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Gas Transmission & Distribution Piping Systems (Conforms To ASME Code B31.8)
Course Description
ASME B31.8 is the most widely used Code for the design, operation, maintenance, and repair of natural gas distribution and transmission pipelines. This course explains the present-day piping Code provisions, the principal intentions of the Code, and how the Code should be used. The emphasis is on transmission pipelines.

Engineers; Code compliance personnel; Operation and Maintenance Personnel; Regulatory Personnel

Introduction

  • Piping Systems Definitions
  • Piping Systems Component Definitions
  • Design, Fabrication, Operation, and Testing Terms and Definitions
  • Quality Assurance

Materials and Equipment

  • Materials and Equipment
  • Qualification of Materials and Equipment
  • Materials for Use in Low Temperature Applications
  • Marking & Material Specifications
  • Equipment Specifications
  • Transportation of Line Pipe
  • Conditions for the Reuse of Pipe

Welding

  • Introduction to Welding, Preparation for Welding
  • Qualification of Procedures and Welders
  • Preheating, Stress Relieving
  • Weld Inspection Requirements
  • Repair or Removal of Defective Welds

Piping System Components and Fabrication Details

  • Piping System Components and Fabrication Details
  • Piping System Components
  • Expansion and Flexibility
  • Design for Longitudinal Stress
  • Supports and Anchorage for Exposed Piping
  • Anchorage for Buried Piping

Design, Installation, and Testing

  • Design, Installation, and Testing
  • Steel Pipe Other Materials, Compressor Stations
  • Pipe-Type and Bottle-Type Holders
  • Control and Limiting of Gas Pressure
  • Valves & Vaults Customers Meters and Regulators
  • Gas Service Lines

Operating and Maintenance Procedures

  • Operating and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the
  • Safety of Gas Transmission and Distribution Facilities
  • Pipeline Maintenance
  • Distribution Piping Maintenance
  • Pipeline Service Conversions

Corrosion Control

  • Principles of Corrosion Control
  • External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipelines
  • Cathodic Protection Criteria
  • Operation and Maintenance of Cathodic Protection Systems
  • Internal Corrosion Control
  • Steel Pipelines in Arctic Environments
  • Steel Pipelines in High-Temperature Service
  • Stress Corrosion and Other Phenomena
  • Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, Ductile Iron, and Other Metallic

Offshore Gas Transmission

  • Offshore Gas Transmission
  • Offshore Gas Transmission Terms and Definitions
  • Qualification of Materials and Equipment
  • Material Specifications
  • Conditions for the Reuse and Requalification of Pipe
  • Welding Offshore Pipelines
  • Stress Relieving
  • Inspection of Welds
  • Piping System Components and Fabrication
  • Design, Installation, and Testing
  • Operating and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the Safety of Gas Transmission Facilities
  • Pipeline Maintenance
  • Corrosion Control of Offshore Pipelines
  • External Corrosion Control
  • Cathodic Protection Criteria
  • Internal Corrosion Control

Sour Gas Service

  • Sour Gas Service, Material Specifications
  • Welding Sour Gas Pipelines Preparation for Welding
  • Qualification of Procedures and Welders
  • Preheating, Stress Relieving
  • Welding and Inspection Tests
  • Piping System Components Design and Fabrication Details
  • Testing Sour Gas Pipelines
  • Pipeline Maintenance
  • Corrosion Control of Sour Gas Pipelines
  • External Corrosion Control for Steel Pipelines
  • Internal Corrosion Control
  • Stress Corrosion and Other Phenomena

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.

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Course Rounds

5 Days
Code Date Venue Fees Action
MI140-01
2026-04-26
Dammam
USD 5450
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MI140-02
2026-07-12
Dubai
USD 5450
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MI140-03
2026-09-20
Dubai
USD 5450
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MI140-04
2026-11-02
Istanbul
USD 5950
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