Program is subject to change without notice
2026 - Wednesday, January 21
7:00 |
Breakfast |
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7:00 | Registration open | |||
1.0 Plenary - Opening Session |
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8:00 | Opening remarks | |||
8:05 |
205 Ten-Year Analysis of Reportable Pipeline Accidents: Trends, Risk Factors, and Lessons Learned |
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8:35 | Young Pipeline Professional Annual Recognition Award Presentation | |||
8:50 |
186 Talent pipeline - A Comprehensive Review of the Talent Management and Career Journeys in the Pipeline Industry |
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9:20 |
154 Has the Industry Forgotten How to Weld? |
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9:50 | Refreshment Break | |||
10:50 |
State of the Industry Report |
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11:05 |
250 An Improved Fracture Model for Assessing Crack-Like Flaws in Pipelines |
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11:35 |
231 An Operator’s Practical Approach for Evaluating and Prioritizing ILI-Reported Dents |
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12:05 |
124 Advances in API 1163 Level 3 ILI Validations |
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12:35 | Lunch in the Exhibition Hall | |||
Room A | Room B | Room C | Room D | |
1.1 Unpiggable or Difficult-to-Inspect 1 | 2.1 Geohazards 1 | 3.1 Cracks | 4.1 Corrosion | |
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2:00 |
115 Predicting Corrosion Severity on ILI Remnant Pipe Using Extreme Value Analysis |
168 A Deep-Dive into the PHMSA Significant Incident Database and What it Tells us About Trends in Pipeline Geohazards |
130 Longitudinally Misaligned Pipeline Stacked Crack Interaction Using 3-D Crack Meshes – Part II |
255 Joint-Based versus Segment-Based CGRs – A Case Study |
2:30 |
189 Robotic Inline Inspection for Critical Gas Distribution Infrastructure |
267 Automated and Continuous Evaluation and Ranking of Geohazards by Comparing Bending Strain Features Against Geohazard Inventory and Inspection Records |
200 Finding the Edge of Crack & Seam Welds in the Field with Direct High-Resolution ILI Measurements |
296 Even Faster Effective Area Method: Further Optimization of the Effective Area Method for Plausible Profile Corrosion Assessments |
3:00 |
284 Advancing Seam Integrity on Difficult to Inspect Pipelines: Robotic Inspection of Vintage ERW Pipeline for SSWC, Lack of Fusion, and other Longitudinal Weld Anomalies |
163 When Did the Slope Start Moving … Varved Clays, Pipelines, and Landslides |
144 Development and Implementation of a State-of-the-Art Seam Weld Fatigue Cracking Integrity Management Program |
209 Bridging Overline Surveys and ILI Tools with Corrosion Computer Modeling |
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1.2 Unpiggable or Difficult-to-Inspect 2 |
2.2 Circumferential Stress Corrosion Cracking | 3.2 Materials Testing & Verification 1 | 4.2 Integrity Management 1 | |
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3:30 |
192 Managing Internal Corrosion Threat in Unpiggable Pipelines and Facility Deadlegs: An Update on Industry Standards and What the Data Tells Us |
254 Screening and Assessment of Circumferential SCC in Pipelines – Comparison of Stress- and Strain-Based Approaches |
242 Field Simulation Material Property Verification Trial |
166 A Primer on The Hazard Posed by Agricultural Tilling to Buried Pipelines |
4:00 |
164 From Prediction to Proof: Leveraging ILI to Validate a Non-Intrusive Pipeline Assessment Framework |
114 Testing and Validation Methodologies of MFL ILI Technologies for the Detection of CSCC and Off-Axis Cracks and Crack-like Features |
139 Using Composition Data to Improve the Accuracy of Nondestructive Strength Estimates |
243 The LTS Futures Project – An Update of a UK Operator’s (SGN) Experience of Assessing the Feasibility of Repurposing their Natural Gas Transmission System to Transport Hydrogen |
4:30 | Conference Day 1 concludes | |||
4:30 - 6:30 Reception in the Exhibition Hall |
2026 - Thursday, January 22
7:00 | Breakfast | |||
7:00 | Registrations open | |||
Room A | Room B | Room C | Room D | |
5.1 Inline Inspection 1 |
6.1 Geohazards 2 | 7.1 Risk Assessment & Management | 8.1 Integrity Management 2 | |
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8:00 |
222 Development and Validation of a Novel Gas Crack Detection Tool Using Guided Waves |
221 Collecting the Right Data to Plan Slope Remediation |
136 Be Content to Begin with Doubts: A Discussion of What to Expect When Comparing Deterministic and Probabilistic Integrity Assessment of Pipeline Corrosion Metal Loss |
182 Real-Time Detection of Mechanical Impact on Pipelines via CP – Part II |
8:30 |
188 Development of ILI Tool and Specifically Robust UT Probes for the Assessment of Crack Type Anomalies in Ammonia Carrying Pipelines |
