The Conference
Technical Tracks
1. Production Pipelines
NEW FOR 2010
Specific pipeline interests for producers; focus on Production Pipeline Integrity Management, Risk Management, Design, Construction & Operation; Case Histories, Production Pipeline Inspection Technology, Regulatory Issues, Failure Analysis, Non-Metallic Pipelines, Leak Detection, Waterflood Facilities.
2. Project Management
Effective pipeline project delivery including the achievement of the typical key performance indicators of Cost, Schedule, Safety, and Quality. Team Leadership, Effective Communication, Collaboration, Joint Ventures, High Value Engineering.
3. Design & Construction
System Planning (Hydraulics), Design, Survey, Logistics, Construction, Geotechnical, Quality Control and Quality Assurance, Testing, Commissioning, Coatings, Compressor and Pump Stations, Terminals, Pigging Facilities, Valves, Piping Stress Analysis, Change of Service, Abandonment
4. Environment
Environmental Case Studies, Socio-Economics, Community Involvement, Permitting Strategies, Reclamation, Mitigation, Abandonment, Land Issues, Emissions/Hydrotesting Fluids, Remediation, EIA, Cumulative Effects Assessment, Route Selection, Monitoring, Water Crossings
5. GIS/Database Development
Records Management, Case Studies, Database Design, Implementation, Satellite Imaging and Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Coordinate Systems, GPS Applications, Field and Inspection Data Management
6. Facilities Integrity Management
Tanks, Pumps, Compressor Stations, Yard Piping, Station Piping. This session is all about managing the integrity of assets inside a fence and not on a pipeline right of way. Historically these assets have not been subject to the same type of scrutiny as pipeline assets but requirements are changing.
7. Pipeline Integrity Management
Cathodic Protection, Stress Corrosion Cracking, Mitigation, Defect Detection and Assessment, Repair, Risk Assessment, Materials Science, External and Internal Coatings, Internal Corrosion Control, Inhibitors, Managing Integrity, Engineering Critical Assessment, Mitigation, Direct Assessment, Inspection Tools (Internal and External) for Transmission and Production Pipelines, Assessment Technologies, Telluric Currents
8. Materials & Joining
Materials Design, High Strength Steels, Fracture, Toughness Requirements, Welding, Properties of Girth Welds, Hot Tapping, Mechanical Joining, Joining Alternative Materials, Non-Destructive Examination, Quality Control and Quality Assurance
9. Operations & Maintenance
Applications of Technology, Operating Experience, Preventative-Maintenance Techniques, Life-Cycle Engineering, Operating Equipment Optimization, Useful Life Extensions, Operating Cost Reductions, Vendor Alliances
10. Pipeline Automation & Measurement
SCADA, Communications, Automation, Control Devices, Instrumentation, Sensor Technology, Measurement and Metering, Hydraulic Simulations, Leak Detection, Operations, Simulation and Trainers
11. Pipelining in Northern & Offshore Environments
Emerging Technologies, Working in Frozen Soils, Stability of Frozen Slopes, Thermal Modelling, Ice Scour, Research Projects, Logistics, Engineering in Cold Regions, Rapid Lake Drainage, Offshore Pipelines, Flexible Pipelines, Intra-Field Pipelines, Risers, Effects of Climate Change on Northern Pipelines
12. Strain-Based Design
Limit States Design, Strain-Based Design, Geo- Hazard Assessment and Characterization, Strain Demands, Frost Heave, Thaw Settlement, Tensile and Compressive Strain Limits
13. Risk & Reliability
Risk Assessment, Risk-Based Maintenance Planning, Reliability-Based Design, Failure Data Analysis and Failure Rate Estimation, Failure Consequence Modelling, Risk Tolerance Criteria, Pipeline Security
14. Standards & Regulations
Compliance, Code of Practice, Safety, Environment, Management Systems, Comparison of Standards, Abandonment Issues, Quality Assurance, Survey, Material Identification Systems, Regulatory Styles, Goal-Based vs. Prescriptive Regulations