List of Recent Projects
Pipeline Integrity Management
1. Technical audit of 1000km liquids and gas pipeline
network in Malaysia, covering Safety Management
System, O&M procedures and their application.
2. Technical audit of £300 million onshore/offshore transmission
project in Ireland by benchmarking against industry
practice and covering design and technical specification, inspection
arrangements, construction, commissioning and records.
3. Uprating > 1500 km of gas pipelines in the United Kingdom
and Ireland – Project Management, Engineering
Management, Strategy and Methodology Development and Specialist
Integrity/Fitness for Purpose Assessments.
4. Uprating of US gas transmission pipeline (feasibility study).
5. Development of technical strategy to permit uprating of non-piggable
pipelines.
6. Technical audit of Operation and Maintenance activities in
Ireland by benchmarking against industry practice
and covering Emergency Arrangements, Inspection and Surveillance
activities, Pressure Affirmation and O&M records.
7. Drafting of procedures to permit the assessment of approved
suppliers for various products and services.
8. Development of a damage assessment manual.
9. Pipeline Regulatory compliance audits
10. Competent Person Service to a UK Pipeline Operator.
11. Provision of Certificates of Fitness for 800kms of new pipelines
and associated installations.
12. Review and assessment of existing pipeline information management
and associated pipeline integrity
management systems for a pipeline operator in South Africa.
13. Development of a Pipeline Integrity Management System for
a UK Pipeline Operator.
Integrity of Pipework and Equipment
1. Development of revalidation strategy for Compressor
Stations and other installations.
2. Provision of project feasibility service, identification and
evaluation of options for plant/equipment replacements/upgrades/revalidation.
3. Development of materials and equipment revalidation procedure
for continued operation.
4. Assessment and justification of fitness for purpose of existing
pipework components identified by stress analysis
to be above code allowable.
5. Development of a validation strategy for existing station
underground pipework without the need for retesting.
6. Revalidation of LNG Storage vessel – technical justification
and on site retesting.
7. Fatigue Assessment of a high pressure liquid pipeline for
a UK Pipeline Operator.
8. Review and assessment of engineering requirements for split
tee components.
Risk Analysis (Business / Project, QRA and Environmental)
1. Specialist technical support to a due diligence assessment
associated with the purchase of gas networks.
2. Leading representative for a Pipeline Operator Association
in the development of code supplements (IGE/TD/1
and PD8010) relating to the application of QRA to pipelines.
3. QRAs of gas pipelines in India.
4. QRA of liquid pipeline for a UK Pipeline Operator.
5. Environmental risk assessment of a liquid pipeline for a UK
Pipeline Operator.
6. Semi-quantified risk and integrity assessment studies for
gas and liquid pipelines.
7. Project risk assessment and risk register (technical, financial,
delivery to time and quality).
8. Liaison and negotiation with a safety regulator on the development
and application of risk analysis in respect to
high pressure gas pipelines.
9. Involvement with Pipeline Operator Association (UKOPA) in
developing risk based methodology for assessment
of land use planning cases.
10. Gas holder risk assessment – assessment of risk of falling
objects causing injury.
Competency Assessment and Training
1. Development of competency framework for a Pipeline
Operator Association.
2. Delivery of transmission courses to operational personnel
covering pipeline risk assessment, pipeline damage
assessment and management, pipeline operations and pipeline
engineering.
Emergency Planning
1. Development of an Emergency Planning Framework for
a high pressure pipeline in Georgia and Azerbaijan.
2. Direction and contribution to development of an Approved Code
of Practice for a Pipeline Operator Association.