Aimed at sharing knowledge and featuring the latest achievements relating to the assessment, use, and maintenance of ageing high-pressure (cross-country/offshore) transmission and low-pressure distribution gas and oil pipeline systems, the conference will take place from 7-9 October 2015, in Ostend, Belgium.
The event is organised by Tiratsoo Technical (a division of Great Southern Press), Clarion Technical Conferences, and the University of Ghent’s Lab Soete, and supported by Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) and European Pipeline Research Group (EPRG).
A range of topics will be covered, including:
- In-line inspection and defect-sizing accuracy
- Material properties and test requirements
- Code developments: vintage vs new codes
- Girth welds: inspection and assessment
- Crack-arrest capabilities
- Fatigue testing
- Routeing issues, third-party damage
- Coating properties, cathodic protection, corrosion
- Data management
- Risk management.
More information on the conference is available here.
You can view the full conference programme here.