Sunday, 2nd december, 2007
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OPENING CEREMONY PROGRAM - DANA 1
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5:00 PM- 7:00 |
On Site Registration
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7:00 – 7:05 |
Recital of the Holy Qura’an
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7:05 – 7:15 |
Opening Speech by the Conference Patron
H.E. Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza
The Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain
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7:15 – 7:25 |
Speech by the Keynote Speaker
Mr. Isam A. Al-Bayat, Vice President
Engineering & Operations , Saudi Aramco
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7:25 – 7:30 |
Mr. Marwan F. Basrawi
ASNT Board of Directors
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7:30 - 7:35 |
Speech by Mr. Mohammed Khalil Alsayed
President, Bahrain Society of Engineers
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7:35 – 7:40 |
Speech by Mr. Fathi E. Al-Qadeeb
Conference Chairman
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7:40 – 8:00 |
Honoring the Sponsors
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8:00 – 9:00
9:00 - onward |
Opening and Tour the Exhibition
Opening Ceremony Dinner
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Monday, 3rd December 2007
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DANA 1 |
DANA 2 |
08:00 – 08:45 |
Plenary Speech
Charles J. Hellier - USA
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Certification and Qualification
Track Chairman: Dr. Fouad Attar
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Inaccessible Piping Inspection I
Track Chairman: Dr. Ali Minachi |
09:00 – 09:25 |
Establishment of National NDT Research Center in Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Elshafiey & Tarek Alkhalifah -
King Saud University, KSA
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New Directions in Guided Wave Pipe Inspection
by
Joseph L. Rose, Jing Mu, and Jason Van Velsor, Penn State University
MIchael J. Avioli and Li Zhang, FBS,Inc.
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09:25 – 09:50 |
Qualification of Phased Arrays to ASME Section V
Michael Moles - Olympus, Canada
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Guided Waves for Integrity Evaluation of Corroded Pipes
Peter Mudge, Guiseppe Barroso, Barroso Nardoni –
PII, I&T Nardoni Institute, UK, Italy
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09:50 – 10:15 |
Certification and Training of NDT Personnel
Vijay Vesvikar - Hafer Al-Batin Community College, KSA
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Application of Guided Waves in Saudi Aramco
Ghazzay Al-Subaii , Ali Minachi – Saudi Aramco, KSA |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
Refreshment Break |
10:30 – 10:55 |
CSWIP Approved Training and Independent Certification For Personnel Engaged in Drillstem Inspection
Bill Brown, Gerry Glover - Eurotechnology-Incon, TWI UK
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Review Paper on Applications of Magnetostrictive Sensor Technology |
Dr. Glenn Light - SwRI, USA |
10:55 – 11:20 |
Qualification of NDT Personnel According to ISO 9712 Accepted by ASME for Code Work
Peter Mudge, Guiseppe Barroso, Barroso Nardoni –
PII, I&T Nardoni Institute, UK, Italy
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Coating Disbond Detection in Pipe Using Circumferentially-Oriented Ultrasonic Guided Waves by
Joseph L. Rose & Jason Van Velsor
Penn State University
Bruce Nestleroth, Battelle Memorial Institute Steve Owens, FBS,Inc.
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11:20 – 11:45 |
Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Users Bill of Right
Morteza K. Jafari, P.E. -
Chairman of Technical & Education Council of ASNT
Iran |
Magnetic Tomography (MTM) is a New Method of Non-Contact Inspection of Non-Piggable Pipelines
Dr. Svetlana Kamaeva, Dr. Valery Goroshevskiy, - Transkor-K, Russia
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12.15 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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DANA 1 |
DANA 2 |
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Permanently Installed Monitoring
Track Chairman: Dr. Glenn Light |
Automated UT in Lieu of RT
Track Chairman: Ivan Cruz |
13:30 – 13:55 |
On-Stream Inspection and Monitoring Technologies with Case Histories
Phil Cole - Physical Acoustics, U.K.
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Advanced Ultrasonic in Lieu of Radiography
Raymond Carswell – Saudi Aramco, KSA |
13:55 – 14:20 |
Guided Ultrasonics Ltd's Permanently Installed Monitoring System
Keith Vine - Guided Ultrasonics Ltd, U.K.
