A Quick Guide to Pipeline Engineering

<ul> <li>The Quick Guide Series</li> <li>Invitation to New Authors</li> <li>Preface</li> <li>Summary</li> <li>Chapter1: Principles of Pipeline Design <ul> <li>1.1 Effect on the environment</li> <li>1.2 Routing</li> <li>1.3 Approval and legal considerations</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 2: Design Approach <ul> <li>2.1 Factors that influence the length of a pipeline</li> <li>2.2 Choosing a wall thickness for the pipeline</li> <li>2.3 Choosing an appropriate material grade for the pipeline</li> <li>2.4 Toughness</li> <li>2.2 Operational pressure</li> <li>2.6 Temperature effects</li> <li>2.7 Surge</li> <li>2.8 Pipeline coating</li> <li>2.9 Pipeline protection</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 3: Pipeline Construction and Risk Assessment Techniques <ul> <li>3.1 Pipeline manufacturing methods</li> <li>3.2 Land preparation, excavation and pipe stringing</li> <li>3.3 Corrosion protection</li> <li>3.4 Pipeline codes and standards</li> <li>3.5 Risk assessment techniques</li> <li>3.6 Quantitative risk assessment</li> <li>3.7 Qualitative risk assessment</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 4: Pressure Testing and Commissioning <ul> <li>4.1 Pressure testing</li> <li>4.2 Commissioning</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 5: Pipeline Operation <ul> <li>5.1 Magnetic inspection</li> <li>5.2 Ultrasonic inspection</li> <li>5.3 Geometric tools</li> <li>5.4 In-service defects and corrosion mechanisms</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 6: Pipeline Maintenance <ul> <li>6.1 Assessment of internal and external corrosion features</li> <li>6.2 Assessing dents/profile distortions</li> <li>6.3 Significance of manufacturing and construction defects</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 7: Pipeline Condition Monitoring and Repair Methods <ul> <li>7.1 Pearson survey</li> <li>7.2 CIPPS survey</li> <li>7.3 DCVG survey</li> <li>7.4 Repair techniques</li></ul></li> <li>Chapter 8: Pipeline Decommissioning and Industry Developments <ul> <li>8.1 Pipeline decommissioning</li> <li>8.2 Pipeline industry developments</li></ul></li> <li>References</li> <li>Index</li></ul>