How to be an Expert in Piping Components for Oil&Gas Career

Learn about Pipe, Fittings, Olets, Gaskets, Flanges, Bolting materials, Valve, Orifice flanges, Spectacle Blind, Steam traps and more.

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Piping components are basic building blocks of Oil & Gas Industries.

Oil and Gas industries become a very competitive in the current time. Getting a right mentor and right exposer within the industry is difficult during the growth phase of your career. With limited training budget spent by the company on employee training, it is even more difficult to acquire the knowledge to success.

This course is design based on years of field experience to ensure that you know every aspect of the piping components that you are going to expose in the field. Once you are in, you can access this course for a lifetime.

A real-life industrial course on Piping Components used in Oil & Gas industries Piping

  • Different types of Pipe, Pipe fittings (Elbow, Tee, reducers, Caps etc.), Flanges, Gaskets, Branch Connection (Olets), Bolting materials
  • Special Piping Components such as valve, long neck flange, steam traps, orifice flange, spacer & spade, spectacle blind, expansion joints, strainer, etc.
  • Materials (Metal-Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Alloy Steel etc. Non-Metal- PVC/CPVC, HDPE, GRE-GRP etc.)
  • Manufacturing methods
  • Heat treatment requirements and methods
  • Inspection and Testing requirements (Non-destructive Testing, Mechanical & Chemical testing)
  • Visual, Dimensional & Marking Inspection requirements
  • Code, Standard & Specification used in piping

What are you going to learn in 3.5 Hours of Content, 64 lectures & 8 Quizzes?

The course starts with basic topics of piping components and moves toward the advanced concept. Initial sections cover fundamentals piping and role of piping components in piping. You will also get acquainted with industrial code, Standard, and Specification. Equipped with this knowledge you are ready to learn about different types piping components.

Core sections of the course cover all the main types of piping components used in any process plant piping. You will learn about individual types of piping components, different types within that category, and their specialty in detail. Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Flanges, branch connection, Gasket and Bolting materials.

You will also learn about special piping components that includes as long neck flanges, orifice flanges, Spacer & Spade, Spectacle blind, Strainer, Expansion Joints, Steam Traps and lots of other components.

Detail sections on of material types, material selection and manufacturing process that will fine tune your knowledge of piping components.

In Quality Control and Inspection sections, you will learn about heat treatments requirements, hydro test, destructive testing, non-destructive testing, visual, dimensional and marking inspection requirements for individual piping components. You will also learn which standard to use for testing and lots of other details.

At the end of the course, your skill and knowledge will make you confident that you can give the lecture on the piping components at your workplace and go for inspection and testing at piping components manufacturer location even if have not seen these piping components earlier.


Your Instructor


Varun Patel
Varun Patel

Varun Patel is an Oil & Gas Professional. He is Mechanical Engineer and Certified Project Management Professional - PMP® form PMI® USA. He is having more than twelve years of experience in working in Fortune 500 Oil & Gas Companies.

From the beginning of a career, he works in multi-billion dollar Oil & Gas project in Asia and the Middle East. He works in Refinery, Petrochemical and Offshore projects. His experience covers entire project life cycle from Project Initiation to Project Closed out. He has extensive exposer to projects FEED, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning. He also worked in refinery Operation and Maintenance. During his career, he has handle may different Job role such as Project Engineer, Piping Engineer, Construction Engineer, Inspection Engineer and Maintenance Engineer.He has visited many manufacturing facilities for supplier approval. He has inspected all kind of piping material. He also has vast experience in Static and rotary Equipment use in Refinery.

He is having in-depth knowledge of Piping and equipment manufacturing, welding, inspection methods and techniques used in Oil and Gas industry.He is also having experience in Non-destructive and destructive testing use during construction of significant oil and gas processing and production complex.


Course Curriculum


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  Process Piping Foundation
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  Heat treatments of Pipe Components
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  Non-destructive and Destructive Testing
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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