October 7th and 8th Calgary Class

October 7th and 8th Calgary Class

October 9, 2014

On October 7th and 8th PKD sponsored Oil and Gas Pipeline Fundamentals and Oil and Gas Pipelines for NonTechnical Professionals in Calgary.  Special thanks to Schnieder Electric for allowing us to use their facilities.

Comments from the participants included the following:

  • Very good and intersting course.
  • I liked the flow of the class.
  • Great videos
  • Terms were well defined.
  • Information was pulled together in a great logical way.  About Engineering and Design.
  • Awsome HDD video ( actually, all videos were great).  The videos were great as we don't normally have the opportunity to witness any construction details.
  • I think the economics section is important for all pipeline employees to understand.
  • The fundamentals of how PL companies make their return and how the costs work have significant impact on how expenditure decisions are made irrespective of what postions the employees are in.
  • It wiill be unlikely for my positon to witness a cut, a dig, or construction of a pipeline in reality.  is very informative to have Tom explain via pictures and videos how theses work.
  • Finally understand with Scada is (with a smilie face).
  • Very well laid out and easy to follow.  About Economics.
  • it was good to get some background scada infor.  Helps with understand terms.
  • This section really tied in well with operating equipment and control room sections.  About Scada and Controls.
  • Great examples.  Abut Economics.
  • This class is very intersting and jams a lot of information into a relativly short time frame (without seeming jammed).
  • I like the step by step pictures detailing the process.  About Field Operations.
  • I find this topic very informative and intersting.  Abut Integrity 2.
  • Great examples from the TSB.  Visual examples are very helpful.
  • Liked clarification of operations vs maintenace.
  • Loved the visual aids regarding the transportaiton and storage modes.
  • Intersting to put a picture to equipment we hear of and perform cost management on.
  • The summary charts were very helpful.
  • Lots of good examples.
  • Found this section very relevant with the perfect level of detail. About Integrity 1.
  • Was very intersting to learn about pigs as I hear reference to them at work but didn't know what they did.