WHEN :

APRIL 12-13, 2023 | ONLINE

COURSE SCHEDULE :

Day 1: 9am-1:30pm CDT

Day 2: 9am-1:30pm CDT

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The course will present key material properties and engineering fracture mechanics principles that govern static and fatigue evaluations of planar flaws in pipelines and how to relate these principles to the new PHMSA requirements.

Specifically:

• How cracks and long seam weld defects form in pipelines and what can make them grow to failure
• Fracture toughness testing and its implications to engineering evaluations of planar flaws
• Linear-elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics principles
• Use of failure stress models and fatigue crack growth evaluations
• ILI and pressure testing assessment methods and how to respond to crack and seam weld integrity ILI assessments

INSTRUCTORS

Sergio Limón has worked in the oil & gas pipeline industry for more than 15 years with emphasis on pipeline integrity threat analysis and response. He was employed for 10 years with a large owner and operator of natural gas gathering, processing and transportation services. He led for six years the Asset Integrity group for the western division responsible for the analysis, response and remediation of integrity threats as well as the implementation of the Gas Integrity Management Program. Sergio holds B Sc. and M Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in fracture mechanics and materials from the University of Utah. Based in Salt Lake City, he is currently with the pipeline integrity engineering group at Blade Energy Partners.

Dr. Ted Anderson is the author of a best-selling book on fracture mechanics, which has been adopted as a required text in over 150 universities. He recently returned to independent consulting after serving as Senior VP of Technology Development for Team Inc. and the Chief Technology Officer for Quest Integrity. He founded a consulting and software company in 1995, which was acquired by Quest Integrity in 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from the Colorado School of Mines.

COURSE STRUCTURE AND DELIVERY

The course consists of:

• Pre-recorded topical lectures comprising a total of 8 hours over two days (4 hours a day).
• The delivery platform will be GoToWebinar.
• The instructors will be online with you during the Lecture sessions.
• Live Question & Answer sessions with the instructors that will follow each lecture. 15 minutes per session, with a 30-minute summary Q&A at the end of the course.
• You will be able to submit your questions to the instructors via live Chat during the lecture sessions, and they will address them in the Q&A session that follows.
• Access to a recording of the course afterward.

COURSE DOCUMENTATION

The complete course presentation material will be available as a PDF download prior to the course.

RECORDING AVAILABLE AFTER THE COURSE

You can access the entire webinar-course recording online for 14 days following the webinar sessions.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

Upon completion of the course, participants will be eligible to receive .8 Continuing Education Units.