ASME B31.8 is the most widely used Code for the design, operation, maintenance, and repair of natural gas distribution and transmission pipelines. This course explains the present-day piping Code provisions, the principal intentions of the Code, and how the Code should be used. The emphasis is on transmission pipelines.
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
- Explain the causes and modes of pipeline failure
- Describe the considerations for material specifications, pipe manufacturing, and pipe joining
- Estimate pipeline stresses from external loadings
- Explain how to evaluate pipeline defects
- Identify pipeline repair techniques
- Identify the elements of pipeline integrity
- Explain how code requirements address these issues
- Explain the differences between B31.8 and US DOT gas pipeline regulations
Introduction
- Piping Systems Definitions
- Piping Systems Component Definitions
- Design, Fabrication, Operation, and Testing Terms and Definitions
- Quality Assurance
Materials and Equipment
- Materials and Equipment
- Qualification of Materials and Equipment
- Materials for Use in Low Temperature Applications
- Marking & Material Specifications
- Equipment Specifications
- Transportation of Line Pipe
- Conditions for the Reuse of Pipe
Welding
- Introduction to Welding, Preparation for Welding
- Qualification of Procedures and Welders
- Preheating, Stress Relieving
- Weld Inspection Requirements
- Repair or Removal of Defective Welds
Piping System Components and Fabrication Details
- Piping System Components and Fabrication Details
- Piping System Components
- Expansion and Flexibility
- Design for Longitudinal Stress
- Supports and Anchorage for Exposed Piping
- Anchorage for Buried Piping
- Design, Installation, and Testing
Design, Installation, and Testing
- Steel Pipe Other Materials, Compressor Stations
- Pipe-Type and Bottle-Type Holders
- Control and Limiting of Gas Pressure
- Valves & Vaults Customers Meters and Regulators
- Gas Service Lines
Operating and Maintenance Procedures
- Operating and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the
- Safety of Gas Transmission and Distribution Facilities
- Pipeline Maintenance
- Distribution Piping Maintenance
- Pipeline Service Conversions
Corrosion Control
- Principles of Corrosion Control
- External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipelines
- Cathodic Protection Criteria
- Operation and Maintenance of Cathodic Protection Systems
- Internal Corrosion Control
- Steel Pipelines in Arctic Environments
- Steel Pipelines in High-Temperature Service
- Stress Corrosion and Other Phenomena
- Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, Ductile Iron, and Other Metallic
Offshore Gas Transmission
- Offshore Gas Transmission
- Offshore Gas Transmission Terms and Definitions
- Qualification of Materials and Equipment
- Material Specifications
- Conditions for the Reuse and Requalification of Pipe
- Welding Offshore Pipelines
- Stress Relieving
- Inspection of Welds
- Piping System Components and Fabrication
- Design, Installation, and Testing
- Operating and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the Safety of Gas Transmission Facilities
- Pipeline Maintenance
- Corrosion Control of Offshore Pipelines
- External Corrosion Control
- Cathodic Protection Criteria
- Internal Corrosion Control
Sour Gas Service
- Sour Gas Service, Material Specifications
- Welding Sour Gas Pipelines Preparation for Welding
- Qualification of Procedures and Welders
- Preheating, Stress Relieving
- Welding and Inspection Tests
- Piping System Components Design and Fabrication Details
- Testing Sour Gas Pipelines
- Pipeline Maintenance
- Corrosion Control of Sour Gas Pipelines
- External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipelines
- Internal Corrosion Control
- Stress Corrosion and Other Phenomena
Engineers; Code compliance personnel; Operation and Maintenance Personnel; Regulatory Personnel