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This session was held as part of the 16th Pipeline Technology Conference, 15-18 March 2021.Meet the experts​Neil GallonPrincipal Engineer, ROSEN GroupNeil Gallon is a Principal Materials and Welding Engineer working for the ROSEN Integrity Services division in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He holds a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge and i...

We have all undergone huge change in business in the past year. Many of us have been working from home, having virtual meetings, and not travelling. Remarkably, this has worked very well, however, there are some challenges when it comes to training and competence management in times of crisis. We have seen: reductions in staff pools, training budge...

This presentation will illustrate a comprehensive integrity management approach supporting pipeline operators with the conversion of their existing natural gas grids and operations for transporting hydrogen. It will summarize the potential threats and the changes or additions to current integrity management (and potentially operating) practices nee...

Confirmation bias: can you put your beliefs aside and be unbiased?Not that far.Just a few centuries.You see, as a self proclaimed data scientist, we draw inspiration from a long line of great English mathematicians.Firstly, there's George Boole (1815-1864), creator of Boolean algebra, the lifeblood of digital electronics. Then there's Charles Babba...

Michael Smith introduces the illusion of causality bias and how it relates to Aaron Ramsey and celebrity deaths as well as to pipeline integrity management.In Cognitive Biases #2, we introduced one of our favorite English mathematician, Thomas Bayes (1701-1761). We also talked about one of the most endemic cognitive biases we suffer: the confirmati...