Management
Threat assessment, inline inspection and the regulatory regime that governs it
Covers integrity management for transmission and distribution pipelines, including threat identification, high consequence area determination, inline inspection data interpretation and the assessment intervals set by the applicable regulation.
This course sits alongside our Pipeline Integrity Management consulting work, so what is taught is what we do.
Who should attend
Course content
Every module is taught with worked examples and exercises drawn from real plant, and adapted to your own process where the course runs in house.
Threats and consequence
- The threat categories including corrosion, third party damage and geotechnical
- Time dependent, stable and time independent threats
- High consequence area determination
- Interacting threats and why they are assessed together
Assessment methods
- Inline inspection tool selection by threat
- Pressure testing and direct assessment as alternatives
- Assessment interval determination
- Unpiggable lines and the options that remain
Data and response
- Inline inspection data interpretation and tool tolerance
- Anomaly assessment and response timing
- Dig verification and correlating field measurement to tool data
- Repair method selection
Programme and regulation
- Integrity management plan content
- PNGRB requirements for Indian operators
- ASME B31.8S and the US regulatory framework
- Third party audit and inspection readiness
What you receive
- A threat assessment matrix
- An integrity management plan outline
- An anomaly response criteria table
- Assessment result and attendance record
What changes afterwards
- Threats are assessed for the specific line rather than generically
- Inspection tool selection matches the credible threat
- Anomaly response timing follows a defensible criterion
- The integrity management plan satisfies the governing regulator
Standards and references
We teach Pipeline Integrity Management against ASME B31.8S managing system integrity of gas pipelines and the codes listed with it, at the edition current when you run it.
Run Pipeline Integrity Management for your team
We will come back with dates, the pre-reading it needs and a cost per head. Tell us who is attending, what they already do day to day and whether you want it at your site or delivered online.
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