Events

“Engineering Assessments: Shortcomings, Pitfalls and Practical Steps”

Presenter: John McIver, P.Eng., Senior Pipeline Engineer, AER

This presentation aims to communicate commonly seen shortcoming and pitfalls in submitted engineering assessments, and to provide practical steps to help shorten application turnaround times. A portion of the presentation will also clarify philosophy/intent and expectations for outcome-based engineering assessments. Finally, a short discussion on the requirements of EA’s with respect to a companies SLMS process: EA processes have a dramatic impact on conclusions reached, and how efficient and effective these systems can be.

Bio: John started in the ‘pipeline’ world in high school, maintaining a drinking water system at a Provincial Park. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in Materials Engineering in 2008. He moved to Calgary and started as an EIT with an engineering consulting firm, before moving to the upstream producer world. After another stretch consulting, he started in early 2022 as a member of the AER. John has volunteered at the Banff pipeline workshop for a number of years as a rapporteur and has attended CSA Z662 Technical Subcommittee meetings. His career primarily focused on upstream production assets, and he has written hundreds of engineering assessments and just as many in-line inspection assessment for multiple producers. Other work has included the creation of Safety and Loss Management Systems, and Risk Assessment models for producers for all sizes. Recent work includes work on hydrogen pipeline infrastructure, non-metallics, and other evolving regulatory concerns.

“Pipeline Internal Corrosion Challenges”

Presenter: Daryl Foley, P.L. (Eng.), President, Group 10 Engineering

A discussion on various operating environments (adapt to your environment). Why are new lines failing after only a few years using the same mitigation steps as we do with old lines that don’t. How can we address new pipelines from a mitigation standpoint. Some dos and don’ts with internal corrosion mitigation. Daryl Foley, P.L. (Eng.), Group 10 Engineering

Bio: Daryl is the owner and President of Group 10 Engineering. He has been a Corrosion and Materials specialist with over 35 years of experience in corrosion, asset Integrity, and process safety. He has a Professional Permit to Practice in Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC in the discipline of Materials Engineering and has multiple certifications including National Board (NB-23), API 510, In-Service Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspector Certification, API 570 and NACE Level III (Peer Review) Coating Inspector. As a NACE member for 30 years, his experience includes both domestic and international in areas including corrosion studies, material selection, cathodic protection, water chemistry, failure investigations, root cause investigations, integrity program development, audits, risk assessments, safety and loss management and expert witness. Daryl has worked in upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, with both pipelines and fixed process equipment. Roles include Corrosion and Materials Specialist, Chief Inspector, Supervisor of Corrosion and Materials, Process Safety Lead, and Engineering Manager. Daryl has been employed by companies such as Amoco Canada, BP Canada, Norcen Energy, Nexen Petroleum Yemen and Nexen Inc. working in plant and central engineering groups. Daryl has founded, chaired or is a current member of several industry organizations including NACE, CSA Z662, and IPEIA.

“3D Laser Scanning Asset Mapping to support Corrosion Control”

Presenter: Trevor Pasika, B.Sc., ALS, Senior Surveyor, Stantec

The Stantec Geospatial Team embraces the use of technologies including 3D laser scanning, RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) and remote-controlled hydrographic survey systems. Compared to traditional inspection planning, these technologies enable faster, safer and smarter methods for asset mapping and equipment CML tracking and are often supported by a maintenance budget. The spatial data is used in a virtual remote environment which lends further benefits for asset integrity including underground surveys for direct assessment and detecting pipe movement from subsidence. 3D Laser Scanning (3DLS) is the primary technology for field data verification, ensuring an accurate three-dimensional “as-built” of either a specific area or an entire site, and all observable components. Making informed decisions depends on reliable accurate information and data. 3DLS technology is being utilized day-to-day on design projects. Now operating companies are taking it one step further to maximize understanding of site conditions and increase collaboration in day-to-day operations and maintenance.

