Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines Tourist Club Area, Abu Dhabi

Course details

The Workshop will investigate “unpiggable” (challenging, or difficult to inspect) pipelines and pipeline sections, sources of unpiggability, configurations and discuss options available and conceivable for inspection.

Conducted By: Dr. Neb I. Uzelac - An accomplished Technical Expert and Manager with over 20 years of experience in the field of Pipeline Integrity and involvement with major international oil & gas pipeline inspection companies with operations worldwide.

Objective: Course will cover causes that make pipelines unpiggable, possible scenarios for addressing the issues, available technologies and procedures, advantages and drawbacks of methods that are commonly utilized, with case studies to illustrate the versatility of applications.

Learning Experience: Attending the workshop will enhance understanding of utilizing ILI in pipelines that are challenging, or difficult, to inspect, and will enhance the individual’s capabilities to assess feasibility of ILI in such cases and participate in devising a solution.

Outline:
▪ Types of pipeline assets
▪ Introduction to pigging and in-line inspection
▪ What are challenging (unpiggable) pipelines?
▪ Pipeline preparation and cleaning
▪ Complexity of execution of Inline Inspection
▪ Inline inspection - operational issues
▪ Tool types – tethered, free-swimming, robotic
▪ Propulsion methods
▪ Access to pipelines - launching and retrieving tools
▪ Technologies and applications, solutions for unpiggable lines
▪ Inline Inspection data analysis and reporting
▪ Assessment of Inline Inspection data
▪ Available standards and guidelines for Inline Inspection
▪ Verification of Inline Inspection and validation of results
▪ Inline Inspection in integrity management, data management
▪ Issues of safety and quality control
▪ Responsibilities of Inline Inspection providers and pipeline operators

FEE: – Corporate/Group Discount AVAILABLE! 
$ 2,500 / Delegate (Inclusive of buffet lunch, tea breaks, hard copy and USB of course material) Updated on 26 September, 2021