Preliminary Conference Program

Monday 10 December 2007

15:00 OPENING CEREMONY

15:15 OPENING KEYNOTE

H.E. Dr Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza
Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs and Chairman of National Oil & Gas Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain

WELCOME KEYNOTES

Dr Mustafa Alsayed, Chief Executive, BAPCO

Mr Amer Al Sulaim, Executive Director of Industrial Services, Saudi Aramco


Tuesday 11 December


Session 1 - Managing Pipeline Integrity


Chair: Warren True, Chief Technology Editor - LNG/Processing, Oil & Gas Journal, USA

09:00 Welcome
Warren True, Chief Technology Editor - LNG/Processing, Oil & Gas Journal, USA

09:10 Inspection of Existing Pipeline Systems Including Upgrade to State-of-the-Art
Markus Rieder, ILF Consulting Engineers, Germany

09:50 Identification, Quantification and Defect Assessment Found in NGL Pipelines
Fernando Vicente & Eduardo Risso
ABB Full Service®, Argentina

10:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:10 Total Pipeline Integrity Management System – PETRONAS Gas Berhad’s World Class Practices
Mohd Nazmi bin Mohd Ali Napiah & Mohd Nazir bin Mohd Nor
PETRONAS Gas Berhad, Malaysia

11:50 Managing Integrity of PDO Main Oil Lines - Challenges, Nabeel Ruwaidi, PDO, Oman

12:30 LUNCH HOSTED BY:
Session 2 - Evaluating Pipeline Integrity

Chair: Dr Konrad Reber, TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH, Germany

14:00 Benchmarking on Pipeline Integrity Management System – A PETRONAS Gas Berhad’s Experience
Mohd Nazmi bin Mohd Ali Napiah & Md Aidi bin Rais
PETRONAS Gas Berhad, Malaysia

14:40 Metal Loss Defect Assessment in Heated Pipeline:
A RPA-LLC Methodology Case Study
E.S.M. Nicoletti & A.G. Souza
Petrobras Transporte S.A., Brazil

15:10 REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:40 'See through the Earth Technology' for Pipeline Integrity Inspection
Svetlana Kamaeva, Transkor-K, Russia and Paul Jarram, Hitech Engineering Materials and Systems Ltd, UK

16:20 New Multi-Technology In-Line Inspection Tool for the Quantitative Wall Thickness Measurement of Gas Pipelines
A. Barbian, M. Beller, H. Willems, NDT Systems & Services AG, Stutensee, Germany & F . Niese, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany

17:00 End of Day One
Wednesday 12 December
Session 3 - Pipeline Operation Problems

Chair: Dr Michael Beller, Global Marketing Manager, NDT Systems & Services, Germany


09:00 The Hydration Phenomena in the BGT-1 Pipeline
Misfer Al-Otaibi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

09:40 Effects of Black Powder on Pipeline Integrity and Operations
Abdelmounam Sherik, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

10:20 REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00 Application of Integrated Wireless Nano Sensors in Oil Pipeline Integrity Monitoring
Bonny B. N. Umeadi, School of Architecture & Construction, University of Greenwich, UK
Dr K. G. Jones
Pablo Genta, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

11:40 Forecasting Failure Models for Pipelines through Neutron Diffraction-Based Stress Assessment Tools
Massimo Rogante, Rogante Engineering Office, NDT, Italy

12:20 LUNCH HOSTED BY:

Session 4 - Cleaning and Coating of Pipelines During Rehabilitation

Chair: MuhammadAli Trabulsi, General Manager, Pipelines Dept., Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

13:40 Rehabilitating Large Diameter Gas and Oil Pipelines in a Plant Installation
Igor Alexeevich Kramarenko, Kubangazificatia, Russia
Irina Koroleva, Incal Pipeline Rehabilitation, Inc., Germany

14:20 Pipeline Debris, Short Term and Long Term Solutions
Laurence Abney, Halliburton AS, Norway
Allan Browne, Halliburton, UK

15:00 Refreshment Break

15:30 Application of In-Situ Coating for Internal Carbon Steel Pipelines in Saudi Aramco

Bakr. S. Hammad, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Ali Mohamed El Kordi, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), United Arab Emirates

16:10 MAIN OIL LINES (MOLs) COATING REHABILITATION:
Selection of Coating System to Enhance MOLs Integrity
Mahmoud El Al fy, Ibrahim Washash
Abu Dhabi Company for Offshore

17:00 End of Day Two

Thursday 13 December

Session 5 - Repairing Pipelines During Rehabilitation

Chair: Bader Al Dossary, Head Corrosion Engineer, BAPCO, Bahrain

09:00 Pipeline Repair Methods and Requirements (Case Study)
Nadhir I Al-Nasri, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

09:40 Repair Methods of Damaged Steel Pipes Applied in Slovak Transmission Gas Pipeline
P. Bernasovsk
Welding Research Institute, Slovakia
P. Simko
Slovak Gas Industry, Slovakia

10:20 Refreshment Break

11:00 Use of SmartPlugs to Isolate Operating Pipelines for Construction and Maintenance Activity
Mark Sim, TDW Offshore Services AS, Norway

11:40 Response for Recovering a 28” Gas Pipeline Damaged due to Debris Flow
Ruben Montano, Petrobras, Bolivia

12:20 LUNCH
Session 5A - Repairing Pipelines During Rehabilitation (Continued)

13:40 Predictive Maintenance through Smart Electrical Valve Actuators

14:20 Best Practice in Managing Stress Corrosion Cracking on Gas Pipelines
Pablo D. Genta, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Jaime P. Perez, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

15:00 Refreshment Break
Session 6 - Rehabilitation Process and Procedures

Chair: Sid Taylor, President, Incal Pipeline Rehabilitation Inc., USA

15:30 The Challenges of Designing and Installing High Pressure Gas Pipelines Through Inshore, Shallow Waters in Bahrain
David McGlone, BAPCO

16:10 Saudi Aramco Rehabilitation Strategy and Construction Best Practices
Abdullah M. Al- Ghamdi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Rami M. Al-Moaikel, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia

16:50 Closing Remarks

17:00 Close of Conference