Bio: Trevor is one of Stantec’s senior surveyors who is very skilled in the use of the latest technology in our industry, including 3D Laser Scanning, Remote Controlled bathymetric data collection, Trimble’s Global Positioning Systems, Robotic Total Stations as well as the integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) on projects. Trevor has been working on 3D laser scanning projects since 2008 and is Stantec’s 3DLS lead for overseeing the implementation of 3DLS on key projects. Trevor works with our Stantec Digital Solutions (SDS) team providing support for geospatial and remote sensing integration of technology. His day to day involves applying leading edge technologies across our different business sectors in order to provide unique solutions to our clients. These services include VR, AR to walk through a project site and see true scale and depth or review design conflicts. The ability to digitally merge 3D models with laser scan data for dimensional verification has saved time and costs during the construction stage, verifying equipment and module fitments before shipping to site. His work with Stantec’s Practice Technology group involves regularly testing out and assessing new hardware and software solutions for laser scanning collection.

“Industry Best Practices for Evaluating Efficacy of Corrosion Inhibitors Used in the Oil and Gas Industry”

Presenter: Trevor Place, P.Eng., Pipeline Integrity Corrosion Specialist, Enbridge Pipelines

This presentation will provide an overview of various properties influencing efficacy of corrosion inhibitors including transportability, efficiency, availability, and secondary inhibitor properties (TEAS); highlight various standards available to evaluate these properties and status of implementation of these standards; identify the gaps in evaluating inhibitor efficacy, and elaborate an industry effort underway to fill the gaps and to develop standard test methods to evaluate corrosion inhibitors.

Bio: Mr. Place, P. Eng is the Senior Engineer Specialist at Enbridge Pipelines. He has 30+ years of sustained efforts and long contributions in transforming scientific research into practical engineering application and in educating professionals, policy makers, and public on the importance of corrosion control – especially on crude oil corrosivity, underdeposit corrosion, corrosion management, and internal corrosion direct assessment of liquids pipelines. His specific roles at Enbridge include:

• Development and maintenance of processes to identify, mitigate and manage internal pipeline corrosion on Enbridge mainlines
• Development and support of internal corrosion monitoring programs
• Represent Enbridge on various industry associations and workgroups; sponsor and foster technical research and developments in the area of managing internal pipe corrosion on transmission pipelines

“MIC Management (View from one Canadian Oil and Gas Upstream Operator)”

Presenter: Daniel Mora, AScT., Staff Asset Integrity Coordinator, Murphy Oil

The presentation will provide an overview of MIC Management and the tools available for smaller oil and gas upstream Canadian operators. The presentation will start by providing the most common technical definitions found on a MIC management program, as per AMPP and MIC industry academics. Following the review of definitions, the next section elaborates on the importance of a MIC management program and it will bring to the discussion of the group, the “no one program fits all, in regards on MIC management”. The next sections, will review MIC monitoring and mitigation common practices/tools for upstream operations and their challenges. The presentation will finalize with the review of several oil and gas upstream scenarios where MIC management programs were applied to resolve integrity concerns.

Bio: Daniel Mora is the Asset Integrity Coordinator of the Murphy Oil Canadian Business Unit and reports to the Asset Integrity and Reliability Global Manager in Houston. Daniel graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology as a Petroleum Technologist in 2005 and he is a member of ASTTBC, as an Applied Science Certified Technologist. In addition to Daniel post-secondary and industry training, Daniel has a total of 16 years of Upstream Chemical and Asset Integrity field experience, 11 years as an Asset Integrity professional and 5 years as a chemical service provider, mostly in NEBC.

In the chemical service industry, Daniel was responsible for providing MIC technical field support (water sampling, MIC testing, corrosion failure investigations and routine program health checks to review MIC management systems) for upstream oil and gas operations, integrity and engineering personnel. As an Asset Integrity professional for the last 11 years, Daniel responsibilities includes working together with service providers, industry peers, regulators and researchers to ensure that MIC management programs are planned, executed and monitored in accordance to best industries practices.

Specifically in the last 5 years, Daniel has partnered in various MIC field research projects with provincial regulators and academics, to gather data and share information on acceptable MIC monitoring practices and challenges. Daniel upstream field MIC experience brings a different view for this type of research projects; where lab conditions under control parameters may not always align with on-lease upstream applications.