Training course for API 570. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

431 Pages·2016·9.01 MB·English

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WELCOMING WORD

You're Excellencies,

It is for International Petroleum Services Group (IPSG) an honor and a privilege to convey this message
to all the participants in the API 570 Pressure Piping Inspector Certification Preparation Course
Syllabus Training program.

IPSG strongly commends the participants for having taking this initiative which will undoubtedly enhance all
Codes & Standards as identified in the API published effectively for the June 2006 Piping Inspector
Examination.

The following course syllabus is designed to prepare over a 5 day 40 Hour training interval candidates
wishing to sit for the API 570 Pressure Piping Inspector Certification. It also provides a sound foundation of
those closely involved in the inspection and maintenance of pressure piping but who are not sitting for the
formal examination.

We are sure you will be most successful in this endeavor, on the one hand, on the basis of supporting your
technical knowledge within the oil industry, on the other, in the perspective of enhanced standards of skillful
employees who will be a value addition to KPC and it's subsidiaries.

IPSG is at your side as you embark the unlimited learning cycle of life for the cause enriching your
technical skills. And we await with great expectation the results of your deliberations so as to strengthen
the co-operation between Kuwaiti Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and International Petroleum Services
Group (IPSG) with a view to contributing, as of now, to fulfill KPC's training demands.

Thank you very Much.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
API 570 Course Introduction ……………………………….…………………….……….….……… 4 - 10
API RP 574 11
Review of API RP 574 ……………………….……….…..………………………………….……… 12 - 43
API RP 574 Practice Questions ……………………….……….…………………………………… 44 - 61
API RP 577 62
Review of API RP 577 ………………………………………………………..…….…….………… 63 - 71
API RP 577 Practice Questions ………………………………………………………...…………… 72 - 81
ASME IX 82
Review of ASME Section IX ……………………………………………………….....…………….. 83 - 99
ASME Section IX Practice Questions ………………………………………….…...……………... 100 - 115
ASME Section IX Welding Errors ……………………………………………….…...…………….. 116 - 147
ASME B31.3 & B16.5 148
Review of ASME B31.3 ……………………………………………………….……….……………. 149 - 187
ASME B31.3 Practice Questions …………………………………………...……….…………….. 188 - 208
Review of ASME B16.5 ……………………………………………………….……….……………. 209 - 212
ASME B16.5 Practice Questions ……………………………………………...…….…………….. 213 - 218
API 570 219
Review of API 570 …………….…..……………..………………………………………………….. 220 - 265
API 570 Practice Questions …………….…..…………………………………………..………….. 266 - 300
ASME V 301
ASME Section V Introduction ……………………………………….……....………….………….. 302 - 303
ASME Section V RT ……………………………………………………..…..………….…………... 304 - 313
ASME Section V PT ………………………………………………………....………….…………... 314 - 319
ASME Section V MT ……………………………………………………….…………….………….. 320 - 326
ASME Section V VT ………………………………………………………….………….………….. 327 - 328
ASME Section V BLT ………………………………………………………...………….………….. 329 - 330
ASME Section V UT ……………………………………………………….…………….………….. 331 - 339
ASME Section V Practice Questions ………………………………………………….…………... 340 - 356
API RP 578 357
Review of API RP 578 ………………………..………………………………….………….……… 358 - 365
API RP 578 Practice Questions ………………………..……………………...………….……….. 366 - 370
API RP 571 371
Review of API RP 571 ……………………………………………………….…….…..…………… 372 - 397
PRACTICE EXAM 398
API 570 Final Exam ( Last Updated on MAY 2006 ) ……………………………..……………. 399 - 427
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INTRODUCTION

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TRAINING COURSE FOR

API 570

INSPECTOR’S EXAMINATION
P R E S S U R E P I P I N G I N S P E C T O R

(cid:83) PREPARATION COURSE FOR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION (cid:84)

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REPRODUCTION, COPYING, OR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN
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All figures, sketches, and tables reproduced from ASME Code books and shown in this book
are provided courtesy of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in New York, New
York.

NOTE: The opinions and material presented here are solely those of itcSkills, and do not, in
any way, constitute an official interpretation or guidance to the user. As in all codes and
standards, any official interpretation or guidance must be provided by the applicable committee
of individual responsible for that code or standard.

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(cid:163) 5 DAY TRAINING COURSE

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE FOR API 570 TRAINING SEMINAR
(All times/dates are approximate)

Day 1

(cid:131) Instructor Introduction
Introduction to Training Course and what will be covered

(cid:131) Review of ASME B31.3 Piping Design

Day 2

(cid:131) Complete Review of ASME B31.3 Piping Design

(cid:131) Review of API 570 In-service Inspection Of Piping

Day 3

(cid:131) Complete Review of API 570 In-service Inspection Of Piping

(cid:131) Review of ASME B16.5 Flanges

Day 4

(cid:131) Review of API RP 578 PMT

(cid:131) Review of API RP 577

(cid:131) Review of ASME Section IX

Day 5

(cid:131) Review of ASME V NDE

(cid:131) Review of API RP 571 Damage Mechanisms

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SUBJECT: API AUTHORIZED PRESSURE PIPING INSPECTOR
CERTIFICATION EXAM

LESSON: INTRODUCTION TO US CODES AND STANDARDS FOR
PRESSURE PIPING IN SERVICE INSPECTION

OBJECTIVE: FAMILIARIZE CANDIDATES WITH THE API INSPECTOR
APPROACH AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN US CODES.

REFERENCE: API 570 BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

We are not here to make you inspectors. We expect that you come to this course with essential knowledge in
this field of expertise. We are here to add, redefine and extend the knowledge you already possess.

Overview

To many outside the US the API approach can seem strange so you need to adopt the position from which the
code approaches the subject matter. We place the API Inspector at the very heart of everything to do with
mechanical integrity of piping systems. He acts as a gatekeeper to ensure all that needs to be done is done.
The Pressure Piping exam assumes that an inspector may be totally alone in some situations therefore we need
to test his ability to be competent in all aspects of piping mechanical integrity starting with materials, design,
fabrication, assembly, testing, inspection and then on into in-service deterioration, repairs and fitness for
service.

The American Petroleum Institute (API Standard 570) Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Rerating of Pressure
Piping is designed to accommodate the issues that arise during the in-service inspection, assessment and
repair of pressure piping. It was developed to overcome the gap that existed between design codes which deal
only with structural issues based on pressure and loading and which do not address deterioration.

API 570 discusses and references the American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure piping
design code ASME B 31.3. However it is clearly embodied within 570 that the principles can be applied to
pressure piping designed to any code.

API 570 references other codes and standards where appropriate instead of developing or re-stating existing
guidance. Figure 1 details the relationship between the various referenced documents.

The Figure describes the relationship between the documents and at what time during the lifecycle of pressure
piping they are applicable. A number of the documents provide guidance that can be applied during both
construction of new as well as inspection, re-assessment of in-service piping.

This course text is designed to provide participants with an overview of each of the documents and the essential
elements that are applicable during the in-service inspection and assessment of pressure vessels in the
Hydrocarbon
Process Industry.
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