An Industry Consensus Standard for Pipeline Personnel Qualification: ASME B31Q

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daron Moore ◽  
Bernd J. Selig
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Process Industry ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Reliable Operation ◽  
Consensus Standard ◽  
Pipeline Safety ◽  
The U.S

The pipeline industry and its regulators have been collectively working on the qualification of pipeline personnel for more than 20 years. The U.S. Pipeline Safety Act of ’02 required the U.S. Office of Pipeline Safety of the Department of Transportation to develop standards (protocols) for Operator Qualification to properly inspect pipeline companies’ Operator Qualification programs. During the first half of 2003, OPS developed protocols as inspection standards for use by OPS field inspectors to audit existing OQ programs that must conform to existing regulations. The pipeline industry supported the development of the protocols. During this process, industry and the regulators developed a longer term strategy for Operator Qualification that would resolve outstanding issues that had not yet been resolved. The strategy will be described in this presentation. Part of that strategy included the development, on an expedited basis, of an industry consensus standard for Operator Qualification. ASME agreed to sponsor and develop this standard. This paper will discuss ASME B31Q – Pipeline Personnel Qualification, its development process, issues the team had to address and how they resolved these issues. It will describe the major elements of the standard. The path the industry and the regulator are taking to address personnel qualification to ensure safe, reliable operation of gas and liquid pipelines will be described. B31Q development started in August of 2003 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2004. The latest update on the standard and its implementation will be presented at the Conference.

A RISK-BASED DRILL CANDIDATE SELECTION SYSTEM FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY1

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 (2) ◽  
pp. 1147-1151
Author(s):  
John Chang ◽  
James S. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Professional Judgment ◽  
Selection System ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Pipeline Safety ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), U.S. Department of Transportation plans and conducts about 20 government-led tabletop exercises and two area exercises annually under its Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) drill program. Until recently, one of the main objectives in the drill candidate selection process each year was to select a mixture of operators whose pipeline facility spill response plans represented the range of plans required under the agency's OPA 90 regulation. The annual list of drill candidates represented large to small operators transporting crude oil and refined products in various regions of the country. While this approach has worked well, OPS wanted to ensure that the selection process was not inadvertently missing operators whose pipeline facility spills pose the greatest threats to safety and the environment. As a result, OPS developed a quantitative-based process to identify drill candidates. The process uses weighted factors, including input from the Regional Pipeline Safety Offices combined with professional judgment to produce a risk-based approach to help OPS select the operators to drill.

Status of U.S. In-Line Inspection Standards

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryce Brown ◽  
David Culbertson ◽  
Bryan Melan ◽  
Jerry Rau ◽  
Bernie Selig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Primary Method ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Inspection Systems ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Management Effort ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
Pipeline Safety ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. gas and liquid pipeline industry and its regulators have been working to improve pipeline safety and integrity through a pipeline integrity management effort since 1999. The Office of Pipeline Safety of the U.S. Department of Transportation issued integrity management regulations for liquid pipelines in 2001 and issued similar regulations for gas pipelines at the end of 2003. The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), also issued regulations for Operator Qualification in 1999 requiring personnel that perform certain tasks to be qualified to perform those tasks. The Integrity Management Programs require extensive inspections of pipelines and the primary method for these inspections is of course In-Line Inspection (ILI). These inspections are critical to the safety and integrity of pipelines and the requriements are reflected in ASME B31.8S Integrity Management for Gas Pipelines. However, neither the inspection systems nor the personnel operating the systems and analyzing and reducing the data have to be qualified under existing standards or regulations. Industry and the Regulators agreed to embark on the development of consensus standards that would address the qualifications of both the ILI Systems and the ILI Personnel that run the systems and evaluate the inspection data. This paper describes the 3 standards that have been developed to obtain “qualified” In-Line Inspection results: API 1163: In-Line Inspection Systems Qualification; ASNT ILI-PQ-2003: In-Line Inspection Personnel Qualification; NACE RP0102-2002: Standard Recommended Practice, In-Line Inspection of Pipelines. The interrelationship of the 3 standards and how to utilize them will be discussed. (See figure 1). The latest changes to the standards and their acceptance by industry will also be described.

scholarly journals A NEW CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS TECHNOLOGY IN PROCESS INDUSTRY: A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE "PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS" INTO A FORMAL WORK PROCESS?

2000 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 319-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS LAGER
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Process Industry ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Further Development ◽  
A Company

In an exploratory survey to R&D managers in different sectors of European Process Industry, the importance and present use of a formal work process for process development has been studied. A new conceptual three-phase model for the "process development process", including the identification of production needs, process development and transfer of results to production, was also tested. The results show that only 44% of the companies in the study presently use a formal work process for process development, but the need for such a process is considered to be high. Good support was given for the new conceptual model as a starting point for further development of a company-specific "process development process".

