POMME 2016 – programme – 25 February 2016
Tuesday 12 April
8:45
VIPs arrive
9:00
Opening plenary session
9:15
HE Dr Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Bahrain
9:25
Ahmad Al-Khowaiter, Chief Technology Officer, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
9:35
Mohammed Sultan Al-Qahtani, Pipelines Department General Manager, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
9:45
Mike Whelan, Director of Research, PRCI, USA
10:00
10:30
Exhibition opening ceremony
Coffee
Track A: Corrosion topics
Track C: Design topics
Track D: ILI topics
Track E: Operations’ topics
Chairman: Saad Al-Ahmari, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[D01] ILI for pipeline integrity: case
histories, by Dr Abdelmounam Sherik
(1), Thibault Villette (1), Mohsen AlNasser (2), and Joe Short (3)
1 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
2 Rosen Group, Saudi Arabia
3 MACAW Engineering, UK
[D02] EVO Series 1.0: the latest generation
of UT crack and corrosion tools for highspeed pipeline inspection, by Dr Thomas
Hennig, NDT Global GmbH & Co, Ireland,
and Girish Lokwani, NDT Global FZE,
UAE
[D03] Verification of ILI inspection results
with the use of auto-UT data, by Nishant
Sasi Philip, Derek Balmer, Steven
Farnie, Ian Murray, and Holly
Plummer, PII Pipeline Solutions, UK and
Qatar
Chairman: Dr Abdelmounam Sherik, Saudi
Aramco
[E01] Hydrotesting and ILI: now and the future,
by Jerry Rau, RCP Inc., USA and Dr Mike
Kirkwood, T.D. Williamson Inc., Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Chairman: Nauman Tehsin, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[D04] Guided wave examination of
pipelines, by Raymond Carswell, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[D05] Achieving critical assessments of
pipelines through accurate and reliable
inspection information, by Tony Andraos,
Andrew Caley, Martin Bluck, Jane
Dawson, and Jeff Sutherland, PII
Pipeline Solutions, Qatar
[D06] Inspection of loading lines and flow
lines equipped with three-way valves, by
Frank J Mueller and Mohammed
Jaarah, Rosen Group, UAE
Chairman: Jos Maat, A.Hak Industrial
Services Middle East, Abu Dhabi, UAE
[E04] Pipeline operations: innovative approaches
to preserve pipelines during low demand, by Ali S
Ibrahim, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[E05] SPS – a real-time leak-detection solution for
liquid or gas pipelines, by Fabien Treillaud,
DNV GL, France
Chairman: Nauman Tehsin, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Chairman: Jos Maat, A.Hak Industrial
Services Middle East, Abu Dhabi, UAE
11:00
Chairman: Fahad Al-Abeedi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
[A01] Defect matching of successive IP runs in
corroding steel pipelines, by Paul Herwig, r+k
Consulting Engineers, Netherlands
Chairman: Muhammad Sheikh, Saudi Aramco,
Saudi Arabia
[C01] Best practice of piping daylighting flyover
design, by Mosaed Al-Ghamdi, Terminal
Operations Dept, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia
11:30
[A02] Internal-corrosion monitoring program, by Rami
M Moaikel, Alaa Khairy, and Abdulrahman S
Qahtani, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[C02] Joint trench for pipelines and fibre-optic
cables design optimization, by Abdullah Al-Nufaii,
Khalid Al-Usail, and Dr Husain Al-Muslim,
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
12:00
12:30
13:30
[C03] Calculation of tsunami force acting on surface
gas pipeline facilities and countermeasures, by
Toshiya Tanaka, Toshiro Mayumi, and Yoshimi
Ono, JFE Engineering, Japan
[E03] Cybersecurity framework for industrial
control systems: plan, implement, and respond, by
Khalid Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Lunch
Chairman: Dr Husain Al-Muslim, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[C04] Standards for pipeline pigs, urethane, and
cleaning, by Doug Batzel, Batzel Consulting Inc,