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TOFD, Phased Array and C-B Scan for Pressure Vessel Welds Examination According ASME Code Sec
Pirfo, Mudge, Barroso, Nardoni - PII, I&T Nardoni Institute, U.K., Italy |
14:20 – 14:45 |
New NDE Technology for Heavy Wall Reactor Crack Monitoring
Bob Scholes, Ameritest, USA
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Ultrasonic Imaging in the Oil & Gas Community
Based on the Phasor XS
Joerg Reinersmann, GE Inspection Technologies, Germany
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Refreshment Break |
Refreshment Break |
15:00 – 15:25 |
Monitoring Step-Wise Cracking Cause and Detection
Mohammad Abu four
Saudi Aramco, KSA
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Phased Array for Piping Inspection Using ASME B31.3
Michael Moles – Olympus, Canada |
15:25 – 15:50 |
Multi-modal NDE Methods for Corrosion Monitoring
Shridhar nath, Tom Batzinger, Jim Barshinger, Debasish Mishra & Yuri Plotnikov
GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, USA
GE JFWTC, Bangalore, INDIA
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Case Study of TOFD
Rohit Bafna -
TCR Engineering Services, India |
15:50 – 16:15 |
Inspection System for Small Diameter Unpiggable Pipelines
Gary Burkhardt, Albert Parvin, Ronald Peterson, Richard Tennis, Todd Goyen, and Glenn Light
SwRI, USA |
Inspection Effectiveness and its Effect on the Integrity of Pipe Work
Jan Heerings, Adriaan den Herder
SGS, Netherlands
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SGS, Netherlands |
Tuesday, 4th December 2007
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DANA 1 |
DANA 2 |
08:00 – 08:45 |
Plenary Speech
Hermann Rosen – CEO – Rosen
Germany
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Inaccessible Piping Inspection II
Track Chairman: Mohammed Al-Zaid |
Risk Based Inspection & FFS
Track Chairman: Ali Al-Beed |
09:00 – 09:25 |
Recent Advances in Guided Wave Screening Capabilities
Reyaz Sabet-Shargi - IESCO, USA
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Recent Advances in Fitness-for-Service Assessment
Ted L. Anderson - Quest Reliability, LLC, USA |
09:25 – 09:50 |
Application of Guided Wave Technology for Long Range Inspection of Oil and Gas Pipelines
Malik Kayous, Tat-Hean Gan – TWI, U.K.
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Shell-Risk Based Inspection-The Abqaiq Plants Experience
Mohammed Hajri – Saudi Aramco, KSA |
09:50 – 10:15 |
Structural Health Monitoring with Guided Wave Tomography at Critical Sections of a Pipeline
by
Joseph L.Rose and Luke Breon, Penn State University
Roger Royer, FBS,Inc.
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Managing of Inspection Stages & Quality Assurance Program
Khalid M. Al-Hydary – IBN Rush, SABIC, KSA |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
Refreshment Break |
10:30 – 10:55 |
The Importance of Guided Wave Training and Technical Support for the Effective Delivery of the Service
David Alleyne, U.K.
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Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) - YGP Case Study
Khalid M. Hasani – YGP, Saudi Aramco, KSA |
10:55 – 11:20 |
A Wave Dispersion Model for Health Monitoring of Plates with Piezoelectric Coupling in Aerospace Applications
Ahmed Garni-Al, Wael Abdulrahman – KFUPM, KSA
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Best-Practice on RBI Driven Integrity Assurance of Process Plant Items
Ron Selva , Nader Rahim - PP SIMTECH, UK ,
GPIC, Bahrain |
11:20 – 11:45 |
3D Flexible UT Arrays for Inspection of complex components: Simulation and Application.
Ph. Benoist and O. Casula CEA, LIST, CEA Saclay, France
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Utilizing Ultrasonic In-Line Inspection Technology and Fitness-For-Service Assessment for Non-Traditional Pipeline Inspection Applications.
Stefan Papenfuss - Quest Reliability, LLC, USA
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12.15 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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DANA 1 |
DANA 2 |
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Innovative Computerized NDT Application
Track Chairman: Dr. Reyaz Sabet-Shargi
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NDT for Pipelines
Track Chairman: Jaime Perez |
| 13:30 – 13:55 |
Sampling Phased Array, a New Technique for Signal Processing and Ultrasonic Imaging
Mr. Jan Verkooijen's
Mr. Ramzi Beidas
Sonovation/IRC , U.K.
