9.10 Opening Address From The Chair

9.20 The Benefits Of Conducting A Maintenance Task Analysis

The New Zealand Refining Company is the country’s only oil refinery and the leading supplier of refined petroleum products to the New Zealand market, including petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and other products. The recent work undertaken by the New Zealand Refining Company has allowed them to cut down from 122 to 46 inspection points. This session will cover:

• Creating realistic goals and expectations for your MTA timelines and outcomes
• Determining the resource costs and benefits of conducting an MTA
• The benefits of conducting an MTA as a complement to your RCM process
• Evaluating results and enhancing your Maintenance Management System as a result

Peter Owbridge
Pipeline Controller
THE NEW ZEALAND REFINING COMPANY

10.10 Allowing Internal Inspection Whilst Continuing Product Transport

Nexus Energy Limited engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Australia. The company holds a portfolio of properties in two principal regions, including the Gippsland Basin, off the south east coast of Victoria; and the Browse Basin, off the northwest coast of Western Australia. This session will cover:

• Assessing the best internal inspection approach fi t for your assets
• Examining of operability issues during start up, shut down and the consequences of liquid slugs on process equipment
• Mechanical integrity of the system including the impacts of internal corrosion
• Preventative measures: knowing what to expect and minimise extensive damage or shutdown

*Final Content TBC

Charles Sim
Engineering & Development Manager
NEXUS ENERGY

11.00 Morning Tea

11.30 Identifying Pipeline Integrity Threats And Implementing An Approach To Prevent Damage

Abu Dhabi Co. For Onshore Oil Operations produces mainly from fi ve oil fi elds: - Asab, Bab, Bu Hasa, Sahil and Shah. These fi elds are linked by more than four hundred and fi fty kilometres of pipeline to storage and shipping facilities at the Jebel Dhanna oil terminal. A 126.5-km crude oil pipeline built from Bab to an oil refinery on Umm al-Nar island was completed in 2003 which replaced old oil and water pipelines. Mohamed will consider:

• Determining high consequence areas segments
• Recognising various threats including:
• Defective pipes
• Hydrogen induced damage
• Pipe seam defects
• Stress corrosion cracking (SCC)
• Performing a resource inventory of existing pipeline system data to support risk assessment
• The importance of manual management of data to ensure realistic and comprehensive analysis conclusions

Mohamed Daoud
Senior Quality Control Engineer
ABU DHABI CO. FOR ONSHORE OIL OPERATIONS

12.20 ROUNDTABLE: Optimising Service With The Right Tools By Establishing The Right Relationships To Maximising Your Supplier Markets

This roundtable is engineered to assist you in some of the biggest decision making processes you undertake that may have a profound impact on your organisation for years to come. The relationship that you have with your suppliers will dictate your cost benefit ratio, your satisfaction, the quality of service or product you receive and much more. So what are the biggest drivers when dealing with existing suppliers, seeking to change or discovering a new supplier altogether? In this roundtable session you will discuss;

• How do you determine what areas of your role requires resources from service or product solutions to improve or alleiviate issues?
• What solutions are best to assess conditions to discover the root cause of problems?
• Which are the most effective methodologies involved in measuring the extent of the damage to correctly direct further monitoring and repair?
• Outline the pipeline assessment tools currently available to oil and gas and weightheir costs and benefits
• Analyse which solutions will provide results that ensure effective rehabilitation of your pipelines

2.20 In-Conference Workshop: Comparing Corrosion Methodologies And Assessment Strategies Across The Oil And Gas Industry

Rationale:

Australia’s oil and gas pipeline infrastructure is ageing and this has a direct effect on the potential for asset failure. To keep oil and gas transmission pipelines safe, optimise their function and sustain their expected longevity, appropriate action must be taken to prevent corrosion of oil and gas pipeline assets. The ability to detect pipeline corrosion is integral for an operator or owner who must implement processes that determine and maintain the integrity of their pipelines. If corrosion is detected, you must be able to identify if this corrosion is compromising the integrity of the pipeline and to what extent. The selected assessment methods for corrosion defects have a fl ow on effect as they infl uence the approach you will implement on a pipeline with corrosion.

Learning Objectives:

• Expanding your understanding of the corrosion mechanism for oil and gas pipelines to make more informed decisions
• Ensuring timely identifi cation of threats common to your hydrocarbon and specifi c conditions
• Comparing coatings and cathodic protection prevention methods
• Reviewing the current fi eld verifi cations and defect assessments available
• Calculating the benefits and importance of best practice utilisation of captured data

About your Facilitator:

Mohamed Daoud
Senior Quality Control Engineer
ABU DHABI CO. FOR ONSHORE OIL OPERATIONS

5.20 Close Of Conference