[ Pipeline Operations ]

The competency for “pipeline operation fundamentals” has pre-requisites in process engineering and hydraulics, as well as knowledge of AS2885. 

So, clearly, a pipeline engineer who works in pipeline operations needs to understand what’s happening inside those pipelines and the associated piping.

Other elements that demonstrate pipeline operations knowledge are: pipeline modelling, control systems, product scheduling, inventory balancing, pipeline repairs, hot tapping and stoppling, coating repairs, emergency exercises, simulation and planning, liquid flow enhancers, leak detection systems, emissions monitoring, billing.

It’s quite wide-ranging, from equipment knowledge (meters, pumps, compressors) to economics (modelling, billing, inventory management), to structural integrity (inspections and repairs).

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PECS OP001: Pipeline Operation Fundamentals, #16 of 35 core competencies