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IPC2012-90742 The Impact of Risk in Horizontal Directional Drilling

Authors:
Manley Osbak, The Crossing Company Incorporated;
Alireza Bayat, Carrie Murray, University of Alberta 2,

Track: 2, Project Management,
Topic: 2-1, Project Management ,
Session: 2-1-1, Project Management 1
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 16:30
Room: HYATT Stephen

IPC2012-90158 The Flexural Behavior of Buried Steel and Composite Pipes Pulled Relative to Dense Sand: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

Authors:
Mohamed Almahakeri, Ian. D. Moore, Amir Fam, Queen's University

Track: 3, Design & Construction
Topic: 3-1, Design & Construction
Session: 3-1-1, Geotechnical and Civil
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 14:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E1

IPC2012-90455 Techno-Economic Modelling and Analysis of CO2 Pipelines

Authors:
Nima Ghazi, Integrated Pipeline Projects Canada Ltd.;
Julia M. Race, Newcastle University

Track: 3, Design & Construction
Topic: 3-1, Design & Construction
Session: 3-1-4, Flow Assurance
Time: Thursday, September 27, 09:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E1

IPC2012-90508 Routing Analysis in a Heavily Dissected Jungle Environment

Authors:
Ian Morrison, Stantec Consulting;
Raphael Dauphin, Perenco;
Dennis O'Leary, Olivier Piraux, Robert Harris, Stantec Consulting

Track: 3, Design & Construction
Topic: 3-1, Design & Construction
Session: 3-1-5, Design
Time: Thursday, September 27, 14:00
Room: TELUS MacLeod E1

IPC2012-90599 Conservation Offsets and Pipeline Construction: A Case Study of the TMX Anchor Loop Project

Authors:
David W. Poulton, David W. Poulton Environmental Strategies

Track: 4, Environment
Topic: 4-1, Environment
Session: 4-1-1, Environmental and Social Issues
Time: Thursday, September 27, 10:30
Room: HYATT Walker/Bannerman

IPC2012-90730 The Evolution of Facilities Integrity Management at Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Authors:
Shadie Radmard, Monique Berg, Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Track: 5, Facilities Integrity Management
Topic: 5-1, Facility Integrity
Session: 5-1-2, Management Systems
Time: Thursday, September 27, 09:00
Room: TELUS Glen 201

IPC2012-90107 Southern Lights Connectors Hydraulic Surge Alleviators

Authors:
Greg Wengreniuk, Stantec Consulting;
Jeremy Furzer, Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Track: 5, Facilities Integrity Management
Topic: 5-1, Facility Integrity
Session: 5-1-3, Integrity Program Elements
Time: Thursday, September 27, 13:30
Room: TELUS Glen 201

IPC2012-90019 Implementing an Integrated Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS): Case Study

Author:
Steve Dresie, GE Oil & Gas, PII Pipeline Solutions

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-1, Integrity Programs & Threat Management
Session: 6-1-1, Integrity Management Programs
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 10:30
Room: TELUS Glen 206

IPC2012-90046 Trends on Integrity Management Programs (IMP) and Management Systems (MS) Audit and Incident Findings

Authors:
Rafael G. Mora, National Energy Board;
Richard Slocomb, BC Oil and Gas Commission;
Anne-Marie Bourassa Mota, Joe Paviglianiti, National Energy Board;
Mohsin Zaidi, BC Oil and Gas Commission

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-1, Integrity Programs & Threat Management
Session: 6-1-1, Integrity Management Programs
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 11:00
Room: TELUS Glen 206

IPC2012-90406 Integrity Management Continuous Improvement

Authors:
J. Andrew Drake, Spectra Energy;
Daniel B. Martin, El Paso Corporation;
Mark Hereth, The Blacksmith Group/P-PIC;
Terry D. Boss, INGAA;
Jeryl Mohn, Mohn Consulting LLC

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-1, Integrity Programs & Threat Management
Session: 6-1-1, Integrity Management Programs
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 11:30
Room: TELUS Glen 206

IPC2012-90472 Remaining Life Assessment of ERW Flaws: A Case Study

Authors:
David Katz, Williams Gas Pipeline;
Michael Van Hook, Mears Group Inc.;
Sergio Limon, Williams Gas Pipeline;
Katina Tinacos, Pablo Cazenave, Samarth Tandon, Ming Gao, Blade Energy Partners

