Course content
Course content
Pipeline inspection fundamentals
The program will cover:
- Introduction to pipeline integrity assurance
- Typical pipeline defects, including geometries, causes and prevention
- Internal and external pipeline inspection methodologies
- Non-destructive testing technologies, including MFL, UT and eddy current
- Inspection tools for traditional and challenging pipelines
- Onshore and offshore pipeline inspection case studies
Advanced inspection techniques and difficult-to-inspect pipelines
Topics include:
- Piggable, unpiggable and challenging pipelines
- Onshore and offshore inspection challenges, including CUI, risers and subsea applications
- Advanced inspection technologies including MEC, PEC, TOFD, EMAT and radiography
- Operation and deployment of internal and external inspection tools
- Planning and preparation for inspections
- Vendor solutions and industry practices
- Real-life inspection case studies
Anomaly assessment
The course will also cover:
- Introduction to pipeline anomalies and threats
- History and overview of anomaly assessment codes and standards
- Key elements of assessment methods
- Interaction of anomalies
- Available repair techniques
- Hands-on anomaly assessment calculations
- Real-life case studies Nov+Dec 2026 Virtual Training
Who should attend
This course is suitable for professionals across the pipeline sector, including managers responsible for pipeline integrity or operations, pipeline engineers, technicians, consultants and other professionals involved in pipeline inspection, assessment and maintenance.
The program provides both onshore and offshore perspectives and is suitable for participants with a range of experience levels. Nov+Dec 2026 Virtual Training
About the lecturers
Dr Konrad Reber has more than 25 years of industry experience across in-line inspection, non-destructive testing and engineering.
His background includes the development of MFL data analysis algorithms and inspection tool design, defect assessment and comparative inspection methodologies. His career has included roles with Pipetronix, NDT Systems & Services, TÜV Rheinland, Innospection Group and Innetiqs.
His current focus includes the development and refinement of testing technologies for underwater and other difficult-to-inspect structures. He is also an experienced technical author and pipeline inspection trainer. Nov+Dec 2026 Virtual Training
Dr Michael Beller has worked in the pipeline industry for more than 35 years, with experience spanning engineering, inspection, marketing and strategy.
His career has included roles with Preussag AG, Pipetronix, NDT Systems & Services and the ROSEN Group. He has published more than 80 technical papers on pipeline inspection and integrity and is a co-author of several books in the field.
Dr Beller is a former President of the International Pigging Products & Services Association and currently chairs the Editorial Board of the Pipeline Technology Journal. He has delivered pipeline industry training for more than 20 years and also lectures in material science and strength of materials in Germany. Nov+Dec 2026 Virtual Training
Adrian Lim is an engineering leader with nearly 30 years of international energy-sector experience, specialising in subsea systems, pipelines, asset integrity, technology innovation and project delivery.
His experience spans the full asset lifecycle, from concept development and FEED through detailed design, procurement, fabrication, installation, operations, integrity management and decommissioning.
Adrian is a recognised technical authority in pipeline integrity and fitness-for-service and has led multidisciplinary teams across inspection, maintenance and repair, risk management and life-extension projects.
He serves on a number of Australian and international standards committees, including AS 2885.3, DNV RP F101, DNV RP F116, ISO 19345 and ISO 22974, and regularly delivers specialist training in pipeline integrity, subsea engineering and asset management. Nov+Dec 2026 Virtual Training
How the virtual training will run
The course will be delivered through Microsoft Teams across four half-day sessions.
The exact start and finish times for each day are still being finalised. The course brings together specialist lecturers from Australia and overseas, so the timetable will be structured to accommodate multiple time zones while keeping each training day to approximately half a day.
Confirmed session times will be provided to registered participants ahead of the course.
Attendance at all scheduled sessions is required. The sessions will be interactive, giving participants the opportunity to engage directly with the lecturers, ask questions and work through practical examples and case studies.
Sessions may be recorded for quality control purposes. A summary of the training will be shared with participants following the course, together with any relevant course materials provided by the lecturers.
Registration conditions
Registrations close seven days before the commencement of the course.
Registrations are transferable to another participant. Cancellations received within seven days of the course commencement date are non-refundable.
Your registration covers all four virtual sessions and associated post-course materials.