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A sea of expertise
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A sea of expertise

• Georges J. Kipouros, Ph.D., P. Eng.
• Director, Minerals Engineering Centre
• Faculty of Engineering
• Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Georges.kipouros_at_dal.ca

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Outline

• 1. Who we are
• 2. What we are currently doing
• 3. What we can do
• 4. What we wish we could do

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RBC Centre for Risk Management (CRM)Dalhousie
University

• Ronald Pelot, Ph.D., P.Eng.,
• Director
• Tel [phone]
• Email riskmgmt_at_dal.ca

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The mission

• The mandate of CRM is to foster collaborations
  within and outside the university on a wide range
  of risk issues
• CRM also promotes the awareness and education of
  risk management

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CRM goals

• To respond to industrys needs with respect to
  Asset Integrity, CRM can coordinate and lead
  research into various topics on risk management,
  drawing on expertise across Dalhousie University

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Some topic areas

• Risk Management
• Cost/benefit analysis
• Maintainability in design
• Maintenance management
• Reliability assessments
• Spare parts inventory management

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Critical Infrastructure Protection Project

• New project led by Kevin Quigley, School of
  Public Administration, in collaboration with
  Centre for Risk Management
• Goal is to help initiate appropriate
  cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional fora in
  which participants can access and share diverse
  and expert perspectives on Critical
  Infrastructure Protection
• Explore technical as well as social, political,
  economic and managerial issues.

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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

• Eldon Gunn
• (In Attendance 9 other faculty members)
• Design of systems for maintenance decision
  support and logistics

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Example IE Project WorkRelated to Asset Integrity

• Data base systems for maintenance tracking and
  scheduling (Neocon, GasStops, Air Canada Jazz,
  Halifax Shipyards)
• Spare parts systems and component tracking
  systems ( Air Canada Jazz, Ultra Electronics)
• Maintenance Inventory Systems (Air Canada Jazz,
  Canada Post, Pratt and Whitney, Hermes
  Electronics)
• Integration of Maintenance and Production
  Scheduling (Metro Transit)
• Reliability Centred Maintenance (GasStops/Sea
  Kings)

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Research Skill Sets

• Reliability analysis of complex systems
• Fleet Level Maintenance Scheduling to Maximize
  Availability

• Simulation
• Discrete event
• Risk simulation
• Stochastic Modelling and Queueing
• Optimization
• LP, IP, DP, NLP
• CPLEX, COIN/OR
• Database design
• Variety of platforms
• GIS
• ArcInfo, GRASS

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Asset Integrity

• Dr. Paul Amyotte, P.Eng.
• Department of Process Engineering Applied
  Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
• 902-494-3976 paul.amyotte_at_dal.ca
• Extensive collaboration with Dr. Faisal Khan and
  Dr. Brian Veitch, Memorial University of
  Newfoundland

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Current Research

• Dust Explosions
• Inherent Safety
• What you dont have cant leak
• Process Safety
• Prevention and mitigation of fires, explosions
  and chemical releases
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Management

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Recent PRAC NSERC Projects

• PRAC Grant
• Development of a Human Error Probability Index
  for Offshore Platform Evacuations
• PRAC Grant
• Development of a Knowledge-Based Expert System to
  Conduct HAZOP Study
• NSERC Strategic Grant
• Development of a Novel Integrated Safety and
  Environmental Management System for Offshore Oil
  and Gas Operations

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Possible Future Research

• Extension of research on inherent safety to
  include avoidance of domino (knock-on) effects
• Will involve further work on consequence analysis
  for fires and explosions.

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Fire consequence analysis Heat contours
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explosion consequence analysis overpressure
contours
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Development of Innovative Approaches for
enhancement Maintenance of Oil Gas and
Off-shore Infrastructure

• Farid Taheri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Professor,
  Department of Civil Resource Engineering
• Dalhousie University 1360 Barrington St.,
  Halifax, NS   B3J 1Z1 Phone [phone]
  Fax  [phone]
• Email farid.taheri_at_dal.ca
• Extensive collaboration with S. Kenny of
  MUN/C-CORE
• K. Vandiver of MIT

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Some of the expertise works currently underway

• Design/analysis of pipeline, CNG and LNG vessels
• Emphasis advanced materials and processes
• Advanced computational methods
• Damage detection and health monitoring of
  pipelines
• Development of a patented innovative technique
  that uses advanced signal processing and smart
  materials
• Characterization of fatigue of risers due to
  vortex induced vibration
• Experimental - Computational -analytical
• Characterization of adhesively bonded and
  mechanically fastened joints for pipelines
  off-shore structures
• Experimental - Computational -analytical

