OG90
Course Contents
Module 1: PIMS Framework, Standards and Pipeline Risk
Key Topics
- Purpose and lifecycle of Pipeline Integrity Management Systems
- Pipeline types, service conditions and operating envelopes
- Integrity standards, codes (such as ASME B31.8S and API 1160) and regulatory expectations
- Data integration across design, operation and inspection
- High consequence areas (HCAs) and risk-based prioritisation
- Integrity roles, responsibilities and corporate governance structures
- PIMS documentation, records and management system controls
Module 2: Threat Identification and Risk Assessment
Key Topics
- Internal corrosion, external corrosion and protective coating failure
- Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and fatigue-related threats
- Third-party damage, dents, gouges and external mechanical damage
- Geohazards, ground movement, seismic risks and unsupported pipeline spans
- Construction defects, weld defects and material issues
- Threat interaction, likelihood and consequence assessment
- Risk ranking, reassessment intervals and mitigation planning
Module 3: Inspection, Monitoring and Integrity Assessment
Key Topics
- In-Line Inspection (ILI) technologies and intelligent pigging tool selection
- Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL), ultrasonic (UT) and geometry tools
- Hydrostatic testing and pressure test planning
- External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA), Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA) and SCCDA
- Cathodic protection (CP) monitoring, CIS and DCVG coating surveys
- Leak detection, aerial surveillance and right-of-way (ROW) monitoring
- Inspection data validation, alignment and anomaly matching
Module 4: Defect Evaluation, Repair and Mitigation
Key Topics
- Metal loss assessment and remaining strength calculation methods (e.g., ASME B31G)
- Crack assessment, growth monitoring and prioritisation
- Dent, gouge and combined defect evaluation
- Remaining life, reassessment intervals and fitness-for-service (FFS) concepts
- Structural repair sleeves, leak clamps, composite wraps and pipe replacement
- Chemical corrosion inhibition, CP improvement and coating repair
- Repair planning, permits, isolation and execution risks
Module 5: PIMS Implementation and Continuous Improvement
Key Topics
- Integrity management plans (IMPs) and annual activity programmes
- Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) and excursion management
- Performance indicators, dashboards and assurance reviews
- Emergency response, incident learning and failure analysis
- Management of Change (MOC) for operating and asset modifications
- Contractor assurance and competency requirements
- Practical capstone workshop: develop a pipeline integrity action plan