Organised by Tiratsoo Technical (a division of Great Southern Press) and Houston-based Clarion Technical Conferences, this intensive and hands-on course will provide a wide-ranging overview of all aspects of pigging operations for onshore pipelines, and is suitable for all engineers and technical personnel involved in all types of onshore pipeline.
The course will be held at A.Hak Industrial Services’ test loop facility at Tricht, in The Netherlands. The facility has a 200 m long, 4 inch, 6 inch, and 12 inch diameter water-driven pipelines. During the five days of the course, the participants typically participate in up to nine different runs of various tools.
The syllabus of the course, which has been developed by Penspen of the UK, includes both hands-on exercises using the test loop(s), as well as classroom instruction, and full documentation. A. Hak will provide cleaning, geometry, and intelligent tools for use during the course, along with its expert technicians.
Among subjects that the syllabus will cover are:
- 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
- Signalling and pig location
- Locating and reporting sample defects
- Site safety: procedures and performance.
Register today to secure this rare opportunity to experience first-hand exactly what is required to complete a successful pig run.
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