USA, and Beate Altmann, Consultant, Norway
[C05] Pipeline trenchless laying technologies: Saudi
Aramco case study, by Abdulaziz A. Ajaji and
Abdulaziz N. Ababtain, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:45
[E02] A smart approach for operational pigging,
by Steve Mayo and Abdullah Al-Harbi,
Pipelines 2 Data, UK
[C06] Pipeline risk assessment methodology and
practice for upstream pipelines, by Mohammed AlHamaqi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[E06] An offshore pipeline gas leak investigation
and repair, by Mahmood Al-Ridy, Saudi Aramco,
Saudi Arabia
Coffee
Chairman: Dr Husain Al-Muslim, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
16:15
16:45
[C07] Existing buried pipeline crossings using
geogrids, by Diego D’Alberto, Agostino
Napolitano, Salvatore Morgante, and Gilberto
Latini, Saipem SpA, Italy
[CO8] Strain-based design of buried horizontal coldformed bends under high-temperature loading, by
Matthew Laing, Dr Andy Young, and Timothy
Turner, Penspen, UK
[D07] Inspection of CRA clad pipelines:
challenges and solutions, Johannes
Keuter and Mohammed Jaarah, Rosen
Group, Germany
[D08] Large stand-off magnetometry for
pipeline integrity assessments: an
industry-independent evaluation, by John
O’Brien, Chevron Corporation, USA
Chairman: Nishant Sasi Philip, PII Pipeline
Solutions, Qatar
[C09] Full-bore triple-eccentric valve – a new valve
technology for transmission pipelines
by Frank Wenig, Armacom Systems, Germany
Chairman: Yaser Al-Qahtani, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Track H: Integrity topics
[H01] Pipeline integrity management
system, by Rajesh Uprety, Oil Industry
Safety Directorate, India
[H02] Asset integrity management and life
extension of gas transmission pipeline
network and off-take stations, by Dr Abe
Nezamian, WorleyParsons Advisian, and
Peter Cox, WorleyParsons, Australia
[E07] Fibre-optic sensing: comprehensive pipelineintegrity monitoring, by Marco Rettig,
OptaSense, Dubai, UAE
[E08] Turnkey solutions for inspecting nonpiggable pipelines, by Jos Maat, A.Hak Industrial
Services Middle East, Abu Dhabi, UAE
End of day
Wednesday 13 April
9:00
Chairman: Shawn Laughlin, Clock Spring
Company, USA
Track F: Management topics
[F01] Mechanical completion punchlisting challenges:
practical project management solutions, by Michael
McGraw, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
9:30
[F02] Communicating precise locations is key for the
efficient management of pipeline operations, by Tim
Williams, What3Words, UK
[C10] A case study on achieving efficiencies in the
pipeline services industry in a low cost market
environment, by Chris Cloyde, Global Continuous
Improvement HT&P Operations, T.D. Williamson,
Inc., USA
10:00
10:45
Coffee
Chairman: Shawn Laughlin, Clock Spring
Company, USA
Track G: Cracks and SCC
[G01] Corrosion and cracking in steels: advanced
inspection applications for pipelines, by Mark Rosa,
Mohammad Abufour, and Yousef Al-Munif, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Chairman: Nishant Sasi Philip, PII Pipeline
Solutions, Qatar
[C11] The susceptibility of vertical imperfections to
upheaval buckling in high-temperature pipeline
design, by David Simpson, Timothy Turner, and
Dr Andy Young, Penspen, UK
Chairman: Nauman Tehsin, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[H03] PIMSyS - pipeline integrity
management from space, by Jan Ridder,
Orbital Eye BV, Netherlands
11:15
[G02] Piping crack failure investigation and repair
procedure at crude unit product line, Ras Tanura
Refinery, by Ameer Al-Zawad, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
[C12] Opportunities and challenges for optimization
of internal company pipeline standards: a case study
for design factor for liquid pipelines, by Dr Husain
Al-Muslim, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[H04] Advantages of smart pig XYZ
mapping on pipeline assessments, by Tod
