Keywords
Citation
(2006), "Pipeline rehabilitation and maintenance–Europe's oil and gas pipelines interdependency and integration", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 53 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2006.12853dac.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Pipeline rehabilitation and maintenance–Europe's oil and gas pipelines interdependency and integration
Pipeline rehabilitation and maintenance–Europe's oil and gas pipelines interdependency and integration
Keywords: Oil industry, Gas industry, Conferences
The growing interdependency of Europe's economies makes the integration of its oil and gas movements even more essential and those forces – interdependency and integration – increase the need for the region's pipeline networks to operate dependably and safely. The latest information on maintenance and rehabilitation tools, technologies, and practices is, therefore, critical. This conference has established itself as the leader in bringing together major operating and service companies and their technical and management personnel to learn the latest and best in pipeline rehabilitation and maintenance. This year, its coverage has expanded to include the most current approaches for maintaining and rehabilitating the region's offshore pipeline networks.
The previous seven conferences have re-established the need for an international specialised meeting examining the fitness for purpose question of oil and transmission lines. This eighth event occurs when energy requirements in emerging markets necessitate a full and exhaustive examination of pipeline assets. Online: www.pipeline-rehab.com/
Technical focus areas
Land lines
Cathodic protection systems:
• Designing and installing systems for inspection and maintenance.
• Maintenance of cathodic protection systems – case studies.
• Cathodic protection in difficult environments – case studies.
Inspection of and by cathodic protection systems:
• Evaluating the efficiency of the cathodic protection system.
• Shielding problems and solutions – case studies.
• Evaluation of line condition and comparison with inline inspections.
Inline inspection:
• Developments in inspection technology, what is new and what is to come.
• Inspection of crude lines with high wax content.
• Locating stress corrosion cracking.
Risk assessment:
• Condition assessment methods.
• Response to severe defects.
Repair and rehabilitation:
• Engineering evaluations of live lines prior to rehabilitation.
• Inspection of the line during rehabilitation – welds and seams.
• Repair technologies – new developments and unusual applications.
• Emergency repairs – case studies.
• Removal of existing coatings, what is important, what is not.
• Rehabilitation coatings, what is new and what is to come.
• Rehabilitate or replace – cost comparisons.
• Contracting strategies for rehabilitation projects.
• Rehabilitation projects – case studies.
Offshore lines
Engineering considerations:
• Seabed movement and spanning – what are the options.
• Designing suitable pipeline anchors for unusual applications.
• Designing production platforms for line maintenance and rehabilitation.
Cathodic protection:
• Designing and installing systems for inspection and maintenance.
• Maintenance of cathodic protection systems – case studies.
• Subsea corrosion prevention.
Inspection:
• Developments in subsea inspection technology, what is new and what is to come.
• Pigging – the issues for subsea pipelines.
• Pigging subsea pipelines, as part of a comprehensive pipeline survey and repair program.
• Identifying subsea corrosion – internal and external.
Risk assessment:
• Condition assessment methods.
• Response to severe defects.
• Severe weather considerations.
Repair and rehabilitation:
• Subsea pipeline repair methods: what is now, what is new, and what is to come; experiences and case histories.
• Emergency repairs – case studies.
• Subsea insulations and coating – repair techniques and track records.
• Rehabilitation methods for subsea internal corrosion.
• Rehabilitation projects – case studies.
• Contracting strategies for offshore rehabilitation projects.