ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems

What are the Goals?

The aim of this comprehensive training course is to provide the delegates knowledge and skills about the ASME B31.8 gas transportation pipeline:

• Identify the design stress and calculate the pipe wall thickness
• General Criteria for Piping Components which includes branches, flanges, valves, reducers and Closures
• Explain the Materials — General Requirements, acceptance and limitation
• Gain more information about the Construction, Welding, and Assembly of gas pipelines
• Identify the required inspection and testing of the pipelines
• Receive the enough information about the Operation and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the Safety of the gas transportation Piping Systems
• Focusing and learning on the internal and external corrosion monitoring, control and cathode protection
• Explain the Offshore Liquid Pipeline Systems related design construction inspection and testing and Sour Gas Service

Who is this Training Course for?

Furthermore, the training course will greatly benefit;

• Gas Pipeline Engineers, Gas Facilities Engineers
• Project Managers, Pipeline Designers
• Inspection Engineers, Operations and Maintenance Personnel
• QA/QC reliability departments for oil and gas (Petrochemical and Refining) operations
• Those interested in ASME B31.8 for gas pipeline transportation Systems

Daily Agenda

Day One

• Introduction and history of ASME codes
• Scope and Definitions
• Content, coverage and exclusions.
• Qualification of materials and equipment
• Conditions for the reuse of pipe
• Welding general Requirements
• Qualification of procedures and welders
• Preheat and stress relieving
• Piping System Components and Fabrication Details
• Thermal Expansion or Contraction of Piping Materials
• Supports and anchorage for exposed and buried piping

Day Two 

• Design, Installation, and Testing
• Location Classes for Design and Construction
• Steel Piping Systems, Design Requirements
• Design Factors (F) and Class Location
• Protection of Pipelines and Mains from Hazards
• Cover, Clearance, and Casing Requirements
• Installation of Steel Pipelines and Mains
• Testing After Construction
• Commissioning of Facilities
• Other piping systems requirements
• Compressor station design
• Pipe-type and bottle-type holders for Buried Steel Pipelines and Mains

Day Three

• Control and limiting of gas pressure
• Required Spacing of Valves
• Operating and maintenance procedures affecting the safety of gas transmission and distribution facilities
• Essential Features of the Emergency Plan
• Prevention of accidental ignition
• Distribution piping maintenance
• Compressor Station Maintenance
• Odorization
• Uprating
• Corrosion Control
• External corrosion control — buried pipelines 
• Coating and cathode protection requirements
• Special Considerations for High-Temperature Service

Day Four

• Offshore Gas Transmission
• Scope, intent, terms and definitions for offshore gas transmission
• Material specifications and conditions for the reuse and requalification of pipe
• Welding offshore pipelines Welding Procedure and Welding Process
• Inspection and Tests for Quality Control of Welds on Piping Systems
• Design, installation, and testing
• Loading classifications.
• Strength considerations
• Testing
• Pipeline maintenance
• Corrosion control of offshore pipelines
• External corrosion control and cathode protection

Day Five

• Sour Gas Service scope, intent terms and definitions
• Welding and inspection tests of sour gas pipelines
• Preheating and stress relieving
• Design, installation, and testing
• Pipeline maintenance
• Corrosion control of sour gas pipelines
• Location class and changes in number of buildings intended for human occupancy
• Review mandatory appendix K, M & N