InspectioneeringTM Journal

·        2006 Index Summary

 

 

The following copyright protected listing of past articles and summaries is provided as a value-added service/reference for subscribers to the InspectioneeringTM Journal (“IJ”).

 

Regular columns:

 

Ø        Every “IJ” contains the “IJ” Activities Planner, a world-wide listing of upcoming events of interest to the InspectioneerTM.  Helpful keys are provided to alert the reader to intended to topics, e.g. FFS (fitness for service), NDE (nondestructive evaluation), RI (regulatory issues), RBI (risk based inspection), etc.  Digital subscribers have a choice to visit hosts’ sites or send e-mails where links are provided.  This will start in 1998.

Ø        Letters to the Editor, A place to pose questions, voice critiques and offer solutions to the editors and readership.

 

 

·        JANUARY / FEBRUARY  2006

 

IJ 2006 Survey Preliminary Results

 

Ninety-Nine “Diseases of Pressure Equipment – Part 11

By:  John T. Reynolds

       Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc.

 

Industry Activities Planner

 

 

 

 

 

·         March / April 2006

 

 

Experts Puzzled Over the UK’s Largest Storage Tank Terminal Fire

By:  Chris Ablitt

       Sr. Risk Manager

        Julian Speck

        Structural Integrity Department Manager 

        TWI

 

Keeping Abreast of Industry Changes and Trending for the Future – IJ and API Inspection Industry Benchmarking and Survey Comparisons

Inspection, Fitness for Service, Risk-Based Inspection, Data Platforms

Editorial Portion by: Greg Alvarado

                                IJ, Chief Editor

 

 

The 1995 IJ Survey Results – API Committee on Refining Equipment, Benchmarking, Pressure Equipment and Inspection

By:  John T. Reynolds

 

 

The 1996 Survey Result

 

 

Highlights from API/PVRC International Conference on Decision Making for Risk Management of Process and Power Plants

       

 

A Stitch in Time – Selecting NDT Service Vendors

By:  Paul Marks

       President

       The NDT Training and Placement Center

       Houston, TX

 

Ninety – Nine “Diseases” of Pressure Equipment – Part 12

By: John T. Reynolds

      Shell Global Solutions, Inc. (Retired)

 

Industries Activity Planner

 

 

                                                 

 

·         May / June 2006

 

Letter from the Publisher

By:  Dawn Alvarado

 

IJ Industry Activities Planner

 

Buncefield Explosion Investigation Progress Reports

By:  Chris Ablitt

       Sr. Risk Manager

        Julian Speck

        Structural Integrity Department Manager 

        TWI

 

NDT Certification De-Mystified – Making Sense Out of Certification for NDT Personnel Per SNT-TC-1A

By:  Paul Marks

       IJ Columnist

       The NDT Training and Placement Center

       Houston, TX

 

Opening of NDT Validation Centre

By:  Phil Wallace

       Julian Speck

 

Revisions to California Code of Regulations – Piping, Risk-Based Inspection and Fitness for Service

 

Ninety – Nine “Diseases” of Pressure Equipment – Part 13

By: John T. Reynolds

      Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc. (Retired)

      Hearl E. Mead

      Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc.

 

Upcoming NPRA Cat Cracker Seminar - Houston, TX

 

API Storage Tank Conference and Safe Tank Entry Workshop – Tulsa, OK

 

QNDE 2006 – 33rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation – Portland, OR

 

Call for Papers 2007 IPEIA Conference – Banff, Alberta, Canada

 

 

 

·         July / August 2006

 

IJ Industry Activities Planner

 

The Completely Updated and Revised 9th Edition of API 510- Pressure Vessel Inspection Code

 

Risk-Based inspection Case Histories – Part 1 of 2

Interview with Sean Johnson, Pressure Equipment Integrity Assurance Engineer for the Shell Martinez, CA Refinery

 

Polyethylene Wax Processing Facility Explosion and Fire

Case Study: Final Report Published by the US Chemical safety Board (CBS)

 

Integrity of Salvaged, Remanufactured and Repaired Control Valves

By:  Bob Baker

       John H. Carter Co., Inc.

 

The 8th International Conference on Creep and Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures- Call for Papers

 

 

 

 

 

 

· September / October 2006

 

 

IJ Industry Activities Planner

 

Fixed equipment Reliability Assuring Excellence – Part 1 of 2

By:  Walter Pinto

        Manager, Stationary Equipment

        Lyondell Chemical Company

Key words: CUI, management systems, operations, turnaround planning, purchasing, QA/QC, standards, reliability, mentoring, engineering practices, RBI, evergreen, training, procedures, inspection, maintenance

 

Cape 2007 Conference – 8th International Colloquium on Ageing of Materials and Methods for the Assessment and Extension of Lifetimes of Engineering Plants –Gordon’s Bay, Republic of South Africa Call for Papers

 

PVRC Meeting and Fatigue Conference

 

Integrity of Salvaged, Remanufactured and Repaired Control Valves – Part 2

By:  Bob Baker

       John H. Carter Co., Inc.

 

 

Extending the Life of a Corroding Offshore Pipeline

By:  F. Egan and K. Qutishat

       Zakum Development company (Zadco)

A.      Russell, D.G. Jones, H. Plummer, A. Patterson

PII Pipeline Solutions Business of GE Oil & Gas

J. Healy Macaw Engineering Ltd.

 

 

 

· November / December 2006

 

IJ Industry Activities Planner

 

API Inspector Summit Announcement

Key words: Codes, standards, NDE, inspection, RBI, FFS, brittle fracture, practices,

 

State of California New Regulations Explained

Pressure Vessels and Piping for Refineries and Oil Production – RBI- Fitness for Service

By:  Don Cook

Key words: RBI (risk based inspection), FFS (fitness for service), API 510, API 570, California law, code, API 580, API 579, pressure vessels, piping, NBIC, Petroleum Safety Orders, audit, compliance

 

MTI Risk Based Inspection Event

 

Fixed Equipment Reliability Assuring Excellence, Part 2

By:  Walter Pinto

        Lyondell Chemical Company

Key words: CUI, management systems, operations, turnaround planning, purchasing, QA/QC, standards, reliability, mentoring, engineering practices, RBI, evergreen, training, procedures, inspection, maintenance