The course, which is suited to engineers and technical personnel involved in field pigging operations, will provide a wide-ranging overview of all aspects of pigging operations.
The course will be held at the CTDUT facility adjacent to Petrobas’ Duque de Caxias refinery near Rio de Janeiro, and will use the recently-inaugurated 14 inch diameter, 120 m long, water and nitrogen/air-driven test loop at the site.
PipeWay, through its Rio de Janeiro office, has agreed to provide cleaning, geometry, and intelligent tools for use during the course, along with its expert technicians. During the five days, participants will typically perform up to nine different runs of various tools.
The content of the course has been developed jointly by Penspen, PipeWay, Clarion, and Tiratsoo Technical, a division of Great Southern Press. The syllabus includes both hands-on exercises using the test loop, as well as classroom instruction and full documentation.
Subjects the syllabus will cover include:
- Pig trap doors – design, operation;
- Types of utility tool;
- Types of intelligent tool;
- Launch/receive trap design;
- Launching and receiving utility and intelligent tools;
- How to assess a tool’s performance;
- Signaling and pig location;
- Locating and reporting sample defects; and,
- Site safety – procedures and performance.