Register now for the 2026 PPIM Conference the 38th Annual Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management Show Jan 19-Jan 22, 2026 – Houston

Name: Register now for the 2026 PPIM Conference the 38th Annual Pipeline Pigging %26 Integrity Management Show Jan 19-Jan 22, 2026 - Houston
Start: 2026-01-19
End: 2026-01-22
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center

The industry forum devoted exclusively to pigging for pipeline maintenance and inspection, engineering assessment, repair, risk management and NDE.

Since 1989, attendance at the annual PPIM Conference and Exhibition in Houston has grown from a few hundred to more than 4,000,
including a commercial exhibition that began with a handful of specialized solution providers and now involves more than 190 companies
and industry organizations from over 25 countries.

PPIM is an international forum focused on engineering and technology for onshore & subsea pipeline inspection, assessment and repair, as well as regulatory compliance and Integrity Management Programs.

Broadly, our primary criteria for selection of papers to be presented at PPIM are:
*Operator involvement and/or real-world experience;
*Technical not commercial (and technically sound);
*Respected author/institutions;
*Broad appeal and/or novel/new technologies.

PPIM draws more than 3000 engineering management and field operating personnel from pipeline transmission and distribution companies, service companies and equipment providers concerned with improved operations and integrity management in the transportation of natural gas, crude oil, refined products, LNG, RNG, LPG, CO2 and hydrogen.

Papers will be published and distributed to the conference delegates in encrypted PDF format. In addition, PPIM conference papers will be incorporated in the SCOPUS® abstract & citation database which is used by leading academic, business, and government institutions. Individual papers will also be freely available to these institutions in order to promote citation and reference.

Schedule at a Glance:
COURSES
January 19-20, 2026

CONFERENCE
January 21-22, 2026

EXHIBITION
January 20-22, 2026

WELCOME

In parallel with the demands for greater pipeline safety, reliability, and efficiency – and the explosive growth in the market for technologies
to help meet those demands – PPIM has evolved to become the industry’s primary forum for reporting new developments and field experience,
and for showcasing the relevant tools and systems. It is the place where the needs of pipeline operators and the capabilities of service and
equipment suppliers intersect.

Information exchange at PPIM is supported by a range of educational technical courses that take place in advance of the conference and exhibition.
Led by a distinguished faculty including the world’s top experts, the courses provide a foundation for well-informed inquiry and dialogue among
industry colleagues, clients, and contractors.

We take great pride in the fact that more than 60% of our conference participants are repeat attenders and more than 90% of our exhibitors
return each year. We hope you’ll be among them at PPIM 2026 and look forward to seeing you there.

What is the Schedule for the 2026 PPIM Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Conference?

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Early move-in (by appointment only)

MONDAY, JANUARY 19

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – General move-in and installation

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20

7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – General move-in and installation

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Opening reception

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21

9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Exhibits open

4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Reception

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Exhibits open

2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Teardown and move-out

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. – Tuesday, January 20
Before 7:30 p.m. – Wednesday, January 21
Before 2:00 p.m. – Thursday, January 22

INSTALLATION AND TEARDOWN

All exhibitor displays must be completely installed by no later than 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
Exhibitors may not begin dismantling before 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

Hospitality suites, demonstrations, and related events: Exhibitors agree not to host or schedule activities outside of the exhibition area
that are related to conference attendees during official conference hours.

