Fitness-For-Service, Remaining Life Assessment & Repair of Pressure Equipment & Piping - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
Participants to this training course will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the training course outline with the tutor utilising a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Seminar methodology includes This is an intensive and comprehensive training course in which participants are drawn into active participation in discussions and example solutions to enhance learning.
The emphasis in the training course will be on the explanation of all technical phenomena and providing answers to problems that are encountered in everyday industrial practice related to maintenance, repair and alterations of process equipment. Each learning point will be reinforced with practical examples. There will be ample opportunities for active discussion and sharing professional experiences and exchange that will help solidify the gained knowledge. All training course materials will be provided.
Course Objectives
The participants will learn to apply the rules of the API/ASME 579 standard "Fitness-for-Service" to recognize degradation mechanisms, evaluate the integrity and remaining life of pressure vessels, tanks, piping systems and pipelines, make cost effective run-or-repair decisions, and select the appropriate repair options. In this training course you will learn:
- Fundamental principles of fitness-for-service, their practical application through presentations, worked examples, case studies, and a step-by-step evaluation process for each type of degradation mechanism
- Fundamental principles of component integrity, application of the ASME code rules, material properties of strength and toughness, and the introduction to stress and fracture mechanics
- A review of degradation mechanisms and the application of API 579 to brittle fracture, general metal loss, local wall thinning, pitting, blisters and laminations, mechanical defects (dents, gouges, misalignment, and distortion), crack-like flaws (stress corrosion cracking, weld flaws, crack-like defects), fatigue, HIC and SOHIC and fire damage
Target Audience
This Gulf Rowad Fitness-For-Service, Remaining Life Assessment & Repair of Pressure Equipment & Piping training course provides a wide understanding and deeper appreciation of fitness-for service, remaining life assessment and repair of pressure equipment and piping for:
- Integrity Assessment Engineers
- Operations Engineers
- Maintenance Engineers
- Maintenance Supervisors
- Facility Integrity Supervisors
- Corrosion Engineers
- Corrosion Specialists
- Site Inspection Engineers
- Piping Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Plant Managers
- Plant Engineers
- Project Engineers
- Engineers who are responsible for maintaining the integrity of process plant equipment and piping
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
Optimization of process plant operation, including equipment efficiency, energy consumption and maintenance management, is vital to the budgetary success of the organisation. On completion of this training course, the delegates will be able to critically analyse the methodologies employed within the organisation and instigate improvements where required.
Personal Impact
Participants will obtain all skills that are essential for assessing pressure vessels, piping and tanks against all known degradation mechanisms from first approach at field Level up to expertise level giving them extreme confidence on their recommendation through professionally written reports.
Course Outline
Fitness-For-Service Technology
- Overview of API 579 Contents, Objectives and Applications
- Fitness-for-Service assessment procedure
- FFS Assessment Methodology and Procedure
- Structure of the Standard - Road map for Parts 3 through 14 of the FFS Standard
- The FFS eight-step procedure
Inspection and Fitness-For-Service
- Fundamentals of Design and Construction of Pressure Vessels, Storage Tanks and Piping
- Annex A - Thickness, MAWP and stress equations for a FFS assessment
- Assessment of General Wall Thinning
- Assessment of Local Thin Areas
- Fabrication Defects and in-Service Degradation of Pressure Equipment and Piping
- Damage Mechanisms
FFS Assessment of Brittle Fracture and Metal Loss
- Assessment of Existing Equipment for Brittle Fracture
- Overview of brittle fracture
- Overview of Corrosion, Erosion and Pitting
- Assessment of General Metal Loss
- Assessment of Local Metal Loss
- Worked examples Assessment
Assessment of Pitting Corrosion, Hydrogen Blisters and Welding Misalignment
- Assessment of pitting corrosion
- Fitness For Service Assessment of Corroded Pipelines
- Assessment of Hydrogen Blisters and Hydrogen Damage Associated With HIC and SOHIC
- Assessment of weld misalignment and Shell Distortions
- Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws
- Worked examples
Creep, Fire Damage, Dents and Fatigue Damage
- Creep, Fire and Mechanical Damage
- Assessment of Components Operating in the Creep Range
- Assessment of Fire Damage
- Assessment of Dents, Gouges, and Dent-Gouge Combinations
- Assessment of Laminations
- Assessment of fatigue damage
- Worked examples
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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