Intelligent pigging of pipelines: A turnkey approach
- Pipetronix GmbH, Stutensee (Germany)
- Hettrich Consulting, Munich (Germany)
The international pipeline systems are growing in age and some installations have already been in operation beyond the service life they had originally been designed for. It is therefore of ever increasing importance that pipeline operators are provided with the means to accurately and reliably inspect their pipelines and obtain the information needed for decision making regarding safe operation, rehabilitation and repair. This paper will introduce the concept of bundled services for pipeline-inspection and -maintenance, ranging from pre-inspection engineering, cleaning, gauging, on-line inspection through to analysis of data, interpretation, advice on action plans including aspects of maintenance, rehabilitation and repair. Special attention will be given to an assessment of the latest developments in on-line inspection tools for metal loss- and crack-detection and the type of information that can be obtained and consequently used for integrity assessment and fitness for purpose analysis.
- OSTI ID:
- 460708
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970146--; ISBN 1-890277-01-0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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