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2025 IPEIA Conference & Exhibition Technical Program Schedule
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| Asset Integrity Management | NDT / Repairs / Inspection Technologies | Failure Case Studies | Regulatory / Codes | Material Selection / Properties |
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| Tuesday, February 25th | ||||
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| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Student Poster & Technical Presenter’s Briefing & Breakfast | Pyramid C | |
| 8:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Opening Ceremonies & Keynote: Mr. Tom Costabile | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |
| 9:45 AM | 10:15 AM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Juan Roldan Poster Name: STPT-0790 The prevention of hot cracking on austenitic stainless steel by the addition of ferrite |
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| Technical Sessions | Ballroom A | Ballroom B | Ballroom C | |
| 10:15 AM | 11:00 AM | ABST-0699 | ABST-0671 | ABST-0737 |
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Presenter Name: Timothé Falardeau Title: Atmospheric Storage Tank Inspection: Leveraging Advanced Technologies to Enhance Reliability and Efficiency |
Presenter Name: Cristian Zanfir Title: Welding Inspection Certification Requirements and Weld Discontinuities and their Causes |
Presenter Name: Jesse Schultz Title: Weld and Welding Related Failures: Case Studies |
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| 11:00 AM | 11:45 AM | ABST-0659 | ABST-0723 | ABST-0717 |
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Presenter Name: Hennie Prinsloo Title: The Piper Alpha Disaster and Lessons Learned A Case Study — Part 1 |
Presenter Name: Courtland Penk Title: CUI^2: Considering UAV Innovation for Corrosion Under Insulation Screening |
Presenter Name: David Weisgerber Title: Piping Integrity, Inspections are the Last Opportunity to Avoid Failure |
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| 11:45 AM | 12:30 PM | ABST-0695 | ABST-0747 | ABST-0707 |
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Presenter Name: Henry Cairney Title: The Piper Alpha Disaster and Lessons Learned A Case Study — Part 2 |
Presenter Name: Mohsen Bahrami Title: Assessment of Pipeline and Piping Material Options for Sea Water and Brine Services |
Presenter Name: Scott Fong Title: Considerations for the successful execution of High-Temperature Local Heat Treatment |
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| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Juan Roldan Poster Name: STPT-0790 The prevention of hot cracking on austenitic stainless steel by the addition of ferrite |
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| Ballroom A | Ballroom B | Ballroom C | ||
| 1:30 PM | 2:15 PM | ABST-0755 | ABST-0708 | ABST-0780 |
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Presenter Name: Allan Ramkhelawan Title: Damage Mechanisms in Ammonia and Urea plants. |
Presenter Name: Gregory Pelly Title: Managing Aging Assets – Mole Sieve Dehydrators |
Presenter Name: Matt Grose Title: Combining advanced LiDAR technology with drones to decrease a TA inspection schedule at an Oilsands facility (Syncrude). |
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| 2:15 PM | 3:00 PM | ABST-0702 | ABST-0742 | ABST-0731 |
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Presenter Name: Tom Burnett Title: Case Study – Cold Reheat Non-Return Valve Failure |
Presenter Name: Trevor Seipp Title: When Repads Are a Really Bad Idea: Thermal Cyclic Service |
Presenter Name: Evan Almberg Title: Using NDE results and FEA to determine root cause failures of middle tube supports in an OTSG Shock Bank |
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| 3:00 PM | 3:45 PM | ABST-0754 | ABST-0720 | ABST-0688 |
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Presenter Name: Philippe Cyr Title: Detection and depth evaluation of elephant skin cracking in coke drums enabled by eddy current array (ECA) |
Presenter Name: Ana Benz Title: Cracking Under the Heat: Unraveling a Complex High-Temperature Failure |
Presenter Name: Lester Stanley Title: Boiler and HRSG Condition Assessment – Benefits of Phased Approach for Accurate Future Planning |
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| 3:45 PM | 4:15 PM | Coffee Break | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 3:45 PM | 4:15 PM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Juan Roldan Poster Name: STPT-0790 The prevention of hot cracking on austenitic stainless steel by the addition of ferrite |
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| 4:15 PM | 5:45 PM | Special Sessions: Small Modular Reactor Panel Discussion | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |
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| Wednesday, February 26th | ||||
| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Student Poster & Technical Presenter’s Briefing & Breakfast | Pyramid C | |
| Ballroom A | Ballroom B | Ballroom C | ||
| 8:00 AM | 8:45 AM | ABST-0673 | ABST-0739 | ABST-0759 |
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Presenter Name: Jorge Perez Title: Typical Failures of Above Ground Storage Tanks, Prevention, Assessment and Repair |
Presenter Name: Jeff Goldstein Title: Review of the results, statistics, and insights of an oil refinery piping CML optimization project that accomplished service-specific damage mechanism CML placement |
Presenter Name: Tim Stevenson Title: High-precision, automated Corrosion & Erosion Monitoring (CEMS) |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:30 AM | ABST-0716 | ABST-0686 | ABST-0681 |
