Course Description

   (Objectives)           

• Latest techniques to determine the fitness-for-service of operating tanks, vessels, piping systems and pipelines; and make cost-effective run-repair-replace decisions based on the principles of API recommended practice 579 "Fitness-for-Service"
• Balanced approach between the fundamental technical principles of structural integrity, stress and fracture analysis, and their practical application to field conditions
• Provides the participants with the tools necessary to recognize and assess defects in pressure vessels, storage tanks and piping
• Presents and applies the fundamentals rules of the ASME code to operating equipment and systems
• Introduces the participants to the practical application of the ASME and API rules for structural integrity of static equipment and pipelines, and their use to assess remaining life
• Applies API/ASME 579 "Fitness-for-Service" through practical examples to analyze degraded conditions and make cost-effective repair or use-as-is decisions
• Applies the step-by-step 3-level approach of API/ASME 579 to evaluate inspection results and recognize potential failure modes
• Technical basis for reliability-based (risk-based) evaluation of remaining life
• Latest developments in defect assessment techniques, starting with simple rules (level 1) and progressing to the more comprehensive evaluation techniques (level 3)
• Participants will be able to evaluate the structural integrity of corroded or damaged equipment, and assess their remaining life. Degradation mechanisms include: brittle fracture, general metal loss, local wall thinning, pitting, blisters and laminations, mechanical defects (dents, gouges, misalignment, and distortion), crack-like flaws (stress corrosion cracking, weld flaws, crack-like defects), fatigue, and fire damage
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(Participants)           

This training programme is intended for technical professionals, supervisors and managers responsible for ensuring the integrity and cost-effective operation of in-service pressure equipment, storage tanks, piping and pipelines throughout their life cycle including design, operation, and maintenance in the petroleum, petrochemical, process and power industries:

• Plant engineers and designers, corrosion and materials engineers, project engineers
• Reliability and integrity supervisors and engineers including safeguarding/MOC engineers
• Inspection engineers and inspectors responsible for monitoring and assessing the condition of pressure equipment and piping systems
• Maintenance and operations supervisors and engineers responsible for shutdown planning and implementation, maintenance and repairs/alterations of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks, piping and pipelines