The 3rd edition of AMI’s Field Joint Coating 2016 Conference will take place at the Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen in Vienna, Austria from 5 – 7 September 2016.

Field-applied coatings face a specific array of technical, human and environmental challenges. Coatings are applied in the field not just on joints and special pipeline components, but also on parts and segments in need of repairs or rehabilitation. This is an area in which a multitude of materials, products and technologies vie to provide solutions to a set of demanding requirements. There is, therefore, a need for industry cross-fertilisation, for discussion and debate in order to better understand the issues, agree on industry-wide requirements and identify optimal solutions. The conference will bring together pipeline owners and operators, contractors, coating experts worldwide, test institutes, as well as suppliers of materials, products and equipment.

The 2016 edition will start with a market overview delivered by AMI’s Vice President Noru Tsalic. Next, end-user GRTgas and the contractor Heerema will deliver their own insights. In the session Developments in Equipment and Process, leading coater Shawcorpartner with contractor Technip, delivering a talk on how to maximise the reliable reeling thickness of large wet insulation coating systems while another leading coating company Aegion will discuss automated liquid coating systems for field joint coating.

Day two’s session on Novel Coating Systems will include key speakers like oil company Petrobras, SCR Poisk Russia, Covestro and Denso, touching on a variety of requirements in North & South America, Europe and Russia. The rest of the day will focus on Trends in Testing, Evaluation and Qualification, with presentations delivered among others by the raw material suppliers BS Coatings and Stopaq.

The event is sponsored by Denso, Valspar, Inductotherm Heating & Welding, Serimax and Tial.