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Third Middle East Non-Destructive
Testing Conference and Exhibition

November 27-30, 2005
Gulf International Conference Center, Manama, Bahrain

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Saudi Arabian Section of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (SAS-ASNT) and Bahrain Society of Engineers (BSE) are organizing the 3rd Middle East Nondestructive Testing Conference and Exhibition at Gulf International Convention Center, Gulf Hotel, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain from November 27-30, 2005.

This conference offers a unique venue for NDT professionals to interact and share inspection problems and NDT solutions. The Gulf region is the site of the largest oil facilities in the world with continuing aging infrastructure and extreme environmental conditions demanding effective and novel NDT solutions.

The ability of NDT to detect defects before failure is of paramount importance in the oil and gas industry. This is critical to allowing safe, reliable, and efficient operation of process facilities. Sustaining oil and gas production is a challenge and equipment reliability is critical to meet continuous processing demands.

Both the 1st and 2nd Middle East Nondestructive Testing Conference and Exhibition were very successful with over 700 attendees and 56 exhibitors thus presenting a world class chance to exchange technical ideas concerning non-destructive testing. The conference committee is dedicated to bringing top experts and professionals in the field of NDT to address local and industry-wide problems through presentations, seminars and workshops.

Conference Theme

The theme for this conference is Innovative NDT Solutions for Reliability of Petrochemical Industry Facilities. The conference and exhibition will focus on the challenges for the NDT industry and will involve the latest innovative NDT solutions, methodology, techniques, certification, training and equipment reliability. The organizers of the conference wish to emphasize the role of existing and new NDT technologies in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The conference will include formal presentations, informal technical meetings, and panel discussions. The technical program will include following topics:

  • NDT Technologies for Non-Scrapable Pipelines
  • Non-Intrusive NDT for Pressure Vessels
  • Inspection for Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
  • Acoustic Emission Applications for Aging Infrastructure
  • NDT for Upstream and Drilling
  • Smart Sensors and Robotic Applications
  • NDT for Coatings
  • Advanced Ultrasonic Techniques
  • Boilers and Heat Exchanger Inspection Methods
  • Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
  • NDT for Underground Piping / Road Crossing
  • Digital Applications of Radiography

Call for Papers

Papers are invited from practicing engineers, research scientists and NDT professionals and experts. The Author should submit an abstract on the enclosed form for consideration by the Technical Committee. The abstract should be no more than 400 words and should state clearly the objectives, subject matter and conclusions to he presented in the full paper.

March 15, 2005 - Final date for receipt of abstract
April 15, 2005 - Advise acceptance of abstract
June 30, 2005 - Draft paper due
July 30, 2005 - Advise a acceptance of final paper


Correspondence regarding all aspects of the abstracts or technical papers should be sent to:

Mr. Scott D. Miller
Chairman, Technical Committee
P.O. Box 826, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
Tel: (+966) 3-872-0148
Fax: (+966) 3-872-0630
E-mail: scott.miller@aramco.com

The professional program will include the following topics:

  • NDT Technologies for Non-Scrapable Pipelines and Road Crossings
  • Non-Intrusive NDT for Pressure Vessels
  • Corrosion under Insulation
  • Boilers and Heat Exchanger Inspection Methods
  • Acoustic Emission Applications for Aging Infrastructure
  • NDT for Upstream and Drilling
  • Use of Laser Technology in NDT
  • Smart Sensors and Robotic Applications
  • NDT for Coatings
  • Advanced Ultrasonic Techniques
  • Non-Metallic Piping Inspection
  • Digital Radiography Applications
  • High Temperature Inspection
  • Risk Based Inspection

Conference Language

The official Conference language will he English. Papers, visual materials, and other documents will be presented in the English language.

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