And looking to line up Q1 training that sharpens our integrity assessments on rig flowlines and the 10-inch export riser. Has anyone taken a course that pairs ILI signal interpretation with maintenance protocol development — an API 1160-based approach that gets into anomaly sizing, MAOP validation, and repair criteria, not just slides? Bonus if there’s hands-on UT/PAUT on welded spools; we’ve been measuring about 0.5 mm/yr wall loss on a 6-inch carbon steel test loop and I want the crew aligned on acceptance limits and re-inspection intervals.
Best tip from my side: insist the trainer builds your API 1160 decision tree and repair matrix live off your last run’s raw MFL/UT files and then validate the calls in the lab with PAUT on EDM-notched weld coupons; ROSEN’s ILI Analysis + Integrity Management block in Aberdeen paired well with a 1‑day PAUT lab for us (https://www.rosen-group.com/global/services/training). Are your flowlines recent MFL or UT runs?
Try a blind “data-to-dig” round‑robin: your folks size a few flagged features, then the trainer reveals UT/PAUT on weld mock‑ups and you tune the API 1160 thresholds together — felt like a dyno run, not a lecture. We did this with ROSEN Academy (https://www.rosen-group.com/global/academy/); for the 10-inch riser, ask them to fold in DNV‑ST‑F101 acceptance and clamp repair criteria plus CRA/clad cal blocks — can you share anonymized files ahead of time?
Building on @mikeV1970: we had the trainer run a portable caliper pull‑through on a 10‑in mock‑up, then PAUT/TOFD the girth weld with seeded flaws and reconcile calls — that locked our sizing rules and repair triggers for the riser, but it only works if they bring curved wedges matched to 10‑in OD. What pig tool are you running?
What moved the needle for us was having the trainer bring machined replicas that match our seam type and wall, then each tech wrote a ‘call sheet’ off the ILI traces and immediately verified on a PAUT station and a cut-and-etch coupon. @jenn_ortiz did your provider let you import your hydro history and mill certs so the sizing assumptions were realistic — make sure you leave with the decision logic exported so it drops straight into SAP/Maximo.
Bring your last 10-inch run; do a live “assessment-to-workorder” drill, then simulate rerate checks; if Q1’s tight, pre‑load the traces.
If Q1’s tight, add a PCC‑2 sleeve lab after MAOP validation; practice torque, @mikeV1970. Got sleeve stock matching your wall?
I’d book ROSEN’s ILI-to-API 1160 workshop (https://www.rosen-group.com/global/academy) and add their PAUT weld lab; they’ll size anomalies with RSTRENG/B31G, validate MAOP, and convert results into repair criteria on the 10-inch riser. Small caveat: have them model hang-off bend strain/ovality on the export riser so the call sizing stays honest. Do you have Charpy/SMYS handy to enable ECA instead of default B31G?
Q1: add a PAUT defect-sample lab and build an ILI repair matrix; include “MAOP validation”. You have sample spools?