256 Screening and Mitigation Criteria of IMU Bending Strain for Geohazards Management |
305 Coding, Context, and Convergence: Let’s Write the Next Chapter in Pipeline Risk Management |
207 Are Pipeline Accidents Causally Linked to the Decade the Pipeline Was Installed? |
9:00 |
135 Low-Pressure High-Speed Gas: Adaptive Speed Control Outside of Traditional Use Cases |
244 Monitoring Pipelines in Landslide-Prone Areas with an Automated Strain Gauge Data Analysis Tool: “Strain Gauge Module™”
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162 Assessing the Integrity of Ultra Deep Pipeline River Crossings - a Novel Drone-Based Electromagnetic Solution |
9:30 | Refreshment Break | |||
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5.2 Inline Inspection 2 | 6.2 Geohazards 3 | 7.2 Repair | 8.2 Engineering Assessment | |
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10:30 |
206 Using Advanced Inline Inspection (ILI) to Prioritize Girth Weld Features |
285 Automated Landslide Impact Detection Through Machine Learning Analysis of Pipeline IMU Bending-Strain Data |
269 Challenges, Considerations, and Practical Solutions for Installing Pipeline Repairs |
261 A Comparative Methodology for the POE Assessment of Corrosion vs. Crack Defects |
11:00 |
204 Integrating ILI Results to Evaluate Pipeline Expansions in Seamless and ERW Pipe |
121 Visualization and Screening of IMU Data for Strain-Based Integrity Assessment |
158 Study to Validate the Design of Carbon-Epoxy Technology used to Reinforcement Crack-Like Features |
152 Engineering Critical Assessment of Facilities and Lap Welded Pipe |
11:30 |
240 Enhancing Pipeline Integrity with Vibroacoustic Technology: A Case Study of Real-Time Pig Tracking and Leak Detection |
307 Enhancing Pipeline Geohazard Management through the use of a Novel In-Line Inspection Micro-Magnetic Hysteresis Technology (MHT) for Direct Axial Stress Measurement of Pipelines |
211 The Case of the Permanency of Composites - Testing, Analysis, and Case Study |
153 SAWL Seam Peaking – Is it a Pipeline Integrity Threat?
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12:00 | Lunch | |||
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5.3 Dents 1 | 6.3 Selective Seam Weld Corrosion | 7.3 Stress Corrosion Cracking | 8.3 Integrity Management 3 | |
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1:30 |
318 Automating Level 3 Dent Assessment: A Consistent and Scalable Framework for Deterministic and Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis |
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173 Managing Complex SCC Through Combining ILI Inspections and Applying Advanced Data Analytics |
248 A Case Study on the use of Flaw Spools for ILI Validation |
2:00 |
311 Advancements in Dent and Stress Raiser Measurement Accuracy Through Historical Dig Database and Industry Pull Testing |
216 Enhanced Identification of Selective Seam Weld Corrosion with MFL-C Ultra In-Line Inspection |
259 From Digs to Data: Integrating ILI and Environmental Insights for SCC Predictive Modeling |
309 Performance-Based Improvements to Liquid IMPs for Offshore and Coastal Systems |
2:30 |
194 A Recommended Dent Screening and Assessment Framework for API 1183 |
316 Keeping on the “Straight and Narrow” for Selective Seam Weld Corrosion ILI Inspections |
193 Dual Magnetic Eddy Current & Hi-Res TFI Combo ILI tool for the Detection of SCC and Corrosion Defects in Pipelines |
157 Accelerating Technology Adoption: A Framework for Modernizing Integrity Management |
3:00 | Refreshment Break | |||
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5.4 Dents 2 | 6.4 Geohazards 4 | 7.4 Materials Testing & Verification 2 | 8.4 ILI Analysis | |
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3:30 |
275 Improved Framework for Fatigue Life Prediction of Unconstrained Plain Dents and Dents Interacting with Gouges, Weld and Corrosion |
148 Mechanistic Modeling and Threshold-Based Alerts for Weather and Outside Force Threat Management |
304 Identification of Composition Measurement Errors and their Effects on Calculated Pipe Grade |
110 Incorporating In-line Inspection Signal Data Review for Optimization of Asset Integrity Management and Continual Improvement |
4:00 |
276 What’s that noise??? Dealing with ILI Caliper Data Issues |
169 Case Studies Evaluating a New IMU Solution for Geohazards |
127 Addressing Variation in Laboratory Toughness Testing for Vintage Pipelines using Planing-Induced Microfracture |
253 Assessing Bias in MFL-Reported Metal Loss Sizing of Carrier Pipe Under Steel Casings |
4:30 |
260 A Comprehensive Engineering Assessment Procedure for Dent Coincident with Secondary Features |
293 Updated Correlations of IMU Bending Strain Features with Geohazards based on Pipe-Slope Orientation |
292 Measuring Fracture Toughness of Line Pipe Using Miniature Test Coupons |
312 Friend or Foe – Responsibly Applying Machine Learning and AI Techniques to In-line inspection for Pipeline Integrity Assessment |
5:00 | Conference adjourns |