Difficult to Inspect Pipelines
Agenda
1 Onshore and Offshore Pipelines
1.1 Terminologies (piggable vs. unpiggable, challenging and difficult to inspect)
1.2 Scenarios (Accessibility, Is external inspection an option?)
- Onshore scenarios (CUI, external sheeting, casings, materials)
- Offshore scenarios - Riser – (Static riser, catenary risers, flexible risers) - Flowlines and unpiggable subsea pipelines
2 Methods of Inspection
2.1 Inspection Technology
- Electromagnetic technology (MEC, PEC, Eddy Current, etc.)
- UT technology (TOFD, EMAT, etc.)
- Others (Radiography, optical,...)
2.2 Operation of inspection tools
- Deployment of external inspection equipment offshore and onshore
- Internal inspection using - Crawler; How to propel; How to get back - Tethered tools
- External inspection; How to get through the coating? How to scan long distances?
3 Preparation
- Planning (Who is involved? What to do at what time?)
- Cleaning (Internal vs. external cleaning)
- Deployment (LARS, Navigation, etc)
4 Inspection Solutions
4.1 Actual Solutions of various vendors
Pre-School
Before your training begins, ROSEN's Competence Club - the premier learning and collaboration platform for the pipeline industry - is available to you at no additional cost. The platform provides four complimentary pre-seminar e-learns designed to help you acquire the prerequisite knowledge for the course and strengthen your foundational skill set. You can complete the e-learn modules at your own pace and at a time that is convenient for you.
Approval (for German engineers)
This training course is recognized as a training session in accordance with §6 FuWo. Consulting engineers and members of the German Chambers of Engineers receive 8 training points for participation.
Target Group
No special prerequisites, but technical understanding. Target Group: Onshore and Offshore Integrity Engineers working with Operators, Integrity Consultants, Service Providers and Classification/Certification Bodies.
Konrad Reber studied physics at the University of Mainz with a focus on Solid State Physics. In his Ph.D. thesis at the material science department of the University of Erlangen, he worked in the field of magnetic materials, in particular on the measurement of material parameters using magnetic stray-flux methods.
At Pipetronix (now part of Baker Hughes), he was responsible for developing data analysis algorithms for MFL pipeline inspections. Later, he also became responsible for the magnetic design of MFL inspection pigs.
After moving to NDT Systems & Services (now NDT Global), he continued to work in the field of in-line inspection and broadened his focus to include topics of defect assessment and general comparison methods of different inspection tools.
Between 2006 and 2008, he worked with TÜV Rheinland as an expert within the Pipeline Technology Group, where he was responsible for international projects on pipeline integrity and pipeline certification.
Starting 2008, he became Head of Research and Development for the Innospection Group, where he was responsible for designing new inspection equipment for the oil and gas industry. He continued this position at Innetiqs in 2022.
His focus is on developing and refining testing technologies with applications for underwater or otherwise difficult-to-inspect structures. He is active in delivering conference presentations and is a trainer in various courses on pipeline inspection.
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