2026 Pipeline Integrity Conference

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

7:00 Breakfast & Registration open

1.0 Plenary – Opening Session
8:00	Opening remarks
8:05	205 Ten-Year Analysis of Reportable Pipeline Accidents: Trends, Risk Factors, and Lessons Learned Alvaro Rodriguez¹ ¹PHMSA, Oklahoma City, USA
8:35	Young Pipeline Professional Annual Recognition Award Presentation
8:50	186 Talent pipeline – A Comprehensive Review of the Talent Management and Career Journeys in the Pipeline Industry Michelle Unger¹, Jan Frowijn², Hena Rehman³ ¹ROSEN, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²ROSEN, Houston, USA, ³Enbridge, Houston, USA
9:20	154 Has the Industry Forgotten How to Weld? Michael Rosenfeld¹, Bill Amend¹ ¹RSI Pipeline Solutions, New Albany, USA
9:50	Refreshment Break
10:50	State of the Industry Report Tyler Campbell ¹ ¹Pipeline & Gas Journal, Houston, USA
11:05	250 An Improved Fracture Model for Assessing Crack-Like Flaws in Pipelines Ted Anderson¹, Robert Dodds², Thomas Dessein³ ¹TL Anderson Consulting, Cape Coral, USA, ²Consultant, Longmont, USA, ³Integral Engineering, Edmonton, Canada
11:35	231 An Operator’s Practical Approach for Evaluating and Prioritizing ILI-Reported Dents Rick Wang¹, Connie Meksavanh¹, Tao Hu¹, Jaspal Deol¹ ¹TC Energy, Calgary, Canada
12:05	124 Advances in API 1163 Level 3 ILI Validations Jed Ludlow¹,Jason Skow², Ryan Stewart² ¹T.D. Williamson, Salt Lake City, USA, ²Integral Engineering, Edmonton, Canada
12:35	Lunch in the Exhibition Hall
	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
	1.1 Unpiggable or Difficult-to-Inspect 1	2.1 Geohazards 1	3.1 Cracks	4.1 Corrosion
	Session chair:	Session chair:	Session chair:	Session chair:
2:00	115 Predicting Corrosion Severity on ILI Remnant Pipe Using Extreme Value Analysis Haotian Sun¹, Nick Bullen¹, Andrew Carss¹, Colin Dooley¹, Sergiu Lucut¹ ¹TC Energy, Calgary, Canada	168 A Deep-Dive into the PHMSA Significant Incident Database and What it Tells us About Trends in Pipeline Geohazards Alexander McKenzie-Johnson¹, Rhett Dotson² ¹Tricoast Geoservices, The Woodlands, USA, ²D2 Integrity, Tomball, USA	130 Longitudinally Misaligned Pipeline Stacked Crack Interaction Using 3-D Crack Meshes – Part II Ryan Holloman¹, Mark Neuert², Greg Thorwald², Michael Turnquist¹ ¹Quest Integrity, Boulder, USA, ²Enbridge, Edmonton, Canada	255 Joint-Based versus Segment-Based CGRs – A Case Study Zaki Hassan¹, Brian Krieg², Joshua Kuennen², Jeffrey Donnelly², Adriana Nenciu², Stacy Hickey², Mattew Ellinger² ¹DNV, Columbus, USA, ²CenterPoint Energy, Evansville, USA”
2:30	189 Robotic Inline Inspection for Critical Gas Distribution Infrastructure Ole Bosink¹, Erin Wishart², Adrian Horsley³ ¹ROSEN, Lingen, Germany, ²Enbridge, Chatham, Canada, ³ROSEN, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	267 Automated and Continuous Evaluation and Ranking of Geohazards by Comparing Bending Strain Features Against Geohazard Inventory and Inspection Records Chad Sutherland¹, Caroline Scheevel², Todd Zawacki³ ¹Cambio Earth, Calgary, Canada, ²BGC Engineering, Golden, USA, ³Enbridge, Nashville, USA	200 Finding the Edge of Crack & Seam Welds in the Field with Direct High-Resolution ILI Measurements Greer Simpson¹, Corey Richards¹, Marshall Lu¹ ¹DarkVision, North Vancouver, Canada	296 Even Faster Effective Area Method: Further Optimization of the Effective Area Method for Plausible Profile Corrosion Assessments Tristan MacLeod¹ ¹Kiefner and Associates, Ames, USA
