Conference topics:

1. Project Management

Pipeline Projects and aspects of Cost, Schedule and Quality associated with them.

2. Design & Construction

System Planning (Hydraulics), Design, Survey, Logistics, Construction, Geotechnical, Quality Control and Quality Assurance, Testing, Commissioning, Pipelines, Coatings, Compressor and Pump Stations, Terminals, Pigging Facilities, Valves, Piping Stress Analysis, Change of Service, Abandonment

3. Environmental Issues

Socio-Economics, Community Involvement, Permitting Strategies, Reclamation, Mitigation, Abandonment, Land Issues, Emissions/Hydrotesting Fluids, Remediation, EIA, Cumulative Effects Assessment, Route Selection, Monitoring, Water Crossings

4. GIS/Database Development

Records Management, Case Studies, Database Design, Implementation, Satellite Imaging and Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Coordinate Systems, GPS Applications, Field and Inspection Data Management

5. Facilities Integrity

Tanks, Pumps, Compressor Stations, Yard Piping, Station Piping—This new session is all about managing the integrity of assets inside a fence and not on a pipeline right of way. Historically these assets have not been subject to the same type of scrutiny as pipeline assets but requirements are changing.

6. Pipeline Integrity Management

Cathodic Protection, Stress Corrosion Cracking, Mitigation, Defect Detection and Assessment, Repair, Risk Assessment, Materials Science, External and Internal Coatings, Internal Corrosion Control, Inhibitors, Managing Integrity, Engineering Critical Assessment, Mitigation, Direct Assessment, Inspection Tools (Internal and External) for Transmission and Production Pipelines, Assessment Technologies, Telluric Currents

7. Materials & Joining

Materials Design, Manufacture of Steel and Pipe, Alternative Materials, High Strength Pipe, Welding, Hot Tapping, Mechanical Joining, Non-Destructive Examination, Quality Control and Assurance, High Pressure Operations, Fracture Control, Properties of and Evaluation of Welds

8. Operations & Maintenance

Applications of Technology, Operating Experience, Preventative-Maintenance Techniques, Life-Cycle Engineering, Operating Equipment Optimization, Useful Life Extensions, Operating Cost Reductions, Vendor Alliances

9. Pipeline Automation & Measurement

SCADA, Communications, Automation, Control Devices, Instrumentation, Sensor Technology, Measurement and Metering, Hydraulic Simulations, Leak Detection, Operations, Simulation and Trainers

10. Risk & Reliability

Risk Assessment, Risk-Based Maintenance Planning, Failure Data Analysis and Failure Rate Estimation, Failure Consequence Modeling, Risk Tolerance Criteria, Pipeline Security

11. Standards & Regulations

Compliance, Code of Practice, Safety, Environment, Management Systems, Comparison of Standards, Abandonment Issues, Quality Assurance, Survey, Material Identification Systems, Regulatory Styles, Goal Based vs. Prescriptive Regulations

 

Abstracts should be send by email to :

papers@kuwaitpipelines.com