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Some of the expertise works currently underway

• Innovative use of advanced materials for
• Development of composite buoys
• We developed the first composite buoy for the
  Can. Coast Guard 15 years ago!
• Development of robust propagation buckle
  arrestors for risers and pipes
• Development of improved rehabilitation techniques
  for repair of defected pipelines
• Optimization of the above techniques

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Some of the expertise works currently underway

• Development of advanced computational techniques
  (finite element methods)
• For assessment of pipelines subject to combined
  loading conditions (jointly with C-CORE and MUN)
• For assessment and optimization of FRP wrapped
  CNG and LNG vessels
• For reliability and stability analysis of
  pipeline and off-shore structures

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Funding of recent projects

• NSERC DG
• Use of smart materials for mitigation of buckling
  and propagation buckling in risers and pipes
• PRAC NSERC
• VIV induced Fatigue of risers in deep waters
• AIF (DAL)
• Development of damage detection and health
  monitoring methodologies for pipelines with smart
  materials
• Neuro-fuzzy approaches for pipeline condition
  assessment
• AIF (C-CORE)
• Protection and Risk Mitigation Strategies for
  Subsea Infrastructure in Ice Environments
• Computational simulation and optimization of
  adhesively bonded joints in Liquid Natural Gas
  carrying containers
• NSERC Strategic
• Novel Tools for Oil and Gas Production Operations
  
• DRDC
• Fatigue assessment of floating marine structures

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Some of the resources available for materials
characterization and structural assessment in
our Laboratories

• State-of-the-art computer controlled Universal
  testing machines
• Both axial and torsion testing capabilities under
  static and cyclic loading conditions
• Drop tower impact tester
• computer controlled data acquisition
• various dynamic sensors (accelerometers, dynamic
  LVDT and load cell)
• Instrumented impact hammer
• Laser doppler vibrometer for dynamic assessment
  of structures and materials

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resources available

• Boeing spec. ultrasonic testing facility
• Environmental chamber (for thermal and moisture
  cycling)
• Salt and fog chamber (for assessing the influence
  of salt and acidic environments on materials)
• Complete set of fixtures for assessment of
  mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced
  composite materials
• In-house capability for manufacturing of
  fiber-reinforced composite materials components

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Electro-processing (corrosion) Laboratory

• 1. Corrosion behaviour of commercial alloys in
  marine environments Copper-nickel alloys
• Corrosion behaviour in sea water
• 2. Development of new alloys
• Development of improved Cu-Ni alloys
• 3. Electro-coatings on materials
• Electroless Coatings on magnesium
• 4. New processing techniques of metal
  powders
• Aluminum powder processing techniques such
• as forging

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Research Experimental Plan
Targets
The electrochemical behaviour of commercial
Cu-10Ni-1Fe alloy
The electrochemical behaviour of synthetic
Cu-10Ni- X Fe alloy
Develop a theory to explain the working role
of iron
Investigate the effect of other alloying
elements on Cu-10Ni alloy
Linear Sweep Polarization LSP
Cyclic Polarization CP
Chronopo- tentiometry CH
Cyclic Voltametry CV
Electroche- mical Impedance Spectroscopy EIS
Tafel Extrapolation TE
SEM
EPMA
XRD
EDS WDS
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Funding of recent projects

• NSERC and AIF Grant
• Development of new copper-nickel alloys for
  marine environments
• AIF Grant
• Electrochemical study of surface coatings on
  electrodic materials
• NSERC Grant
• Development of new magnesium alloys and corrosion
  resistant coatings
• Libyan Government and oil companies
• Scholarships to 3 students

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Resources available

• Electrochemical instrumentation
• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
• Stress Corrosion Cracking cells
• Corrosion fatigue cell
• Chemical Analyses and X-Ray Fluorescence
  (Minerals Engineering Centre)
• X-ray Dispersion (Materials Engineering)
• SEM, EDS/WDS (Institute for Research in
  Materials)
• Focused ion beam (IRM)
• X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (IRM)
• Ultrasonic Immersion Testing System (IRM)
  Electron Microprobe (Earth Sciences)

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Conclusions

• A sea of expertise exists in Dalhousie University
  regarding aspects of the Asset Integrity in oil
  industry
• Re-direction of current research interests may be
  needed in some areas
• For oil industry to successfully maintain
  university-based research in the field of oil
  production a consistent research funding must be
  established and maintained.