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First-ever workshop on pipeline pigging in India
New Delhi 01-Oct-2007
Mr. Anand Kumar, Director (R&D), inaugurated the first-ever workshop in India on ‘Pipeline Pigging’ organised by IndianOil's R&D Centre on September 28 and 29, 2007. He congratulated BARC and R&D scientists & engineers for developing this important technology and stressed the importance on safety & durability of operating pipelines. The Chief Guest to the occasion, Mr. G. P. Srivastava, Director (E&I), BARC, complimented IndianOil for taking up such a timely initiative. He assured BARC's commitment to develop technologies in the national interest. Mr. Satish Makhija, Executive Director (R&D) shared the history of taking up this development in association with BARC. 12 technical papers were presented during the workshop.Discussions were organized with eminent panellists like T Bandopadhyaya, Executive Director(O), (IndianOil-Pipelines), Mr. S Bhattacharya (BARC), Mr. Ulrich Schneider (NDT Germany), and Mr S.B Pandey (Petronet). Instrumented pig has been developed by IndianOil in association with BARC, Mumbai for the first-time in the country. IndianOil R&D centre had carried out extensive research and evaluation work in association with BARC and IndianOil-Pipelines. Pipeline sections like Mughalsarai-Allahabad and Patna - Mughalsarai have been extensively inspected using the developed 12" size instrumented pig of 12" Size. 14" size instrumented pig and 12" Caliper pigs have also been developed. The newly developed tools were also exhibited during the workshop. Personnel from ONGC, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL, Petronet MHBL, CHT, OISD, BARC, Bhotica Pipelines and some academic institututions attended the workshop along with some reputed organisation providing inline pipeline inspection services, GE-Oil and Gas USA, NDT Germany Pipeline Engineering UK, etc too were part of the gathering.
New Delhi 01-Oct-2007
Mr. Anand Kumar, Director (R&D), inaugurated the first-ever workshop in India on ‘Pipeline Pigging’ organised by IndianOil's R&D Centre on September 28 and 29, 2007. He congratulated BARC and R&D scientists & engineers for developing this important technology and stressed the importance on safety & durability of operating pipelines. The Chief Guest to the occasion, Mr. G. P. Srivastava, Director (E&I), BARC, complimented IndianOil for taking up such a timely initiative. He assured BARC's commitment to develop technologies in the national interest. Mr. Satish Makhija, Executive Director (R&D) shared the history of taking up this development in association with BARC. 12 technical papers were presented during the workshop.Discussions were organized with eminent panellists like T Bandopadhyaya, Executive Director(O), (IndianOil-Pipelines), Mr. S Bhattacharya (BARC), Mr. Ulrich Schneider (NDT Germany), and Mr S.B Pandey (Petronet). Instrumented pig has been developed by IndianOil in association with BARC, Mumbai for the first-time in the country. IndianOil R&D centre had carried out extensive research and evaluation work in association with BARC and IndianOil-Pipelines. Pipeline sections like Mughalsarai-Allahabad and Patna - Mughalsarai have been extensively inspected using the developed 12" size instrumented pig of 12" Size. 14" size instrumented pig and 12" Caliper pigs have also been developed. The newly developed tools were also exhibited during the workshop. Personnel from ONGC, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL, Petronet MHBL, CHT, OISD, BARC, Bhotica Pipelines and some academic institututions attended the workshop along with some reputed organisation providing inline pipeline inspection services, GE-Oil and Gas USA, NDT Germany Pipeline Engineering UK, etc too were part of the gathering.