Onshore Pipeline Engineering Course Online Live Zoom Course

Is it for me?

  • Pipeline engineers;
  • Pipeline Operating Professionals;
  • Project engineers and managers;
  • Engineers from other sectors of the Oil and Gas industry who wish to gain understanding 
    of onshore pipeline engineering.

What will I learn?

This comprehensive “Onshore Pipeline Engineering” course comprises of lectures, photos and video 
presentations, some case studies and workshops providing an overview of onshore pipelines engineering. 
This course provides an insight to fundamental issues for a robust, safe, and economical design of 
onshore pipeline systems. The topics of the course are carefully selected to cover pipeline engineering 
aspects from conceptual to detailed design and maintenance. The principal code followed in this course is ASME B 31.4 “Pipeline Transportation of Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids” ASME B 31.8 (Gas 
Transmission and Distribution Piping systems) together with other codes like BS PD 8010 – 1 (Pipeline 
systems. Steel pipelines on land. Code of practice), API RP 1102 (Steel Pipelines Crossing Railroads and Highways), API RP 1104 (Standard for Welding Pipeline and other related Facilities), and other relevant 
codes and practices.
This training course helps to gain understanding on:
  • Steps involved in engineering and design of onshore pipeline systems from route selection 
    to pre-commissioning and operation;
  • Key topics related to engineering of onshore pipeline systems;
  • Physical concept behind pipeline design philosophy;
  • Criteria for the robust and safe design of pipelines.

Course Contents

        1Onshore Pipeline System Components
          • Cross Country Pipeline
          • Different types of intermediate stations
          • Originating Station
          • Intermediate Booster Station
          • Sectionalising Valve Station
          • Pigging Station
          • Oil Storage tankfarms
        2 Field Layout and Pipeline Route Selection
          • Pipeline Route Survey
          • ROW/ROU and Land Acquisition
          • Crop Compensation
          • Government Clearances
          • Geotechnical Survey
          • CP Survey
        3 Design Codes 
          • An overview of international codes
          • ASME/API/BS/ISO/DNV
          • Safety Considerations
          • Battery Limits
          • Design Format
        4 Pipeline System Design
          • Hydraulics and line sizing
          • Liquid Pipeline Hydraulics
          • Gas pipeline hydraulics
          • Multiphase Pipeline hydraulics
          • Pipeline Hydraulics Workshop
        5 Material selection
          • Cost and Safety
          • Suitability for Process Conditions
          • Operational Reliability
          • Design for Integrity
          • Optimization of Life Cycle Costs
          • Mechanical Properties
          • Corrosion Resistance
          • Ease of Fabrication
          • Coatings
          • Design Life6 Wall Thickness Design
          • Safety classification
          • Limit States Design
          • Burst Criterion
          • Allowable Stress Criterion
        7 Pipeline Crossing Design 
          • Road Crossing (open cut/cased)
          • Railways Crossing
          • River/Stream Crossing
        8 Pipeline Buckling Considerations
          • Design against upheaval
        9 Pipeline System Cost Estimation
          • Pipeline Capital Cost Estimation (CAPEX)
          • Pipeline Operating Cost Estimation(OPEX)
          • Pipeline System Financial Analysis (IRR)
        10 Cathodic Protection (CP) Design
          • Methods of CP, Anode bed vs Bracelet anodes 
        11 Pipeline Construction
          • Load-out and transportation of pipe Tie in with scraper barrels
          • Stringing
          • Welding and Radiographic Examination
          • Cold Field Bending
          • Trenching/Blasting
          • Lowering and Backfilling
        12 Pre-commissioning
          • Gauge plate run 
          • Hydrotest
          • Mainline Valve Installation
          • Dewatering and Drying
          • Magnetic pig run and Caliper Survey
          • Line Preservation
        13 Pipeline Operation and Maintenance
          • Optimisation of booster pumps and stations
          • Optimisation of flow rates
          • Enhancement of flow rate by drag reducers
          • Loop lines
          • Operational pigging
          • Injection of corrosion inhibitors
        14 Pipeline Integrity
          • Overview of Integrity management, codes and standards
          • Identification of pipeline, typical threats and 
          • Definition of pipeline integrity management features; 
          •  Assessment and management of risks systems
            (quantitative and qualitative)
          • Pipeline monitoring techniques

        This course is eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit hours.

        CPD: 24 Credit

        Price: CA$ 2,700.00