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I N N O V AT I O N S • V O L . V I I I , N O. 1 • 2 0 1 6
2 | EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK
Culture: Your
Competitive Edge
4 | GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Industry Commentary
From Around The World
6 | TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
Prioritizing Selective Seam
Weld Corrosion
8 | SAFETY MATTERS
Reducing Risk by Reducing
Exposure
10 | FUTURE THINKING
Addressing the NDE
Technician Shortage
12 | MARKET REPORT
Preserving Knowledge;
Preparing for the Future
20 | TOUCHPOINTS
Pipeline Events, Papers,
and Conferences
28 | BY THE NUMBERS
The Three Steps of Pipe
Identification
14 | Safe Passage
With more North American crude being moved to market from
the Bakken and Canadian oil sands, pipeline and rail operators
share responsibility for improving energy safety.
22 | A Global Race Against Time
The world’s gathering lines are aging. What can the industry do
to share information, reduce risks, and eliminate incidents?
D E P A R T M E N T S
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jim Myers Morgan
MANAGING EDITOR Waylon Summers
ART DIRECTOR Kat Eaton
DESIGN PRODUCTION , Kat Eaton
DIGITAL PRODUCTION Jim Greenway, Ward Mankin
ILLUSTRATION David Moore
PHOTOGRAPHY Ezequiel Scagnetti
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Phases Four
BYTHE
NUMBERS of PROGRESSIVEPIGGING
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Three
UsePipe JointClassification (PJC)– based on pipematerial
characteristics gathered through comprehensive inline inspection tools,
such as theMultipleDataset (MDS) platform – to group each pipe joint
into like-bins based on attributes including,but not limited to:
PIPELINES SHOULDHAVE TRACEABLE,VERIFIABLE,AND
COMPLETERECORDS, includingmaterial documentation to
supportmaximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) validation.
Butwhat about pipeline segments that are decades old?Or assets
thatwere oncemanaged by one operator,sold to another,and then,
potentially,sold again? The answer?Pipe Identification (PI).
Correlateexisting pipe records,
if any, to thePJC bins.
If all records align to a characterized
pipe bin, Pipe Identification has
been achieved.
If records gaps persist,
proceed to step3.
EmployPositiveMaterial
Identification (PMI)
– an in-situ non-destructive evaluation
methodology – to identifymaterial
propertieswhere records do not exist for
a given pipe joint or PJC bin.With all pipe
joints aligned to the appropriate bin,and
remaining gaps closed through PMI,Pipe
Identification has been achieved.
•Materialmagnetic characteristics –impacts from both themanufacturing
andmilling process.
• Pipe type –seamless or seamed.
• Seam characteristics – differentiate
seams formed through diverse
welding processes.
Traceable.
Verifable.
Complete.
PJC
+PMI———
PI
Step ipe Identification
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