PIP 303
Pipeline Engineering and Operations
Pipeline Engineering and Operations
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIP 303 | 9-11 March 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| PIP 303 | 6-8 Dec 2026 | Doha | 2700 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
COURSE OVERVIEW
A pipeline is the most capital intensive and longest-lived asset in the O&G midstream sector. Unlike a process unit that can be modified or replaced in a turnaround, a pipeline buried under a seabed or a desert is essentially permanent which means that the decisions made during its design, and the practices applied during its operation, determine the safety and performance of the asset for decades.
This course addresses pipeline engineering and operations from the perspective of the professional who works with these systems: the engineer who needs to understand why a pipeline is designed the way it is, the operator who needs to understand what the hydraulics are telling them about system performance, and the integrity professional who needs to understand what corrosion and mechanical damage look like before they become failures.
The course covers the full pipeline lifecycle from a technical and operational standpoint: materials and design standards, hydraulics for both single phase and multiphase flow, construction and commissioning, pigging, integrity management, SCADA and leak detection, and emergency response. Flow assurance problems hydrates, wax, scale, slugging are introduced as operational context in this course and developed in full depth in the companion course Flow Assurance & Production Chemistry.
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Piping Material Class
o Hydraulics & Multiphase Flow
o The Piping Material Class as an Operational & Integrity Tool.
o Pipeline Hydraulics: Friction Losses, Pressure Profile & Compressor Station Sizing.
o Multiphase Flow Patterns & Their Operational Implications.
o Flow Assurance Context: Hydrates, Wax & Slugging Overview.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: Decode the terrain and operational constraints that are encoded inside Pipeline Kilo's design specification.
• Exercise 02: Determine whether Pipeline Kilo's compressor stations are correctly sized for both operating conditions or whether one of them is already at its limit.
• Exercise 03: Calculate the maximum throughput a gas pipeline can deliver under real pressure and temperature constraints.
• Exercise 04: Pinpoint exactly where liquid dropout will accumulate in Pipeline Kilo before it announces itself operationally.
Pipeline Kilo Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises draw from an onshore gas transmission system spanning 340 km with three compressor stations, used progressively across all three days.
Day 2: Construction and Pigging
o Pipeline Construction Techniques, Pre-commissioning & First Gas Introduction.
o Pipeline Pigging.
o Pipeline Integrity.
o SCADA, Leak Detection & Emergency Response.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 05: Determine what a dented gauging pig is telling you about a pipeline section before first gas goes in.
• Exercise 06: Rank MFL anomalies (Magnetic Flux Leakage) by real risk and decide which ones require immediate excavation before the next inspection cycle closes.
• Exercise 07: Determine whether a SCADA flow imbalance is a leak worth activating the emergency plan for or a meter that needs recalibration.
Day 3: Practical Workshop
o Morning Session: Diagnose three pipeline problems in isolation, a compression system that cannot meet a new throughput demand, a set of wall defects that need to be ranked by urgency, and a pressure drop that could be a leak.
o Afternoon Session: Build the integrated plan that keeps throughput flowing while simultaneously managing a hydraulic constraint, an integrity restriction, and an unresolved SCADA anomaly.
o Individual Quiz Assessment: 20 questions. Minimum passing score: 60%.
INSTRUCTOR
Petro Teach Instructor
The Instructor is a Petroleum Engineer, holds M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, and is Specialist Natural Gas Engineering. He has over 20 years of hands-on O&G industry experience spanning gas processing, crude treatment, production operations, and technical training across onshore and offshore environments in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
His operational background includes five years as OJT Instructor at production facilities in the Middle East, AGRU Package Leader roles, and extensive experience as Process Engineer across upstream and downstream O&G facilities.
Since 2015 he has been a Senior Lecturer on IFP Training’s international instructor roster, delivering advanced gas processing, thermodynamics, field processing, and operations training to engineers and operators across three continents.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
Engineers and operations professionals whose work involves pipeline systems:
o Pipeline Engineers and Facilities Engineers in midstream O&G environments
o Operations Engineers and Field Operators working with pipeline transport systems
o Integrity Engineers and Inspection Engineers with pipeline responsibilities
o Project Engineers involved in pipeline design, construction, or commissioning
o Technical Supervisors in pipeline operations and maintenance roles
o Engineers from process or upstream backgrounds transitioning to pipeline or midstream roles
Recommended experience: Minimum 3 years in an O&G production, processing, or facilities environment. Basic familiarity with fluid mechanics and process plant operations is assumed.
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
o Explain the design philosophy of O&G pipelines and describe the key standards, material grades, and coating systems used in onshore and offshore applications
o Calculate friction losses and pressure drop-in single-phase pipeline flow and explain how these calculations drive pump and compressor station design
o Identify the main multiphase flow regimes in O&G pipelines and explain their operational implications for system performance and integrity
o Describe the main pipeline laying techniques for onshore and offshore applications and explain the pre-commissioning and pigging sequence
o Apply pipeline integrity management principles: corrosion monitoring, cathodic protection, and inline inspection methodology
o Explain the function of SCADA systems and leak detection methods in pipeline operations
o Describe the pipeline emergency response framework and explain the role of isolation, depressurization, and repair in a pipeline incident
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