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Workplace Testing Program

2007 ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Kenneth Edgell
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Testing Program ◽  
The U.S

Composite Sleeve Repair in the North American Regulatory Environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Ortiz ◽  
Dan Jungwirth ◽  
Yashar Behnamian ◽  
Hossein Jiryaei Sharahi
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Stress ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
The North ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
American Society ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Composite sleeve repairs have been used in the pipeline industry for the last 25+ years. Fiberglass sleeves (e.g., Clock Spring®) were initially introduced in the market and are still being used as a proven pipeline repair method. For the last 15+ years, new composite materials have been introduced in the industry to provide a wider variety of repair options depending on the type of imperfections being repaired. Regulations in the U.S.A. and Canada share some requirements regarding design, installation, testing, and assessment of composite sleeve repairs. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recommends the use of repair methods consistent with industry standards. The 2019 version of the Canadian CSA Z662 Oil and Gas Pipeline Standard includes requirements for testing and qualification according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) regulation PCC-2 or ISO/TS 24817, and requirements for conducting an engineering assessment to determine the subsequent maximum stress on the pipe sleeve. This paper compares the regulatory requirements for pipeline composite sleeve repairs in the U.S.A. and Canada; it describes some of the options for composite sleeve repair, and reviews engineering assessments of methodologies for composite sleeve repair.

DETERMINANTS OF AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROCESS INDUSTRY

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 237-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIANA CHRONÉER ◽  
KRISTINA LAURELL-STENLUND
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Process Industry ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Effective Product ◽  
Innovation Type

Organisation and management of the product development process have been an issue in both academia and industry for over three decades. The literature on product development is growing, but Process Industry is often lacking in these discussions. Therefore, this paper focuses on linking the determinants of an effective product development process to Process Industry and the implication this may have on a traditionally very process-oriented industry by nature. Further, the paper organises the burgeoning product development literature into three main determinants: innovation type, technology strategy and organisational aspect. The selection of determinants to the conceptual framework, adjusting for Process Industry origins in previous written research material and our own empirical work of product development in Process Industry, is briefly presented at the beginning of the paper. Our literature review focuses on the product development process and builds the framework of our conceptual model detailing the elements of intra- and inter-firm processes in the product development process of the Process Industry. Our purpose is to give an increased understanding of the changed innovation pattern in Process Industry and its implication on activities concerning organisation and management of the product development process.

Accessible In-Flight Entertainment Systems for Blind and Deaf Passengers

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Caesar Eghtesadi ◽  
Larry Goldberg ◽  
Bradley Botkin ◽  
Trisha O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Audio Description ◽  
Sensory Disabilities ◽  
Audio Information ◽  
The U.S

This article describes the development of a prototype accessible in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for people with sensory disabilities. For passengers who are deaf or hard of hearing, the system provides access to content through user-selectable caption display of audio information. Those who are blind or have low vision can find content via talking menus and audio description of key visual content. Findings support the feasibility of project solutions and informed development of recommendations for accessible designs within industry IFE standards. Results are under review by the U.S. Department of Transportation in support of a proposed supplemental rulemaking on requirements for accessible IFE systems.

Multicharacteristic Performance-Related Specification for Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement: Complete Development Process

2003 ◽  
Vol 1861 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Weed
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Hot Mix Asphalt ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Air Voids ◽  
Complete Development ◽  
Multiple Quality Characteristics ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Sufficient Detail

At a time when there is great interest in developing performance-related specifications incorporating multiple quality characteristics and several highly complex approaches are under development, it is questioned whether these procedures will be capable of providing the degree of practicality and ease of application sought by most practitioners. Alternatively, it is claimed that there is a simple, straightforward procedure that is suitable for most practical purposes. The components of this procedure have been successfully applied by the New Jersey Department of Transportation over a period of many years, and it is argued that additional complexity is rarely necessary or beneficial. An example is presented illustrating how readily obtainable data can be used, first to develop the performance model and then to develop the acceptance procedure for a specification for in-place air voids, thickness, and smoothness of hot-mix asphalt pavement. The example is presented in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ease with which this procedure can be learned and applied by individuals with only a basic background in engineering mathematics.

scholarly journals Working with International Students in the U.S. and Beyond: A Summary of Survey Research by NCDA International Student Services Committee

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1053-1061
Author(s):  
Elif Balin ◽  
Nicole M. Anderson ◽  
Satomi Y. Chudasama ◽  
Sutha K. Kanagasingam ◽  
Lily Zhang
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Student Services ◽  
International Student ◽  
Development Process ◽  
College Experience ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
The U.S

The career development process is one of the most important aspects of the international student experience. Providing comprehensive and culturally competent services requires institutional efforts that utilize best practices developmentally throughout the college experience and beyond. This article is based on the work of the International Student Services Committee of the National Career Development Association, especially the surveys conducted with international students, career development professional and employers. The authors focus on three major themes from the surveys: knowledge about work authorization options, impact of cultural differences on job search, and specialized career services for international students. Discussing these major themes, the authors report on best practices and future implications for supporting international student career development in the U.S. and beyond.

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