NDE Summit

PRCI hosted a Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Summit on October 11-12, 2022 at the Technology Development Center (TDC) in Houston, TX to improve the state of practice of pipeline non-destructive evaluation by providing an opportunity for the three pillars of the NDE triangle – equipment manufacturers, in-ditch service providers, and pipeline operator customers - to come together to discuss their successes, obstacles, and most importantly the opportunities for improvement.

This two day event built upon the 2019 PRCI NDE Day, which allowed PRCI to perform benchmarking with different technologies and their applications for different threats.

Competencies were further increased in:

IMPROVING THE STATE OF PRACTICE OF PIPELINE NDE

how we procure NDE services,

how NDT devices are manufactured to serve pipeline-specific needs,

how NDT equipment is calibrated to the pipe & anomalies of interest,

how we communicate between ILI vendors and NDE service providers,

how we record and communicate NDE data from the ditch to the desk, and

how we go about training and qualification of our service providers.

This continued collaboration leads to increasingly relevant and innovative solutions for continuous improvement to the safety and integrity of pipelines.

Representatives from equipment manufacturers, in-ditch service providers, and operators  shared their expertise as exhibitors.

SHARED EXPERTISE

  • Keys for successful NDE of hook cracks: PRCI Project NDE-4-12 project review

  • Operator/Original Equipment Manufacturer collaboration for field success - eddy current

  • Operator/Original Equipment Manufacturer collaboration for field success - phased array ultrasonics

  • Updates on X-ray computed tomography development

  • Human factors component to NDE

  • Teaching, training, and certification

  • Demonstrations of current technology

Members of the American Society for Non-Destructive Testing and the American Petroleum Institute as well as knowledge transfer experts performed assessments of knowledge transfer within the industry.

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