Burke Delanty is the vice president of Integrity Services for DNV Calgary. Mr. Delanty has 14 years of experience in the development and implementation of prudent, risk-based, cost effective Pipeline Integrity Management Programs to address such threats as general corrosion, stress corrosion cracking (SCC), geotechnical, mechanical damage and encroachment. Mr. Delanty is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Mr. Delanty was previously employed by a Canadian operating pipeline company where he was directly involved in the development and implementation of the company's SCC Integrity Management Program which included 30 km of pipe replacement, over 5300 km of hydrostatic retesting, 640 km of SCC inline inspection and over 1100 SCC specific excavations, the development and implementation of the company's inline inspection and excavation program for general corrosion which included approximately 10,000 km of internal inspection and over 400 excavations, the development and utilization of the company's SCC and corrosion susceptibility models and risk assessment models, the development and direction of the company's SCC Research Program, the undertaking of field failure investigations and the direction of subsequent detailed failure analysis conducted by metallurgical firms and/or research organizations, the development and utilization of the company's defect assessment criterion for SCC and corrosion, the development of the company's procedures for hot tapping including the development of a patented process for structurally reinforcing the hot tap connection, the development of the company's welding procedures, the development and approval of specifications for materials, construction and operation related issues.
He also managed an Engineering Department that was responsible for, in addition to the above, developing the company's Geotechnical Integrity Management Program, Corrosion Control Program (i.e. cathodic protection surveys, diagnostic testing, and the design and implementation of new cathodic protection facilities), Recoating Programs, Shorted Casing Program and Corrosion Research Program. He has represented not only his former employer but the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) in meetings and Public Inquiries with Federal, Provincial and Foreign pipeline regulators.