Electrical safety and electrical interference on pipelines, including welding effects. (ONLINE)

This is a London Branch joint event organised with the Institute of Corrosion (ICOR)

Overview: Dr Patrick Lydon will review will describe the risks to pipeline integrity associated with A.C. interference and D.C stray current corrosion including hazards associated with welding on pipelines. The presentation will include photographic evidence from incidents that have occurred on projects.

Pat will discuss basic safety guidance for work on pipelines located in the vicinity of overhead and buried powerlines and factors mitigating the risks from electrical interference. These include incendive ignition risks and situations where there may be an enhanced electrical shock risk - lightning, welding on cross country pipelines, arc-strike effects on cross-country pipelines and arcing on pipelines installed within sleeves.

Speaker: Dr Patrick Lydon is a Materials, Corrosion and Cathodic Protection Engineer with 35 years’ experience in the pipeline industry and has written gas industry standards on CP and UKOPA Good Practice Guides on AC and DC stray current interference. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Institute of Mining, Materials and Mineralogy and Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion. Pat is a BS EN ISO 15257 Level 4 Cathodic Protection Specialist

Speaker Biography: Dr Pat Lydon, IACS Ltd.

Venue: York Room, Lancaster Hall Hotel, London W2 3EL   

Event poster can be downloaded here 

The is a hybrid event. For those wishing to attend in person, please see the separate event announcement.  

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Attending this event supports your professional development.  You can claim 2 CPD points per hour for this event.  As a member of the Welding Institute you can record your CPD activity online from your membership portal.

Additional Information:

• Register here for the live event only
• Registration details (name, organisation and Institute affiliation) will be shared with our Branch and ICORR volunteers to help facilitate this event.