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-1, Integrity Programs & Threat Management
Session: 6-1-2, Integrity Threat Management
Time: Wednesday, September 26, 09:30
Room: HYATT Stephen

IPC2012-90496 Predicting Pipeline Performance in Geohazard Areas using ILI Mapping Techniques

Authors:
Aaron Lockey, Andy Young, Penspen

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-1, Integrity Programs & Threat Management
Session: 6-1-6, Geohazards and Geotechnics
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 11:00
Room: TELUS Glen 209

IPC2012-90284 Guidance on In Line Inspection First Run Success

Authors:
Stephen Gower, David Whitman, BP Exploration

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-2, Inspection, Monitoring & Testing
Session: 6-2-2, In-Line Inspection: General Application
Time: Thursday, September 27, 10:30
Room: HYATT Stephen

IPC2012-90499 A Combined Approach to Characterization of Dent With Metal Loss

Authors:
Rick Wang, Richard Kania, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.;
Uday Arumugam, Ming Gao, Blade Energy Partners

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-2, Inspection, Monitoring & Testing
Session: 6-2-7, In-Line Inspection: Mechanical Damage Threat Assessment
Time: Thursday, September 27, 16:00
Room: HYATT Stephen

IPC2012-90620 Full Scale Experimental Database of Dent and Gouge Defects to Improve Burst and Fatigue Strength Models of Pipelines

Authors:
Mures Zarea, Remi Batisse, GDF SUEZ;
Brian Leis, Battelle Memorial Institute;
Philippe Cardin, GDF SUEZ; Geoff Vignal, Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-3, Structural Integrity & Repair
Session: 6-3-1, Defect Assessment
Time: Wednesday, September 26, 11:00
Room: TELUS Glen 203

IPC2012-90643 An Approach for Evaluating the Integrity of Plain Dents Reported by In-Line Inspection Tools

Authors:
Joe Bratton, Det Norske Veritas (U.S.A.), Inc.;
Tom Alexander, T.D. Williamson Canada ULC;
Tom Bubenik, Shane Finneran, Hans Olav Heggen, Det Norske Veritas (U.S.A.), Inc.

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-3, Structural Integrity & Repair
Session: 6-3-4, Mechanical Damage
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 16:30
Room: GLENBOW Conoco-Phillips Theatre

IPC2012-90459 Crack-Like Defects in Pipelines: The Relevance of Pipeline-Specific Methods and Standards

Authors:
Andrew Cosham, Atkins;
Phil Hopkins, Penspen;
Brian Leis, Battelle Memorial Institute

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-3, Structural Integrity & Repair
Session: 6-3-5, Structural Integrity
Time: Thursday, September 27, 11:00
Room: TELUS Glen 203

IPC2012-90582 Evaluating the Effects of Ovality on the Integrity of Pipe Bends

Authors:
Chris Alexander, Stress Engineering Services, Inc.

Track: 6, Pipeline Integrity Management
Topic: 6-3, Structural Integrity & Repair
Session: 6-3-5, Structural Integrity
Time: Thursday, September 27, 09:30
Room: TELUS Glen 203

IPC2012-90378 Phase Field Modelling of Microstructure Evolution in the HAZ of X80 Linepipe Steel

Authors:
Morteza Toloui, Matthias Militzer, The Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering, The University of British Columbia

Track: 7, Materials & Joining
Topic: 7-1, Pipe Production
Session: 7-1-4, Seam Weld I
Time: Thursday, September 27, 14:00
Room: TELUS Glen 204

IPC2012-90738 Investigation Into the Effect of Post Weld Heat Treatment on Thermo-Mechanically Controlled Rolled Pipeline Steels

Authors:
Simon Slater, MACAW Engineering Ltd.;
Richard Wilkinson, National Grid Warwick

Track: 7, Materials & Joining
Topic: 7-1, Pipe Production
Session: 7-1-7, Girth Weld I
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 11:30
Room: TELUS Glen 208

IPC2012-90205 Calculation of Dynamic Stress Intensity Factors for Pipes During Crack Propagation by Dynamic Finite Element Analysis

