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Gas Transmission & Distribution Piping Systems

 

Program Duration

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5 Days

Program Date

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2-6 October ,2010

Program Location

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Cairo, Egypt

Program Fees

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US$ 3200/Per Person

 

 

    PROGRAM INTRODUCTION:

  • This course explains the present-day piping Code provisions, the principle intentions of the Code, and how the Code should be used.
  • The emphasis is on transmission pipelines.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

  • Causes and modes of pipeline failure.

  • Considerations for pipe fabrication and material specifications.

  • Evaluation of pipeline defects

  • Pipeline repair techniques

  • How code requirements address these issues

PROGRAM OUTLINES:

  • Historical background of the Code.

  • How safe are pipelines?
  • History and organization of B31 book sections.
  • Materials.
  • Pipe grade and quality.
  • Fracture control and arrest.
  • Charpy impact theory.
  • Pressure design and specification.
  • Design conditions.
  • Allowable stresses.
  • Straight pipe under internal pressure.
  • Location classifications.
  • Factors of safety.
  • Piping components.
  • Branch connections and area replacement.
  • Welded joints.
  • Sustained and cyclic design of piping systems.
  • Longitudinal stresses.
  • Combined stresses.
  • Installation requirements.
  • Road crossings.
  • Pressure testing.
  • Operation and maintenance.
  • O&M plans.
  • Emergency plans.
  • Surveillance, patrolling, leakage surveys.
  • Changes in location classification.
  • Corrosion control.
  • Corrosion and Defect Assessment.
  • Determine remaining strength of corroded pip.
  • Concepts underlying B31G and RSTRENG.
  • Pipeline repairs.
  • Injurious defect.
  • Permitted repairs.
  • Standard non-Code repair practices.
  • Repositioning a pipeline in service.
  • In-service welding.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Engineers

  • Code compliance personnel

  • Operation and Maintenance Personnel

  • Regulatory Personnel