Courses Currently Available
Bespoke and Open Industry Courses
- Theory Only: 3 Days
- Theory & Practical: 5 Days
Open Industry Courses are held out our training facilities in Aberdeen, Dubai, Houston plus Macae and Kuala Lumpur (on request).
Bespoke Courses are held at a location organised by a sponsoring company.
The objective is to have a clear understanding and interpretation of NS-2™ Edition 3 and other inspection standards and to cover the differences of the industry inspection standards used today and why they are specified.
References will also be made to the standards covering Manufacture and NDT methods from API (Spec 7-1, 5DP) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers reference standard (ASME V). We will also cover the responsibility of the inspector and what he should be reporting to the client.
Manufacturing: Material types · Manufacturing defects · API, Other Industry Manufacturing Standards and NS-1™ Edition 3 · Material testing Material certificate review
BHA: API RP7G-2 and other industry inspection standards· NS-2™ Edition 3 · Thread types · Visual Inspection ·Dimensional · Gauging MPI & DP · Cold Working · Bevel Diameters · Jars, Motors etc · BSR's · Anti Galling · Failure Mechanisms Fishing and Milling · Equipment Calibration
Drill Pipe: API RP7G-2 and other industry inspection standards · NS-2™ Edition 3 · Visual Inspection · Dimensional · Re-facing · OD Gauging EMI · UT · Internal Upsets · Internal Coating · Hardbanding · Thread Compounds
NDT Techniques: Visual · MPI · DPI · EMI · UT Failure Prevention: Failure mechanisms · Fatigue · Correlating inspection methods to failure prevention.
This course can cover the complete Drill String, Drill Pipe and/or BHA.
Practical Assessments - On completion of the Theory Section of the course a Practical Assessment is arranged to evaluate applicaiton of the NS-2 Standard under field conditions. Practical Assessments can only take place at a locaiton arranged by the sponsoring company.
For more information on the course and the topics covered please contact: [email protected]