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A Novel EMAT Crack Detection and Coating Disbondment (RoCD2) ILI Technology - Beuker, Klann, Damaschke - ROSEN Technology and Research Center, Germany |
| 13:55 – 14:20 |
Automatic Detection and Classification of High Temperature Hydrogen Attack Defects from Ultrasonic A-Scans Signals
Dr. Ahmed Yamani - KFUPM, KSA
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Advanced Automated Ultrasonic Testing of Pipelines
Pratik Patel - EWI, USA |
| 14:20 – 14:45 |
Resolving Capabilities of Phased Array Sectorial Scans (S-Scans) on Diffracted Tip Signals
Michael Davis, Mark Moles - Davis NDE, Olympus, USA
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Comparison of Pulsed X-Ray Source Digital Radiography with Isotopic Radiography on Pipe
Glenn Light - SwRI, USA |
| 14:45 – 15:00 |
Refreshment Break |
Refreshment Break |
| 15:00 – 15:25 |
Fully - C0nnected Remote Visual Inspection
Nermin Trobradovic
GE Inspection Technologies, USA
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Robotic Inspection Technology for Unscrapeable Pipelines
Mohammed Jaarah - ROSEN, Germany
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| 15:25 – 15:50 |
Tracking Corrosion in a Flow Loop Using Fiber Optic Sensors
Thierry Cherpillod, Ihsan Al-Taie - FOXTEK, Saudi Aramco, KSA |
Monitoring Average Wall Thickness of Insulated or Difficult to Access Objects with Pulsed Eddy Current
Quakkelsteijn, Scottini - Applus RTD Offshore, Netherlands
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| 15:50 – 16:15 |
Rapid Phased Array Ultrasonic Imaging of Large Area Composite
Pierre Marty – Sonatest, U.K.
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Experience in Pipe Corrosion Screening On & Offshore
Andreas Boenisch - Innospection Ltd., U.K. |
Wednesday, 5th December 2007
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DANA 1 |
DANA 2 |
08:00 – 08:45 |
Plenary Speech – Joseph Rose, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
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Boilers & Heat Exchangers
Track Chairman: Mirza Al-Thunain |
Plant & Equipment
Track Chairman: Nasser Balhareth |
09:00 – 09:25 |
Reformer Tube Condition Assessment Using a Multiple Technique Approach
Brian Shannon - IESCO, USA
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Advanced UT Techniques Utilized at Samref Refinery
A.A. Bankhar – SAMREF, KSA |
09:25 – 09:50 |
Failure Analysis of Leaking and Damaged Convection Tubes in Utility Boilers
Falah Azizi - SHARQ/SABIC, KSA
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Slug Catcher Inspection Using the Large Structure Inspection (LSI) Automated Corrosion Mapping System in LNG Industry
Ramesh Patel - Qatargas Operating Company Limited, Qatar |
09:50 – 10:15 |
Risk Based Management of Refinery Fired Heaters
Firth, Hill, Simmonds, Keen, Thomas
Quest Reliability, LLC, USA
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Inspection of Internal Tank Welds Using the ACFM Inspection Method
Dr. David Topp - TSC Inspection Systems , U.K. |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Refreshment Break |
Refreshment Break |
10:30 – 10:55 |
Detection of Internal OR External Pits from Inside OR Outside a Tube with New Technology (EMIT)
Ankit Vajpayee - Russelltech, Canada
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Inspection, Assessment, Repair and In-Service Monitoring of Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking in a Gas Processing Plant - A Case Study
Mohammad A. Al-Zahrani – TWI, U.K.
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10:55 – 11:20 |
Increasing Reliability / Reducing Risk by Applying Intelligent Pigging Technology To Inspect Coils in Process Heaters
Richard D. Roberts - Quest TruTec, USA
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Non Destructive Testing Utilization in Failure Investigation of a Stripper Receiver in Saudi Aramco Yanbu Refinery
Abdullah Senani – Saudi Aramco, KSA |
11:20 – 11:45 |
Special Applications of Guided Wave Tube Screening
T. Vogt, D. Alleyne - Guided Ultrasonics Ltd., U.K.
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High Temperature Hydrogen Attack - Causes, Detection, Measurement, Mitigation, FFS and RLA
William Sharp, Rolf Mostert – Cooperheat, Dubai
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12.15 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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DANA 1
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13:30 – 14:30 |
Workshop Panel – Use of Guided Waves in the Petrochemical Industry |
14:30 – 15:00 |
Refreshment Break
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15:00 – 16:30 |
General NDT Panel Discussion
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Laptop Raffle |
for more information, Please contact:
Conference Coordinator, MENDT 2007
Bahrain Society of Engineers
P.O. Box 835, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: (+ 973) 17 727100
Fax: (+ 973) 17 729819
Email: bseng@batelco.com.bh
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