INGU
Arash Ghafari has a diverse range of work experience. Arash is currently working as an Assistant Operations Project Manager at INGU. Prior to this, they worked as a Manufacturing Associate at the same company. Before their current role, Arash worked as a Mathematics Instructor at Mathnasium of Southland. Arash also worked as an Injection Molding Machine Operator at Ice River Sustainable Solutions. Arash gained experience in design and coordination as a Designer/Team Coordinator for a student capstone project at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). Additionally, they worked as a Lube and Tire Technician at Meineke Car Care Centers, Inc. in both 2019 and 2020. In the past, Arash held positions as a Content Writer/Customer Care Associate at Pixel Camera Shop and as a Content Writer/Product Photographer at Naghdestan.com. Arash also worked as a Supply Chain Coordinator at Huawei Iranian and held multiple roles including Project Controller, Assistant Project Manager, and On-Site Project Controller at Iran Industrial Design (IID) Co.
Arash Ghafari obtained a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, in 2019, they also completed a Pre-apprentice program in Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician at SAIT. Arash Ghafari holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, which they received from Mazandaran University of Science and Technology between 2004 and 2009.
INGU
Currently, inline inspection in the oil and gas sector is a series of staged engineering events, designed to assess the condition of pipeline assets. It is costly, infrequent, and only addresses those lines that are within reach. In fact, it is estimated that 40% of the world’s pipelines are unpiggable. The vulnerabilities between inspections,which are typically years apart, or the inability to conduct inspections at all, puts the world’s aging pipeline infrastructure at risk. In order to address these issues, we have focused on changing the economics, the technology, and the workflow associated with inline inspection. We have introduced the industry’s first self-serve inspection model that eliminates significant engineering and downtime costs. We have developed miniature, multi sensor Pipers® technology that freely flows within any and all active pipelines, regardless of location, condition, material or configuration. This technology is capable of inspecting pipelines as small as 2 inches in diameter, and surveying for leaks, geometric defects, magnetic anomalies, and deposits in a single run. Further, we have reduced the cost of inline inspection by a factor of 10, making it possible for integrity programs to be more present, more often, across all of their assets. Finally, such accessible technology has given us the opportunity to work with a complete range of clients – large and small, private and public – resulting in rich datasets libraries that offer unprecedented contextual analysis and continuous advancement of our data analytics capabilities. Our approach provides clients with uninterrupted access to up-to-date condition-critical data, allowing them to optimize planning, decision-making, and actions.