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  1. Standards for Direct Assessment of Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
  2. Operator Qualification Rulemaking Update
  3. Acquiring a pipeline?
  4. OPS Issues Draft Stress Corrosion Cracking Study
  5. Integrity Management Plan Up-to-Date?
  6. EPA Issues Final NPDES General Permit for New and Existing Sources and New Dischargers in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Category for the Western Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico
  7. Operator Qualification for ILI
  8. O&M Manual Up-To-Date?
  9. Public Meetings on Pipeline Safety Issues
  10. Pending Audits?
  11. TPSSC and THLPSSC Meetings
  12. Need to update your Public Awareness Program?
  13. Petroleum and Transportation Security
  14. RCP Services Spotlight – API Recommended Practice RP 1162 – Pipeline Public Awareness Program UPDATE

Operator Qualification for ILI

In 2001 it was recognized that the existing Operator Qualification (OQ) Rule did not cover performing an ILI or ILI data analysis as “covered tasks”. Both industry and the regulators agreed that the criticality of ILI qualified personnel for Integrity Management is necessary. ASNT agreed to aid in the development of a standard for “ILI personnel” qualification (ASNT ILI-PQ).

The recommended practice will establish the general framework for the qualification and certification of industry specific personnel using nondestructive testing methods in the employment of the ILI tools. The document will provide recommended educational, experience and training requirements for the different type of nondestructive testing methods used by ILI tools. This includes all types of tools that are used to inspect liquid and gas pipelines, such as geometric, magnetic flux, ultrasonic, and electromagnetic acoustic transmission. There are three levels of qualification I, II, III in ascending order of technical and job experience/training for two types of personnel (tool operators and data analysts). Additional information can be found at www.iliassociation.org.