Authors:
Masaki Mitsuya, Motohashi Hiroyuki, Noritake Oguchi, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.;
Shuji Aihara, The University of Tokyo

Track: 7, Materials & Joining
Topic: 7-1, Pipe Production
Session: 7-1-18, Crack Propagation
Time: Wednesday, September 26, 08:30
Room: TELUS Glen 204

IPC2012-90345 Investigation of the Effects of Pipe Wall Roughness and Pipe Diameter on the Decompression Wave speed in natural gas pipelines

Authors:
Cheng Lu, University of Wollongong;
Philip Venton, Venton and Associates;
Kamal K. Botros, NOVA Chemicals;
Guillaume Michal, Alhoush Elshahomi, Ajit Godbole, University of Wollongong;
Leigh Fletcher, Welding and Pipeline Integrity;
Brian Rothwell, Brian Rothwell Consulting Inc.

Track: 7, Materials & Joining
Topic: 7-1, Pipe Production
Session: 7-1-20, Crack Arrest II
Time: Thursday, September 27, 11:00
Room: TELUS Glen 205

IPC2012-90461 The Decompression Behaviour of Carbon Dioxide in the Dense Phase

Authors:
Andrew Cosham, Atkins;
David Jones, Pipeline Integrity Engineers;
Keith Armstrong, Daniel Allason, GL Noble Denton;
Julian Barnett, National Grid

Track: 7, Materials & Joining
Topic: 7-1, Pipe Production
Session: 7-1-20, Crack Arrest II
Time: Thursday, September 27, 08:30
Room: TELUS Glen 205

IPC2012-90463 Ruptures in Gas Pipelines, Liquid Pipelines and Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

Authors:
Andrew Cosham, Atkins;
David Jones, Pipeline Integrity Engineers;
Julian Barnett, National Grid;
Keith Armstrong, Daniel Allason, GL Noble Denton

Track: 7, Materials & Joining
Topic: 7-1, Pipe Production
Session: 7-1-20, Crack Arrest II
Time: Thursday, September 27, 09:00
Room: TELUS Glen 205

IPC2012-90680 Trapped Water Flushed by Flowing Oil in Upward-inclined Oil Pipelines

Authors:
Guangli Xu, Liangxue Cai, Southwest Petroleum University;
Amos Ullmann, Neima Brauner, Tel Aviv University

Track: 8, Operations & Maintenance
Topic: 8-1, Operations & Maintenance
Session: 8-1-2, Applied Modelling
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 14:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E2

IPC2012-90048 Evaluation of GT Degradation Between Soak-Washes in Natural Gas Compressor Stations

Authors:
Kamal K. Botros, Reeshav Chatterjee, NOVA Chemicals;
Hossein Golshan, David Rogers, Zafir Samoylove, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

Track: 8, Operations & Maintenance
Topic: 8-1, Operations & Maintenance
Session: 8-1-3, Natural Gas Pipelines
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 10:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E2

IPC2012-90339 Variable Frequency Drive Applications and their Electrical Protection Scheme For Liquids Pipelines

Authors:
Oscar Ramirez, Ting Yu, Enbridge Pipelines

Track: 8, Operations & Maintenance
Topic: 8-1, Operations & Maintenance
Session: 8-1-4, Liquids Pipelines
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 16:00
Room: TELUS MacLeod E2

IPC2012-90108 Data Smoothing for Leak Detection

Authors:
Jianping Gao, Chris Lewis, Tania Rizwan, Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

Track: 9, Pipeline Automation & Measurement
Topic: 9-1, Pipeline Automation & Measurement
Session: 9-1-1, Leak Detection
Time: Thursday, September 27, 09:30
Room: HYATT Doll/Herald

IPC2012-90664 Maximum Likelihood Approach to State Estimation in Online Pipeline Models

Authors:
Jason Modisette, ATMOS International, Inc.