Barker, T.D. Williamson, Inc., USA
11:45
[G03] Prediction models and condition monitoring
technologies to manage hydrogen induced cracking
growth, by Dr Abderrazak Traidia and Dr
Abdelmounam Sherik, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[C13] PIM software - a risk based planning
approach, by Lene Synnestvedt, DNV GL, Oslo,
Norway, and Dr Mustafa Dameh, DNV GL, Abu
Dhabi, UAE
[H05] S-S curve controlled high strain line
pipes are effective to ensure pipeline
integrity in harsh environments, by Dr
Nobuhisa Suzuki and Takekazu
Arekawa, JFE Steel Corporation, Tokyo,
Japan, and Andrei Arabey, Gazprom,
Moscow, Russia
12:15
Lunch
Chairman: Rajesh Aerat, IMG Composites,
UK
Track I: Offshore topics
[I01] Transportation fatigue assessment of doublejointed pipe, by Abdulkarim Rinawi (1),
Richard Keith (1), Walter Cimbali (2), Luigi
Vitali (2), Christian D’Angelo (2), Ala Sharif
(1), Khaleel Hussain (1), and Husain Muslim
(1)
1 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
2 Saipem, Italy
[I02] Integrity evaluation of a 70-yearold veteran
subsea pipeline, by Mushaid Nauman, Dr
Roger King, and Ali Alani, Penspen Integrity,
UAE, and Naim Dakwar, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
[I03] External corrosion management of offshore
pipelines - new IRM strategies and case histories,
by Jim Britton, Deepwater Corrosion Services,
Inc., USA
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:45
16:15
16:45
Chairman: Nader Al-Otaibi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
Chairman: Nishant Sasi Philip, PII Pipeline
Solutions, Qatar
Chairman: Muhammad Sheikh, Saudi
Aramco
Track J: Materials topics
[J01] Flexible reinforced thermoplastic
pipes: a flexible solution for oil and gas
pipeline problems, by Dr Bert Dalmolen
and Lennert Bakker, Soluforce,
Netherlands
Chairman: Rajesh Aerat, IMG Composites,
UK
[G04] Susceptibility of stress-corrosion cracking in
liquid and gas pipelines: Saudi Aramco study using a
statistical approach, by Abdulaziz N. Ababtain,
Nauman Tehsin, Dr Hussain Al-Muslim, and
Nader A. Al-Otaibi, Saudi Aramco, and Dr Tom
Bubenik, DNV GL-Oil & Gas, USA
[G05] Probabilistic assessment of EMAT and UTCD ILI
effectiveness for managing stress-corrosion cracking on
buried pipelines, by Nauman Tehsin, Abdulaziz AlSaif, Nader A. Al-Otaibi, and Abdulaziz N.
Ababtain, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia, and Dr Tom
Bubenik, DNV GL Oil & Gas, USA
[G06] Stress-corrosion cracking (SCC) integrity
management plan for onshore liquid and gas pipelines:
Saudi Aramco comprehensive study, by Nauman
Tehsin, Nader A. Al-Otaibi, and Abdulaziz N.
Ababtain, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia, and Dr Tom
Bubenik, DNV GL-Oil & Gas, USA
Coffee
Chairman: Dr Antonio Martinez Niembro,
Consultant, Spain
Track K: Coatings
[K01] The weathering effect on pipeline coating
performance in the Gulf area, by Nayf Rasheedi,
Sultan Mutairi, Anas Rushaid, Turki Khaldi, and
Abdullatif Abdulhadi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[K02] A one-layer, non-shielding coating system: simple
and fast to apply, by Nathan Muncaster, Polyguard
Products, Ennis, TX, USA
End of day
[C14] Methods employed to analyse development of
defects in oil pipelines and forecasting safe period of
pipeline operation, by Dr Pawel Raczynski and
Marceli Lewandowski, CDRiA Pipeline Services
Ltd, Warsaw, Poland
[C15] Practical root cause analysis, by Taimore
Afzal, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[J02] Material cost savings from pipeline
wall thickness optimization design case, by
Ahmad Saif, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[I05] Mechanical systems for offshore pipeline
repair in Saudi Aramco: a case study, by Riyadh
Alshiban and Shadid Al-Nutaifat, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[C16] Optimizing cost and scope by implementing
risk-mitigation measures and an integritymanagement process: a case study for a strategic
