SGS Provides Free Webinars for Asset Integrity Management Professionals

Online, December 8, 2009 (Newswire.com) - SGS Competence Center Asset Integrity Management invites you to attend a free webinar. Widen your knowledge on the management of mechanical integrity data in just 60 minutes.

Holding the title: "Have you truly optimized the management of your mechanical integrity data?" the webinar will introduce ways to reduce overall inspection costs, and improve the remediation process and inspection quality.

A major focus will be the management of visual observations required by API-510, -570, -653, and similar international standards. The webinar will present a cost-effective methodology for standardizing the visual observations and associated recommendations, along with tracking remediation of the observed conditions. Moreover, it will demonstrate how to generate actionable drawings showing inspection and retirement due condition monitoring locations (CMLs).

The panellist is Dr. Paul Schubert, an independent Asset Integrity Management expert with 26 years of experience in the petrochemical and natural gas industry.

The following sessions have been scheduled:

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 (English Sessions)
10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Berlin (GMT +01:00)
1:00 p.m. Abu Dhabi (GMT +04:00)
5:00 p.m. Singapore (GMT +08:00)
2:00 p.m. Brazil (GMT -02:00)
10:00 a.m. Chicago (GMT -06:00)

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 (English Sessions)
10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Berlin (GMT +01:00)
1:00 p.m. Abu Dhabi (GMT +04:00)
5:00 p.m. Singapore (GMT +08:00)
2:00 p.m. Brazil (GMT -02:00)
10:00 a.m. Chicago (GMT -06:00)

To register for the webinar, visit the SGS Webinar Calendar (https://sgsevents1.webex.com/sgsevents1/onstage/g.php?p=173&t=m).

Mechanical Integrity Management System by SGS

SGS Industrial Services, as one of the biggest business lines of the world's leading inspection, testing, verification and certification company, has the capability to provide reliable turnkey solutions for your mechanical integrity management needs. Our electronic data management experience, including in web-based software, simplifies data management, giving you automatic access to inspection due and replacement, recommendation tracking, remediation scorecards, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics, turnaround planning metrics, and more.

For more information please contact:

SGS Industrial Services
Myriam Ressel
Global Marketing Coordinator

SGS Group Management Ltd.
Raboisen 28
D - 20095 Hamburg

t: +49 40 30101 541
f: +49 40 30101 936

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sgs.com/assetintegrity