Penspen to speak at IQPC's Pipeline Integrity Management Summit
In preparation for the Summit Roland Palmer-Jones, Head of Pipeline Integrity at Penspen, was interviewed by Helen Winsor, Oil & Gas IQ, on pipeline contingency and why it is so important for operators and pipeline owners to ensure the integrity of their pipelines.
- (1888PressRelease) July 08, 2011 - Penspen is joining the panel of industry experts scheduled to speak at IQPC's Pipeline Integrity Management Summit.
In preparation for the Summit Roland Palmer-Jones, Head of Pipeline Integrity at Penspen, was interviewed by Helen Winsor, Oil & Gas IQ, on pipeline contingency and why it is so important for operators and pipeline owners to ensure the integrity of their pipelines.
In the interview, Palmer-Jones remarks; "Obviously you need some sort of emergency response procedure. So if you do have a rupture or something like that, you need to have things in place to make sure you can get everything safe; you can depressurise the pipeline and so on. If you haven't got that severe situation but you've got some major damage, then you need to make sure you can respond appropriately for that. You may have to reduce pressure; you'll want procedures to guide your staff in what to do and so on. You may need to have access to contractors, people who can go and inspect the line, either divers or ROV operators, that sort of thing. And of course you're going to need to have access to spares and appropriate equipment for doing a repair so you need to know what sort of things you're going to have."
Regarding the upcoming Pipeline Integrity Management Summit, Palmer-Jones continues: "There will be, I'm sure, experts from various other consultancies and also from operators and regulators and it will be interesting to get their view on preparedness for the damage incidents. Obviously different people have different takes on it. Your regulator is often looking at safety or security of supply. Operators generally are very concerned with profitability and consultants, of course, have a wide range of experience and may have the best practice. So it's getting that feedback and seeing what the other people at the conference have to say and contribute that I'm looking forward to".
Roland Palmer-Jones will host a session on 'Subsea pipelines anchor damage assessment and repair: An overview of methods and limitations' at the Summit taking place in London this September
The complete interview with Roland Palmer-Jones is available free of charge in the Pipeline Integrity Management Summit online download centre. To download the podcast and for more information about speakers and the agenda, please visit: www.pipelineintegritysummit.com/news
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