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My Experience
This past summer I virtually interned with Shell's pipeline organization, working with the pipeline reliability and integrity team who monitor and maintain the pipeline assets owned and operated by Shell. This includes using Pipeline Inspection Gauges (PIGs) to inspect the pipeline, investigate the holidays (anomalies) discovered by the tool, and performing repairs on the asset to increase its lifetime of operation.
Throughout my internship I met with more than 20 subject matter experts to increase my mechanical engineering and industry knowledge in topics such as: material corrosion and cracking, metal failure mechanism, subsea inspection and repair, Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) technology, and more.
My main internship project was to work with the Pipeline Integrity Program (PIP) team to improve database for tracking schedule and completion of federal regulatory required integrity assessments on Shell’s 380+ midstream assets. This project required me to utilize Microsoft Visual Basics Application and Macros to create a user friendly interface where engineers can input information relating to the assessment and track the milestones during the inspection and repair process in addition to mitigating human errors by automating tasks.
To help Shell achieve its next zero carbon emissions goal, I collaborated with Shell’s sustainability network group, Future Energy Lions, to increase ridership with electric rideshare startup, Electrip.
Skills Developed:
Microsoft Excel and Visual Basics Application (VBA)
Microsoft Access Database
Metallurgical Material Science
Material Failure & Prevention: Corrosion, Cracking, Fatigue
Pipeline Inspection Tools: Electro Magnetic Acoustic Transducer(EMAT), Magnetic Flux (FML), Ultrasonic Crack Detection (UTCD)
Subsea Equipment Fabrication, Instillation, and Maintenance
About the Shell
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, more commonly known as Shell, is the worlds largest energy company and is active in every sector of the oil and gas industry. Shell also operates in renewable energies including biofuels, wind, and hydrogen. Shell Pipelines has been operating in the United States for over 100 years, transport more than 1.5 billion barrels of products annually through 3800 miles of pipeline across the Gulf of Mexico and 5 states.
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