CALIFORNIA PIPELINE INTEGRITY WEEK | LONG BEACH
June 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach, CA
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ATTENTION
If you plan to attend, please register as soon as possible to help ensure that these courses are not cancelled due to low registration numbers.
We must reach sufficient course size to host the training.
COURSE SCHEDULE (both days)
7.30: Registration, breakfast, coffee
8.00 - 5.00: Course
It will be necessary to bring a laptop to this course.
This course is designed for pipeline personnel in engineering, integrity management, operations, and regulatory compliance roles. This course will cover a wide range of topics related to hydrostatic testing of pipelines for gas and hazardous liquid service for both in-service and new construction according to CFR 49 Parts 192 and 195.
To provide attendees with necessary information for planning and conducting a successful hydrostatic test, whether it's for initial service or retesting existing lines. Planning will cover review of integrity prior to testing through evaluation of test results. The course will focus on testing with water but testing with other medium will be discussed.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be awarded 1.4 CEUs.
The course is intended to cover the technical aspects of planning and conducting a hydrotest. It is designed for engineers, project managers, integrity management, and operation personnel to prepare for testing. The following topics will be covered:
Gary Zunkel, PE, is an independent consultant specializing in pipeline integrity, based in Ames, IA. Prior to establishing his consultancy, he was Senior Engineer of Pipeline Integrity with BlueFin in New Iberia, LA. He has been involved in the oil and gas industry for over 30 years with the last 10 years focusing on pipeline integrity management. He has been involved with over 200 pipeline tests; planning, managing, executing, and reviewing. In recent years, he has planned and conducted multiple, simultaneous tests on large diameter in-service pipelines for integrity verification.
Pipeline Integrity Management