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Presenter Name: Ryan Chaisson Title: The Risk of Inadequate NDE Stewardship |
Presenter Name: Winston Mosher Title: Cracking the Code: Deciphering Carbon Steel Cracking in Diverse Environments |
Presenter Name: Philippe Rioux Title: Intermodal Total Focusing Method (TFMiTM) and Multi-Technique Ultrasonic Sizing Analysis Study |
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| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | ABST-0770 | ABST-0685 | ABST-0684 |
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Presenter Name: Djordje Srnic Title: Implementation of the latest CSA B51 and B52 editions |
Presenter Name: Mathieu Leclerc Title: UT is UT: Understanding Advanced Ultrasonic Technologies and How They Compare to Each Others |
Presenter Name: Matt Krantz Title: Insulation Driven Stress Corrosion Cracking of Carbon Steel Assets – Part 2 |
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| 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM | Coffee Break | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Apande Ngome Poster Name: STPT-0786 Effect of Carbon Content on Graphitization |
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| 10:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Announcements & Keynote: Mr. Tyler Smith | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Apande Ngome Poster Name: STPT-0786 Effect of Carbon Content on Graphitization |
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| 1:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Integrity Challenges Forum | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Coffee Break | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Apande Ngome Poster Name: STPT-0786 Effect of Carbon Content on Graphitization |
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| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Reception, Pre-Networking Event | Tent City / Orso Trattoria | |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 PM | IPEIA Networking Event (ticket required) | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |
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| Thursday, February 27th | ||||
| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Student Poster & Technical Presenter’s Briefing & Breakfast | Pyramid C | |
| Ballroom A | Ballroom B | Ballroom C | ||
| 8:00 AM | 8:45 AM | ABST-0665 | ABST-0666 | ABST-0657 |
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Presenter Name: Shaun Paranych Title: Hydrostatic Testing Failures and Repairs |
Presenter Name: Ahmad Raza Khan Rana Title: Investigation of Failure Modes of Thermally Sprayed Aluminum (TSA) in Leachates Immersion and CUI Environment |
Presenter Name: Zach Wright Title: Transforming Inspections: The Role of Robotics and Advanced NDT Methods |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:30 AM | ABST-0694 | ABST-0767 | ABST-0741 |
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Presenter Name: Etienne Provencal Title: Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Analysis of Eddy Current Testing and Remote-Field Testing Scans for Heat Exchanger Assessment |
Presenter Name: Mike Dutcher Title: Implementing drone technology into Asset Integrity inspections |
Presenter Name: Justin Daarud Title: Enhancing Asset Integrity Through Next-Generation 3D Visualization in Work Management |
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| 9:30 AM | 10:15 AM | ABST-0658 | ABST-0656 | ABST-0771 |
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Presenter Name: John Ebonka Title: Composite Repairs For The Rehabilitation of Corroded or Damaged Pipework and Structures |
Presenter Name: Matthew Bell Title: Planning to Fail: Some Unexpected Developments |
Presenter Name: Ryan Jones Title: CUI Probability of Detection Study |
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| 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM | Coffee Break | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Peter John Poster Name: STPT-0787 Thickness of Zinc Coating on Galvanized Sheets |
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| Ballroom A | Ballroom B | Ballroom C | ||
| 10:45 AM | 11:30 AM | ABST-0733 | ABST-0765 | ABST-0735 |
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Presenter Name: Chantel Rivard Title: Heat Medium Heaters – Failures, fixes, and findings. |
Presenter Name: Jordan Barrass Title: Analyses, Mitigations and Reflections from Hydrogen Stress Cracking Failure of a Duplex Stainless Steel Reactor Effluent Air Cooler (Reac) In Hydrocracker Service |
Presenter Name: Tom Ott Title: Hardness Testing – Principles, Issues and Best Practice for Testing in the Field |
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| 11:30 AM | 12:15 PM | ABST-0668 | ABST-0763 | ABST-0705 |
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Presenter Name: Josh Kolenc Title: Troubleshooting and Diagnosing Common Operational Issues with Pressure Relief Valves |
Presenter Name: Nicholas Walther Title: In-Service Welding: Case Study on Cracking |
Presenter Name: Kayla Lebel Title: Advances in Piping Vibration Assessment and API 579 Part 15 |
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| 12:15 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch | Beauvert AB/Moose’s Nook | |
| 12:15 PM | 1:15 PM |
STUDENT POSTER – all day, located between Moose’s Nook/Beauvert Student Name: Peter Johnn Poster Name: STPT-0787 Thickness of Zinc Coating on Galvanized Sheets |
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| 1:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Special Sessions Forum: RBI Challenge: Elevate Your Game | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Awards & Closing Comments | Mary Schaffer Ballroom ABC | |