About

To achieve the fundamental objectives of a land pipeline, it is vital to have knowledge of regulatory requirements and design standards, latest materials and technologies, process engineering, civil design, mechanical design, environmental impact and land-owner issues, construction practices, risk analysis methods, and financial evaluation and control.

This seminar will equip you with best practice techniques in all aspects of pipeline design, construction, and successful operation.
• The course is a mix of power point presentations, case studies, and worked examples.
• Participants are encouraged to bring their own lap-tops.
• All attendees will be provided with a workbook and a certificate of attendance.

Key learning objectives
By attending this course you will learn how to:
• Safely route pipelines through areas of varying population densities
• Ensure the pipeline material and diameter are correct for the substance and quantity being transported
• Meet regulatory and environmental requirements
• Work with land-owners for the best outcome
• Design all critical aspects of the pipeline
• Understand risk optimisation and fit-for-purpose designs
• Specify and select compressors and pumps
• Manage pipeline contracts successfully
• Run pipeline spreads effectively
• Examine pipeline corrosion processes and corrosion minimisation techniques
• Successfully monitor and control the pipeline according to safety standards

Who should attend?
• Land pipeline engineers
• Pipeline contractors
• Pipeline controllers
• Contract managers
• Project managers
• Gas distribution engineers
• Municipal utility engineers
• Asset managers
• Operations managers
• Maintenance managers
• Graduate engineers with up to 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry

Outline

Examining pipeline design standards
• Pipeline standards development in New Zealand
• Review of international pipeline codes
• Latest developments to AS2885 and the HSE (Pipeline) regulations
• Examining the sequence of pipeline design
• Examining pipeline designs of different products; gas transmission and distribution, water, steam, high temperature and pressure

Modern pipeline routing techniques and environmental issues
• Pipeline routing process examined
• Practical environmental considerations during the planning stage
• Design considerations and the environment
• Roadway versus cross-country routes
• Land owner issues
• Case studies

Pipeline optimisation issues
• Compressible and non-compressible flow
• Steady state gas calculation methods and worked example
• Optimisation of pipe size versus location of pump/compressor stations - with a worked example
• Steady state versus transient analysis

Material selection
• Examining API 5L pipeline materials, strength, and specifications
• Optimisation of pipe material and strength, with worked examples
• Pipeline coating options - including a comparison in performance of HDPE versus FBE
• Plastic pipe

Gas compressors
• Comparison of reciprocating versus centrifugal
• Performance maps with a worked example
• Purchasing specification for compressors
• Pulsation and vibration control

Pumps
• Comparison of reciprocating versus centrifugal
• Performance maps with a worked example

DAY TWO

Specific design issues
• Above ground pipelines
• Road crossings
• River crossings
• Cathodic protection
• Hot-taps
• Hydro-testing
• Directional drilling
• Pigging
• Pipeline drying and preservation
• Communications and SCADA

Mitigation of corrosion for pipelines
• Fundamentals of corrosion
• Cathodic Protection (CP) explained
• Evaluation of CP performance
• Corrosion rate predictions in pipelines
• The effect of chemical treatment, inhibitors, and biocides
• Pipeline corrosion processes and their detection

Risk analysis
• Risk evaluations for regulatory compliance with worked example
• Effective hazard identifications for pipelines
• Risk manaement techniques for pipelines

Examining the construction process
• Sequential spread activities explained
• How to make your construction more efficient

Strategy and finance
• Strategies for timely and cost effective project delivery with a case study
• Defining a strategic approach to pipeline construction and management
• Performing financial analysis
• Worked example

Pipeline facility design
• Pipe stressing for code and regulatory compliance
• Case study
• Worked example
Case study and summary

Facilitator

In-house Training