July 2010

Skystone Engineering successfully completed a Pipeline Integrity Management training course for a group of top managers from the Russian energy company Gazprom.

Subjects discussed during the training session included regional and central regulators, integrated solutions, learning from failures, cathodic protection, case histories, sour service conversions and codes specifically relevant to upstream gathering systems.

“Gazprom was excited to learn from our experiences because they view Canada as a leading nation for pipeline integrity management,” said Frank Gareau, Skystone VP of Technical Services. “High interest topics included non-metallic pipeline solutions, testing for microbiologically influenced corrosion and cathodic protection.”

Skystone Engineering regularly provides instructor-led training covering topics that can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of the audience. Skystone is able to leverage its position as a multi-disciplined maintenance services organization to provide training on a wide range of subject matter and topics.

Gazprom is a global energy company focused on geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and marketing of gas and other hydrocarbons as well as electric power and heat energy production and distribution. Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest company in Russia.

For more information on Skystone Engineering training opportunities, please contact Frank Gareau at fgareau@skystone.ca.

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