AMPP Eastern Conference 2026: Pipeline Integrity

Date

October 19

Format

In-Person

Location

Myrtle Beach, SC

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The technical program includes Asset Integrity and AC Interference & Reconductoring tracks, along with Cathodic Protection Systems and Emerging Technologies & Regulatory Issues tracks. Sessions address integrity installation; stored assets at risk of corrosion deterioration; AC interference mitigation and risk screening; ECDA and SCCDA for aged pipelines; AC/DC interference; cathodic protection sensor assemblies; reconductoring challenges for buried structures; audit-ready cathodic protection programs; PHMSA's new gathering line rule; PHMSA updates; inorganic systems with 50-year corrosion resistance; close-interval surveys; wastewater pretreatment coatings in manufacturing and chemical processing facilities; soil resistivity; coupons; and high-frequency data logging with edge computing for cathodic protection. The program also includes a fireside chat and an asset owner panel. Speakers include Alan Thomas, AMPP CEO; Billy Rado, Electrical and Instrumentation Unlimited; Ben Jacobs, Dairyland; Perry Ross, Lake Superior Consulting; Mohammed Alotaibi, Saudi Aramco; Ryan Buchs, Entrust; Thomas Theissen, BORIN; Aaron Raath, Cathtect; Christiane Lederer, Corrosion & Integrity Consulting Services; Kyle Flanagan, Grey Lock Energy; Kevin Garrity; Tom Correll, PHMSA Associate Administrator; Russ Hansen, Carboline; Cal Chapman, Chapman Engineering; Matthew Sandlin, The Sherwin-Williams Company; Tom Taylor, Tom Taylor Corrosion Consulting; Gerald Haynes, CTC Consultants; Damaris Martinez, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia; and Ivano Magnifico, Automa.

Speakers(19)

Alan Thomas

CEO, AMPP

Billy Rado

Electrical and Instrumentation Unlimited

Ben Jacobs

Dairyland

Perry Ross

Lake Superior Consulting

Mohammed Alotaibi

Saudi Aramco

Ryan Buchs

Entrust

Aaron Raath

Cathtect

Christiane Lederer

Corrosion & Integrity Consulting Services

Kyle Flanagan

Grey Lock Energy

Tom Correll

PHMSA Associate Administrator

Russ Hansen

Carboline

Cal Chapman

Chapman Engineering

Matthew Sandlin

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Tom Taylor

Tom Taylor Corrosion Consulting

Gerald Haynes

CTC Consultants

Damaris Martinez

Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

Topics

Energy
Engineering
Policy

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