Petrofac Training launches pipeline operations training facility
  by: OilOnline
  Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Petrofac Training is launching the UK’s first pipeline training facility.

To be launched this autumn at the company’s training centre in Montrose, the pipeline facility will enable Petrofac Training to simulate pipeline operations process on actual facilities for the purposes of training and competence development, without any of the risk associated with live operations.

The facility, which will also be used for research and testing purposes, can be used to train both on and offshore personnel and consists of a 1km, 10” diameter pipeline constructed in a loop formation. When complete, it will also feature the latest supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology, enabling multiple scenario simulations to be programmed during training.

The pipeline facility is the most recent addition to Petrofac Training’s extensive operations and technical training portfolio, and will offer a number of courses across the subject area from basic introductory to more advanced levels across pipeline operations, pigging operations and corrosion engineering.