3:00	284 Advancing Seam Integrity on Difficult to Inspect Pipelines: Robotic Inspection of Vintage ERW Pipeline for SSWC, Lack of Fusion, and other Longitudinal Weld Anomalies Michael Kobelak¹, Ryan Trapp² ¹Intero Integrity Services, Toronto, Canada, ²Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Oakland, USA	163 When Did the Slope Start Moving … Varved Clays, Pipelines, and Landslides Nick LaPlant¹,Todd Bown² ¹National Grid, Syracuse, USA, ²GZA GeoEnvironmental, Buffalo, USA	144 Development and Implementation of a State-of-the-Art Seam Weld Fatigue Cracking Integrity Management Program Michael Turnquist¹, Rachel Brossman², Miguel Martinez² ¹Quest Integrity, Boulder, USA, ²PBF Energy, Cerritos, USA	209 Bridging Overline Surveys and ILI Tools with Corrosion Computer Modeling Christophe Baete¹, Keith Parker² ¹Elsyca, WIjgmaal, Belgium, ²Enbridge, Stockbridge, USA
	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D
	1.2 Unpiggable or Difficult-to-Inspect 2	2.2 Circumferential Stress Corrosion Cracking	3.2 Materials Testing & Verification 1	4.2 Integrity Management 1
	Session chair:	Session chair:	Session chair:	Session chair:
3:30	192 Managing Internal Corrosion Threat in Unpiggable Pipelines and Facility Deadlegs: An Update on Industry Standards and What the Data Tells Us LeeAnn Escobar¹, Leslie Ward² ¹Shell, New Orleans, USA, ²Kiefner and Associates, Houston, USA	254 Screening and Assessment of Circumferential SCC in Pipelines – Comparison of Stress- and Strain-Based Approaches Yong-Yi Wang¹, Jiawei Wang¹, Banglin Liu¹, David Warman¹, Yohann Miglis² ¹Center for Reliable Energy Systems, Dublin, USA, ²Kinder Morgan, Houston, USA	242 Field Simulation Material Property Verification Trial Samuel Kindel¹, Brent Vyvial² ¹Enbridge, Houston, USA, ²Stress Engineering, Houston, USA	166 A Primer on The Hazard Posed by Agricultural Tilling to Buried Pipelines Eduardo Munoz¹, Richie Joseph², Saul Chirinos² ¹Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems, Houston, USA, ²Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems, Calgary, Canada
4:00	164 From Prediction to Proof: Leveraging ILI to Validate a Non-Intrusive Pipeline Assessment Framework Arash Ilbagi¹, Lewis Barton², Arvind Chhabra³ ¹ROSEN, Houston, USA, ²ROSEN, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, ³Enbridge, Toronto, Canada	114 Testing and Validation Methodologies of MFL ILI Technologies for the Detection of CSCC and Off-Axis Cracks and Crack-like Features Nima Parsibenehkohal¹, Rachel Brossman¹, Ron Thompson², Richard Kania³, Andrew Corbett³, Guillermo Solano³ ¹PBF Energy, Cerritos, USA, ²Novitech, Toronto, Canada, ³KanEnergyPartners, Calgary, Canada	139 Using Composition Data to Improve the Accuracy of Nondestructive Strength Estimates Peter Martin¹, Nathan Switzner¹, Joel Anderson¹, Emily Brady², Pooya Delshad³, Peter Veloo³ ¹RSI Pipeline Solutions, New Albany, USA, ²Exponent, Houston, USA, ³Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Ramon, USA	243 The LTS Futures Project – An Update of a UK Operator’s (SGN) Experience of Assessing the Feasibility of Repurposing their Natural Gas Transmission System to Transport Hydrogen Gary Senior¹, Gemma Simpson², Andrew Cosham³ ¹Pipeline Integrity Engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, ²SGN, Edinburgh, UK, ³Ninth Planet Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
4:30	Conference Day 1 concludes
4:30 – 6:30 Reception in the Exhibition Hall