Track: 9, Pipeline Automation & Measurement
Topic: 9-1, Pipeline Automation & Measurement
Session: 9-1-2, Hydraulic Simulations and Real Time Advanced Functions
Time: Tuesday, September 25 14:30
Room: HYATT Doll/Herald

IPC2012-90423 PIRAM: Pipeline Ice Risk Assessment & Mitigation Program Overview

Authors:
Ryan Phillips, Tony King, Jim Bruce, C-CORE

Track: 10, Pipelining in Northern and Offshore Environments
Topic: 10-1, Pipelining in Northern Environments
Session: 10-1-1, Pipelining in Northern Environments
Time: Wednesday, September 26, 09:30
Room: TELUS Glen 206

IPC2012-90698 Assessment of Recent Experimental Data on Collapse Capacity of UOE Pipelines

Authors:
Erica Marley, Olav Aamlid, Leif Collberg, Det Norske Veritas

Track: 10, Pipelining in Northern and Offshore Environments
Topic: 10-2, Offshore Pipelines
Session: 10-2-1, Offshore Pipelines I
Time: Thursday, September 27, 11:30
Room: TELUS Glen 206

IPC2012-90591 Curved Wide Plate Testing With Advanced Instrumentation and Interpretation

Authors:
Stijn Hertelé, Matthias Verstraete, Koen Van Minnebruggen, Rudi Denys, Wim De Waele, Ghent University

Track: 11, Strain-Based Design
Topic: 11-1, Strain-Based Design
Session: 11-1-2, Material Properties - Toughness
Time: Wednesday, September 26, 10:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E3

IPC2012-90642 Integrity of Pipeline in Area of Mine Subsidence

Authors:
Fan Zhang, Ming Liu, Yong-Yi Wang, Center for Reliable Energy Systems;
Zhifeng Yu, Lei Tong, China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corporation

Track: 11, Strain-Based Design
Topic: 11-1, Strain-Based Design
Session: 11-1-3, Assessment and Project Applications
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 10:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E3

IPC2012-90299 Seismic Design Guidelines to Mitigate Upheaval Buckling of Small Diameter Pipes

Authors:
Hajime Shinkai, The Japan Gas Association;
Yoshito Hatsuda, Tokyo Gas Corporation;
Nobuhisa Suzuki, JFE Techno-Research Corporation

Track: 11, Strain-Based Design
Topic: 11-1, Strain-Based Design
Session: 11-1-6, Compressive Strain Capacity
Time: Thursday, September 27, 16:30
Room: TELUS MacLeod E3

IPC2012-90319 Why Reliability-Based Approaches Need More Realistic Corrosion Growth Modelling

Authors:
Luc Huyse, Katherine A. Brown, Chevron

Track: 12, Risk & Reliability
Topic: 12-1, Risk & Reliability
Session: 12-1-6, Risk and Reliability Application to Corrosion Management
Time: Thursday, September 27, 08:30
Room: TELUS Glen 205

IPC2012-90335 Model Error Assessment of Burst Capacity Models for Corroded Pipes

Authors:
Wenxing Zhou, The University of Western Ontario;
Terry Huang, TransCanada;
Shenwei Zhang, The University of Western Ontario

Track: 12, Risk & Reliability
Topic: 12-1, Risk & Reliability
Session: 12-1-6, Risk and Reliability Application to Corrosion Management
Time: Thursday, September 2, 10:30
Room: TELUS Glen 205

IPC2012-90699 Risk Based Design Solution for Routing a High Pressure Gas Transmission Pipelines through a Region of Geological Instability

Authors:
Mike Taylor, Marcus A. McCallum, Chas Jandu, Andrew Francis & Associates Ltd.;
Ray Northing, NGUK Construction

Track: 12, Risk & Reliability
Topic: 12-1, Risk & Reliability
Session: 12-1-7, Risk and Reliability Application to Crack Management and Design
Time: Thursday, September 27, 15:30
Room: TELUS Glen 205

IPC2012-90490 Gas Transmission Pipeline Safety & Integrity Activities & Results for INGAA Pipeline Companies

Authors:
Bernd Selig, P-PIC;
Terry D. Boss, INGAA;
Charlie Childs, El Paso Pipeline;
Kevin Wilson, Williams

Track: 13, Standards & Regulations
Topic: 13-1, Standards & Regulations
Session: 13-1-1, U.S. Regulations
Time: Tuesday, September 25, 15:30
Room: HYATT Walker/Bannerman