Fixed equipment failures represent the majority of failures in many asset intensive industries. These failures not only cause lost production, but represent significant business risk to the organization. This course will show the attendee how integrating all the pertinent data that influences mechanical integrity decisions can be used to make better decisions as to when to inspect certain equipment and what type of inspections to perform. This will not only "optimize" the costs to perform those activities at a given risk level, but will optimize the scope for major plant shutdowns. Comparisons and contrasts will be used in the class to show the difference between a typical mechanical integrity program (MI) program and those that are able to leverage an integrated data platform together with improvements in reliability work practices. Audience: Maintenance Manager Maintenance Engineer Maintenance Technician
Presenters:
Vinay Nihalani, Director of RBI
Vinay Nihalani has a BS and MS Degree in Chemical Engineering and is currently Director of RBI with Meridium. Having worked primarily in the oil industry, he has more than 14 years of engineering and IT experience. Vinay formerly worked at Phillips 66 as a consulting engineer and has accumulated experience in the areas of fixed equipment design and code compliance. Vinay also worked for Southwest Public Service (SPS) as a Senior Control Engineer. He has extensive knowledge of inspection and design codes like API 510, API 570, TEMA and ASME Section VIII Div 1. His work with Meridium has involved providing consulting services to Marathon Petroleum, Dupont, Ameriven, Petrozuata and ChevronTexaco and had the lead responsibility for various RBI project implementations. He successfully managed QatarGas and RasGas projects and is currently managing Meridium implementations at RLOC and QChem II, in addition to providing direction for the development of mechanical integrity products and services. Steve Cooper, Mechanical Integrity Solutions Engineer
Stephen Cooper is a mechanical engineer and has a master's degree in business administration. He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas, Alberta and Ontario. Steve has been working in the fields of materials engineering and mechanical integrity for over 17 years. Steve has broad knowledge of inspection and design codes, such as API 510, API 570, API 650/653 and ASME Section VII Div 1. He also has an extensive background in nondestructive inspection techniques and mechanical integrity. Prior to working at Meridium, Steve was a consulting engineer carrying out fitness for service investigations, risk based inspection implementations, and failure investigations. Early in his career, Steve also worked as a design engineer in a research and development group. The registration deadline for this workshop is May 28th and space is limited. Click here for more details and to register.
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