Alkazraji D. A quick guide to pipeline engineering
Contents:
Principles of pipeline design
- Effect on the environment
- Routing
- Approval and legal considerations
Design approach
- Factors that influence the length of a pipeline
- Choosing a wall thickness for the pipeline
- Choosing an appropriate material grade for the pipeline
- Toughness
- Operational pressure
- Temperature effects
- Surge
- Pipeline coating
- Pipeline protection
Pipeline construction and risk assessment techniques
- Pipeline manufacturing methods
- Land preparation, excavation and pipe stringing
- Corrosion protection
- Pipeline codes and standards
- Risk assessment techniques
- Quantitative risk assessment
- Qualitative risk assessment
Pressure testing and commissioning
- Pressure testing
- Commissioning
Pipeline operation
- Magnetic inspection
- Ultrasonic inspection
- Geometric tools
- In-service defects and corrosion mechanisms
Pipeline maintenance
- Assessment of internal and external corrosion features
- Assessing dents/profile distortions
- Significance of manufacturing and construction defects
Pipeline condition monitoring and repair methods
- Pearson survey
- CIPPS survey
- DCVG survey
- Repair techniques
Pipeline decommissioning and industry developments
- Pipeline decommissioning
- Pipeline industry developments