Drill String Design
Drill String Design
Drill String Design
COURSE CONTENT
D A Y 1 D A Y 4
• Introduction, Publications, Course Outline & Body of • API RP 576, Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices
Knowledge - Scope, terms and definitions
• ASME section VIII, Division 1 - Types of Pressure-Relieving Devices
- Scope and organization of the code - Causes of improper performance
- Design minimum requirements and definitions - Inspection and testing
- Compensation of pressure due to static head - Records and reports
- Requires thickness of shell and heads due to internal • API RP 571, Damage Mechanisms (related to pressure
pressure vessels in general)
- Determination of joint efficiencies - Temper Embrittlement
- Required thickness off shell due to external pressure - Brittle Fracture
- Thermal Fatigue
D A Y 2 - Erosion/erosion control
- Mechanical Fatigue
• ASME Section VIII, Division 1 (Cont’d) - Atmospheric Corrosion
- Nozzle reinforcements and its limits - Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
- Permissible out-of-roundness - Cooling Water Corrosion
- Impact testing requirements and exemptions - Caustic Corrosion
- Heat treatment requirements - Sulfidation
- Marking and reports - Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (CI-SCC)
• ASME Section 5 - Corrosion Fatigue
- Article 1, General Requirement - Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking (Caustic
- Article 2, Radiographic Examination Embrittlement)
- Article 6, Liquid Penetrant Examination - Hydrochloric Acid (HCI) Corrosion
- Article 7, Magnetic Particle Examination - Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Article 23, Section SE-797, Ultrasonic Standards - Wet H25 Damage (Blistering/HIC/SOHIC/SCC)
- Marking and record keeping - High Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA)
• ASME Section 9
- Article 1, Welding General Requirements
D A Y 3 - Article 2, Welding Procedure Qualifications
- Article 3, Welding Performance Qualifications
• API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code
- Article 4, Welding Data
- Scope Organization and definition based on the
Code
- Inspection, examination and pressure testing D A Y 5
practices
- Determination of Inspection/ interval / frequency • API RP 577, Welding Inspection and Metallurgy
and extent of inspection - Definitions
- Corrosion rate and remaining life calculations - Welding inspection, processes, procedure, materials
- IMAWP determination - Welder qualifications
- Fitness for service evaluations - Non-destructive examination
- Reporting and records - Metallurgy
- Repairs and alterations - Refinery and Petrochemical Plant Welding Issues
- Rerating • API 510 Practice examination, Open and Closed Book
• API 572, Inspection Practices of Pressure Vessel
- Types of pressure vessels
- Reasons for inspection
Exercises :
- Inspection planning
- Inspection methods and limitations A number of short exercises will be used to
- Records and reporting reinforce key topics
API 510 – Preparation Course for PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTOR Certification
COURSE FACILITATOR
B.L. Ho is an active consultant and professional in • API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector
Singapore. He has more than 18 years of experience in Certification (Cert No. 31253)
the international oil and gas (onshore and offshore), • API 570 Piping Inspection Certification Program (Cert
marine, shipbuilding and repair industries providing No. 24410)
engineering consultancy, asset integrity, • API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Certification
materials/corrosion expertise, welding and failure Program (Cert No. 29563)
investigations. He had previously held positions as • Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
Principal Consultant with DNV, and as • AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors
Corrosion/Inspection Manager in Shell Seraya Singapore. • ASNT Level II for MT
He also had stationed in Vietnam where he provides and • ASNT Level II for PT
set-up asset integrity management services and systems • Quality Assurance Level III
for BP and Petrovietnam’s offshore and onshore facilities. • Pipeline Integrity Management Course (DNV)
• Modern Energy Technology (Offshore and Onshore)
• Project Management 1
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION • Project Management 2
• L281 Storage Tank Maintenance and Inspection
• Master of Science National University of Singapore, • M123 Safety in Process Design Course
Materials Science & Engineering, 2001 • Hazards & Effects Management Process - Layer of
• Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Nanyang Protection Analysis (HEMP-LOPA)
Technological University, Mechanical Engineering, • Asset Dependability Green Belt Training
1995 • Corrosion Control by Protective Paint
• Assessment of acceptability of flaws by Fracture
Mechanics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE