Guidelines and Application Procedures for API – RP 578

What are the Goals?

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

• Understands the types and grades of steels
• Verify the MTC according to ASME BPVC II
• Learn about the different types of PMI specially (XRF & OES)
• Know about the verification procedure against the various standards
• Understand the documentation and record keeping of MVP records

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Material Engineer/Inspector
• In-service inspection Engineer
• PMI Technicians
• Welding Engineers
• Corrosion Engineers
• Operation Engineers
• Asset integrity Engineers

Daily Agenda

Day One: Considerations and General Concerns

• Introduction to steel metallurgy
• Standards and specifications controlling the materials (ASME)
• Carbon Steel Substitutions in Low-alloy Steel Systems
• Alloy Substitutions for Carbon Steel
• Residual Elements in Carbon Steels in Hydrofluoric Acid Alkylation Units

Day Two: Material Verification Programs

• Asset Components Included in a Material Verification Program
• Mill Test Reports and Usage in an MVP
• New Construction MVP
• Existing Installed Assets MVP
• MVP as an Element of Maintenance Systems

Day Three: PMI Methodology and Technology

• MVP Test Method Objectives
• PMI Procedure
• Personnel Qualifications
• Chemical Analysis Techniques
• Sorting Analysis Techniques.
• Spectrometer Technology

Day Four: Evaluation of Testing Results and Material Identification

• Material Acceptance Methods
• Follow-up PMI after Discovery of a Nonconformity
• Material Identification Process
• Color Coding/Marking
• Marking of Components

Day Five: Documentation and Record keeping

• Shop and Field PMI Documentation
• New and Existing Equipment or System Documentation
• PMI Records