2026 – Thursday, January 22

Time	Room A 1.1 Unpiggable or Difficult-to-Inspect 1 Session chair:	Room B 2.1 Geohazards 1 Session chair:	Room C 3.1 Cracks Session chair:	Room D 4.1 Corrosion Session chair:
2:00	115 Predicting Corrosion Severity on ILI Remnant Pipe Using Extreme Value Analysis Haotian Sun¹, Nick Bullen¹, Andrew Carss¹, Colin Dooley¹, Sergiu Lucut¹ ¹TC Energy, Calgary, Canada	168 A Deep-Dive into the PHMSA Significant Incident Database and What it Tells us About Trends in Pipeline Geohazards Alexander McKenzie-Johnson¹, Rhett Dotson² ¹Tricoast Geoservices, The Woodlands, USA, ²D2 Integrity, Tomball, USA	130 Longitudinally Misaligned Pipeline Stacked Crack Interaction Using 3-D Crack Meshes – Part II Ryan Holloman¹, Mark Neuert², Greg Thorwald², Michael Turnquist¹ ¹Quest Integrity, Boulder, USA, ²Enbridge, Edmonton, Canada	255 Joint-Based versus Segment-Based CGRs – A Case Study Zaki Hassan¹, Brian Krieg², Joshua Kuennen², Jeffrey Donnelly², Adriana Nenciu², Stacy Hickey², Mattew Ellinger² ¹DNV, Columbus, USA, ²CenterPoint Energy, Evansville, USA
2:30	189 Robotic Inline Inspection for Critical Gas Distribution Infrastructure Ole Bosink¹, Erin Wishart², Adrian Horsley³ ¹ROSEN, Lingen, Germany, ²Enbridge, Chatham, Canada, ³ROSEN, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	267 Automated and Continuous Evaluation and Ranking of Geohazards by Comparing Bending Strain Features Against Geohazard Inventory and Inspection Records Chad Sutherland¹, Caroline Scheevel², Todd Zawacki³ ¹Cambio Earth, Calgary, Canada, ²BGC Engineering, Golden, USA, ³Enbridge, Nashville, USA	200 Finding the Edge of Crack & Seam Welds in the Field with Direct High-Resolution ILI Measurements Greer Simpson¹, Corey Richards¹, Marshall Lu¹ ¹DarkVision, North Vancouver, Canada	296 Even Faster Effective Area Method: Further Optimization of the Effective Area Method for Plausible Profile Corrosion Assessments Tristan MacLeod¹ ¹Kiefner and Associates, Ames, USA
3:00	284 Advancing Seam Integrity on Difficult to Inspect Pipelines: Robotic Inspection of Vintage ERW Pipeline for SSWC, Lack of Fusion, and other Longitudinal Weld Anomalies Michael Kobelak¹, Ryan Trapp² ¹Intero Integrity Services, Toronto, Canada, ²Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Oakland, USA	163 When Did the Slope Start Moving … Varved Clays, Pipelines, and Landslides Nick LaPlant¹,Todd Bown² ¹National Grid, Syracuse, USA, ²GZA GeoEnvironmental, Buffalo, USA	144 Development and Implementation of a State-of-the-Art Seam Weld Fatigue Cracking Integrity Management Program Michael Turnquist¹, Rachel Brossman², Miguel Martinez² ¹Quest Integrity, Boulder, USA, ²PBF Energy, Cerritos, USA	209 Bridging Overline Surveys and ILI Tools with Corrosion Computer Modeling Christophe Baete¹, Keith Parker² ¹Elsyca, WIjgmaal, Belgium, ²Enbridge, Stockbridge, USA
Session Block 2 Room A: 1.2 Unpiggable or Difficult-to-Inspect 2 Room B: 2.2 Circumferential Stress Corrosion Cracking Room C: 3.2 Materials Testing & Verification 1 Room D: 4.2 Integrity Management 1 Session chairs: Room A: _____, Room B: _____, Room C: _____, Room D: _____
3:30	192 Managing Internal Corrosion Threat in Unpiggable Pipelines and Facility Deadlegs: An Update on Industry Standards and What the Data Tells Us LeeAnn Escobar¹, Leslie Ward² ¹Shell, New Orleans, USA, ²Kiefner and Associates, Houston, USA	254 Screening and Assessment of Circumferential SCC in Pipelines – Comparison of Stress- and Strain-Based Approaches Yong-Yi Wang¹, Jiawei Wang¹, Banglin Liu¹, David Warman¹, Yohann Miglis² ¹Center for Reliable Energy Systems, Dublin, USA, ²Kinder Morgan, Houston, USA	242 Field Simulation Material Property Verification Trial Samuel Kindel¹, Brent Vyvial² ¹Enbridge, Houston, USA, ²Stress Engineering, Houston, USA	166 A Primer on The Hazard Posed by Agricultural Tilling to Buried Pipelines Eduardo Munoz¹, Richie Joseph², Saul Chirinos² ¹Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems, Houston, USA, ²Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems, Calgary, Canada
4:00	164 From Prediction to Proof: Leveraging ILI to Validate a Non-Intrusive Pipeline Assessment Framework Arash Ilbagi¹, Lewis Barton², Arvind Chhabra³ ¹ROSEN, Houston, USA, ²ROSEN, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, ³Enbridge, Toronto, Canada	114 Testing and Validation Methodologies of MFL ILI Technologies for the Detection of CSCC and Off-Axis Cracks and Crack-like Features Nima Parsibenehkohal¹, Rachel Brossman¹, Ron Thompson², Richard Kania³, Andrew Corbett³, Guillermo Solano³ ¹PBF Energy, Cerritos, USA, ²Novitech, Toronto, Canada, ³KanEnergyPartners, Calgary, Canada	139 Using Composition Data to Improve the Accuracy of Nondestructive Strength Estimates Peter Martin¹, Nathan Switzner¹, Joel Anderson¹, Emily Brady², Pooya Delshad³, Peter Veloo³ ¹RSI Pipeline Solutions, New Albany, USA, ²Exponent, Houston, USA, ³Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Ramon, USA	243 The LTS Futures Project – An Update of a UK Operator’s (SGN) Experience of Assessing the Feasibility of Repurposing their Natural Gas Transmission System to Transport Hydrogen Gary Senior¹, Gemma Simpson², Andrew Cosham³ ¹Pipeline Integrity Engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, ²SGN, Edinburgh, UK, ³Ninth Planet Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
4:30	Conference Day 1 concludes
4:30 – 6:30	Reception in the Exhibition Hall

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Date

Jan 19 - 22 2026

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1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010