cross-country gas pipeline,
by Abdulatif Alabdulgader, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
[J03] Study of temperature effect on
toughness changes across thickness of the
line pipe steel by CVN and DWT tests, by
Syed Jainulaudeen, Dr Hamid Bayati,
and Yousuf Al-Ghandeer, SABIC
Technology Centre, Saudi Arabia
[I06] Acoustic determination of remote subsea
valve status, by David Russell, Karl Dawson,
Lucy Lingard, Pipeline Engineering, UK, and
Barry Lennox and Kassandra
Papadopoulou, University of Manchester, UK
Chairman: Muhammad Sheikh, Saudi
Aramco
[J04] The significance of material model on
upheaval buckling analyses, by David
Simpson, Andy Young, and Timothy
Turner, Penspen, UK
Chairman: Nigel Curson, Penspen, UK
[J05] Advanced NDT techniques utilized on
pipelines, by Raymond Carswell, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[I04] Risk-based strategy for the development of
an emergency-pipeline-repair system, by Ali
Alani, Penspen, UAE
Track M: Maintenance topics
[M01] Enhancing pipeline safety through proper
preventative maintenance of valves, by
Mohanned Tarabzouni, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
[M02] Case study: premature failures of new trap
isolation valves, by Mohanned Tarabzouni,
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Thursday 14 April
9:00
Chairman: Dr Antonio Martinez Niembro,
Consultant, Spain
[K03] Polyethylene pipeline coating: failure and
rehabilitation, Dr Mahmoud A. Dweib, Naim M.
Dakwar, Yahya T. Janabi, Ahmad H. Malki, and
Abduljalil. H. Al-Rasheed, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
9:30
[K04] Reliable pipe protection in thrust boring and in
challenging Sabkha environments: high-performance
polyurea coatings, by C. Wolken, H. RosenbleckSchmidt, M. Magerstädt, M. Jaarah, K. Ross, and
R. Altmeppen, Rosen Group, Switzerland, and Naim
Dakwar and Mana Mansour, Saudi Aramco, Saudi
Arabia
10:00
[K05] FBE-coated pipe storage and handling: a review
of risks, standards, and integrity, by Oscar Salazar,
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
10:30
11:00
12:00
14:00
Chairman: Saad Al-Ahmari, Saudi Aramco,
Saudi Arabia
Track L: Leak topics
[L01] Automated airborne oil leak detection for
pipelines, by Eric Bergeron, FlyScan Systems Inc.
/ National Optics Institute, Canada
Chairman: Naim Dakwar, Saudi
Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[J06] Composite solutions: 2016 and
beyond, by Donald Chapman and Stuart
Mckay, IMG Composites, UK
[L02] Wireless plug-in framework for legacy sensor
systems in oil and gas pipelines, by Ahmed AlMaghaslah, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
[J07] Considerations for repairing live
piping using engineered composite repair
systems, by Murali Kurup, Neptune
Research Inc., UAE
[L03] The new revolution in leak detection,
by Timothy G. Brown, Heath Consultants
Incorporated, USA
[J08] A plastic plate to protect buried
pipelines from third-party interference, by
Yannick Joubeaux and Alain Turion,
Overpipe, France
Coffee
Closing plenary session
11:15
Mohammed Sultan Al-Qahtani, Pipelines Department General Manager, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Lunch
Depart
Chairman: Nigel Curson, Penspen, UK
[M03] Maintenance pig design optimization for
cleaning a multiphase flow line, by Doug Batzel
(1), Heider Suarez (2), and Sergey Makarov (2)
1 Batzel Engineering, Inc., USA
2 Exxon Neftegas Ltd, Russia
[M04] A novel approach to the rehabilitation of
subsea hydrocarbon pipelines using highperformance Solef PVDF flexible Kevlarreinforced liners, by Jim Dymock, Anticorrosion
Protective Systems LLC, UAE, and Dr Roger
King, International Corrosion Services Ltd, UK
[M05] The future - monitoring and condition based
maintenance, by Salah Elkadiki, Saudi Arabian
Development Co Ltd, Saudi Arabia, and Simon
Jeeves, MRC Solberg & Andersen, Norway