Webcasts

Sponsor: American Petroleum Institute (API)

Join the American Petroleum Institute (API) for this live webinar covering the third edition of API Recommended Practice 1162, Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators, published August 11, 2022. Webinar attendees will receive an overview of the document, a summary of the key changes from the previous to the current edition and an explanation of how those changes impact existing pipeline public awareness programs.

Sponsor: GPT Industries

Protecting your pipeline from corrosion isn't easy. There are numerous methods and solutions available, and each application has its unique challenges. In this webinar, we intend to navigate you through one such dilemma, Flange Isolation Kits or Monolithic joint?

Guiding you through the process of the correct solution selection right up through to post installation, using real world examples and insight from the industry experts on Isolation solutions.

In this webinar you will learn:

• Selection Criteria – How do I decide what will work best?
• Pros and Cons of FIKs vs. MIJs
• Current Trends in Isolation techniques and solutions
• Pre and Post installation practices for MIJ and FIK

Sponsor: STATS Group 

 Pipeline operators face challenges associated with eliminating methane emissions during intervention activities such as hot tapping and line isolation for mainline replacement and facility upgrades. This webinar will provide an understanding of how STATS BISEP® double block and bleed isolation technology, can be used to achieve a leak-tight and emission-less isolation. This approach allows operators to complete critical maintenance and repair activities safely without the need to flare or vent methane into the atmosphere.

A case study will be discussed highlighting the use of the BISEP and how it helped an operator to reduce methane emissions on a natural gas pipeline project and support the client to achieve their methane emissions reduction goal.

Sponsor: Flexim

Clamp-on meters have been around for over 40 years. As a result of improvements in the technology, the last 15 years have seen clamp-on meters working on a full range of gas applications. Many non-fiscal applications that were done by orifice, turbine, and ultrasonic spool meters are being done by clamp-on meters. These meters are cost effective, easy to install, and are proving to be very reliable and accurate. Flexim will give an overview of the technology, show laboratory & field results, and a range of applications where clamp-on meters are being applied.  

Sponsor: ESRI

Gas and pipeline organizations worldwide are improving their workflows by providing field users with geographic information system capabilities to view pipe system data, complete inspections, trace flow, and document new construction. During this presentation, Esri will show examples of how gas and pipeline organizations are using mainstream smart phone and tablet mobile applications to perform a range of workflows, such as exposed pipe inspections, gas outage, and documentation of new pipe construction.

Sponsor: AspenTech 

For pipeline operators, unexpected outages can add a significant financial impact to an already strained supply chain along with environmental, health and safety risks. It’s more crucial than ever to ensure high asset reliability to help meet market demands and sustainability goals. AI-powered predictive maintenance solutions provide early and accurate warnings of potential failures to address this critical challenge.

Join experts from OCP Ecuador and AspenTech, to learn how Aspen Mtell^® prescriptive maintenance enables OCP Ecuador to:

• Gain advance warning of 20 days or more for enhanced maintenance planning
• Improve process safety and reduce maintenance costs by 25% per year
• Generate a 3x return on initial investment in less than five months

Watch this on-demand webinar to find out how OCP Ecuador protects assets, avoids unplanned downtime and accelerates their digital journey.

Sponsor: Siemens

Medium voltage drives are often exposed to extreme stresses that can cause wear and tear over their lifetime. Without regular maintenance, damage often goes undetected until an equipment failure. Learn more about addressing these challenges with innovative condition-based monitoring to ensure unparalleled reliability, availability and enhanced maintenance. Take a look at the technology based on feedback obtained from real-time sensors that are integrated into the drive system. Some of the conditions monitored by these integral sensors include, but are not limited to:

• Ambient temperature
• Humidity
• Presence of chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, among others
• IR sensors to detect hot spots for customer connections

All of these factors impact the life and performance of medium voltage drive equipment. This unique approach to VFD design allows users to identify potential failures early, prioritize their maintenance and maximize plant uptime by extending equipment life and performance.

The continued growth in oil and gas pipelines, both onshore and offshore, flies in the face of the global push to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and embrace renewables. As we transition towards net-zero, why is there still a need, even for the mega-project?

Global Energy Infrastructure pipeline expert Kevin Fuller teams up with Michael Reed, editor of Pipeline & Gas Journal to discuss the deeper impacts of the last few decades, analyse some recent trends and demonstrate how Global Energy Infrastructure’s database will provide you with the data you need to succeed in the field.
 

Some of the topics to be discussed include:

• Regional Impact – Update and challenges for new oil and gas projects. Who are the big winners and losers as we survey new Oil & Gas projects across the world?​​​​​​
• Security of supply – The impact of the Ukraine/Russian War for Europe and the World? What does the post-war situation look like in the region?
• The European Hydrogen Backbone – Repurposing the gas network. What are the key issues and challenges?

We will also discuss some upcoming pipeline projects from around the world and ask whether the current situation changes our thinking about them:

• EastMed pipeline
• Power of Siberia II
• EACOP projects