• Pipelines - system
• Pipeline project life cycle & planning
• Pipeline Construction
• Hydrotesting
• Hot Tapping and Stopple
• Pigging
• Block valves & black valve station facilities
• Corrosion Overview
• Operation, Inspection and Maintenance
• Pipeline Integrity Management
• Risk Based Inspection
• Fitness for Service Assessment

• Pipeline Operation
• Maintenance Engineer
• Facilities Engineer
• Facilities Operators

Day 1

• The need for pipelines
• Engineering required before designing an onshore pipeline
• Pipelines - system
• Pipelines - terminology
• Pipeline project life cycle & planning
• Review of pipeline systems
• Pipelines codes, standards and national regulations
• Pipeline components
• Pipeline engineering
• Pipeline design factors
• Pipeline design

Day 2

• Pipeline Construction
• Pump Station Safeguards
• General Material Requirements
• Sour Service Requirements
• Hydrotesting
• Pipeline repairs

Day 3

• Hot Tapping and Stopple
• Pigging
• The uses of pigs - general
• Pipeline pigging system (pigs, services, components
• Pipeline design factors
• Type of pigs: use and operation
• Smart pig types 

Day 4

• Block valves & black valve station facilities
• Overview
• Block valves
• Hydro Test Pipeline the First Non-Routine Activity
• Routine Operational /Maintenance Activities
• Corrosion Overview
• Fundamental of Corrosion
• Factors Influencing Oilfield Corrosion
• CO2 and H2S corrosion
• Corrosion inhibitor guidelines
• External corrosion
• Cathodic protection

Day 5

• Operation, Inspection and Maintenance
• Monitoring and Inspection of Coatings
• Determining the effectiveness of corrosion control
• Pipelines Safety Record
• Pipeline Integrity Management
• Risk Based Inspection
• Fitness for Service Assessment

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.