Life after inspection
Conference
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OSTI ID:427811
- BG Inspection Services Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
- Pipeline Integrity International, Cramlington (United Kingdom)
To gain a financial benefit, a smart operator views inspection as part of an overall strategy to maintain a safe pipeline. This paper shows how periodic internal inspections, followed by defect assessments using fitness-for-purpose criteria and selective repair, is the most cost beneficial way of maintaining the safety of a pipeline. It is highlighted that it is important to use (i) genuine high resolution pigs for the inspection and (ii) expert fitness-for-purpose assessment. The cost savings on the optimized future safe operating strategies for the pipeline offset the costs of the inspection and expert assessment.
- OSTI ID:
- 427811
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606127--; ISBN 0-7918-1767-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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