The hands-on course is relevant to all engineers and technical personnel involved in field pigging operations.
The course uses CTDUT’s 14 in diameter, 120 m long, water and nitrogen/air-driven test loop at the site. During the five days, the participants typically participate in up to nine different runs of various tools.
The syllabus includes both hands-on exercises using the test loop as well as classroom instruction, and full documentation.
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 performance
- Signalling and pig location
- Locating and reporting sample defects
- Site safety: procedures and performance
The content of the course has been developed jointly by Penspen, PipeWay, Clarion, and Tiratsoo Technical, a division of Great Southern Press.