Pipeline Safety

Leak detection, TPI (Third Party Interference) and asset integrity are crucial topics in pipeline monitoring, although they often require costly procedures and systems. In order to support the pipeline integrity management, Eni S.p.A, in collaboration with Solares JV, developed the e-vpms® (Eni Vibro-acoustic Pipeline Monitoring System). This...

Even the smallest leak can have devastating consequences. The protection and monitoring of pipeline infrastructure is critical to the continued performance of the pipeline. Loss of integrity, through accidents or malicious activity, can have a significant impact on the environment, on reputations and on finances. Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing is...

A highly developed society naturally believes that it has elimi nated its risks. Insurances, traffic information, social systems, legislation, and finally all kinds of regulations weigh us down in a cor set of security of our own actions, which can hardly lead to negative consequences. Infrastructure and pipeline security is a valuable asset, on...

It is well known that natural disasters which are related to climate change (e.g. rising sea levels, heat stress, extreme precipitation, inland and coastal flooding, landslides, water scarcity etc.) are rapidly increasing through last decades. Climate impacts not only show regional and seasonal patterns, but also differ between territorial settings...

As offshore pipelines age, the oil and gas industry must properly maintain equipment to prevent leaks. In subsea flowlines, leaks sometimes originate from aging flanges. These flanges must be replaced. Historically, replacing the flange has required a lot of time. Different costly approaches are available, from subsea reparations to flowline...

One of subsidiaries of Pertamina is Pertamina Gas which manage special task in operating crude oil transportation 12,000 BOPD. In the operation still occur illegal tapping activities and risk of pipeline product theft is a major concern to industry. In 2012, oil thieves drilled 748 illegal taps or an average 2 times every day. Losses from...

Ground movements, with the clear majority being landslides, hav e caused several pipeline incidents worldwide in recent years. This, and experiences obtained from major engineering projects, shows that a systematic approach for the assessment of landslides is essential. A best-practice multidisciplinary workflow, based on detailed terrain analyses...

The design of coastal oil and gasol ine tanks along with interconnected onshore and offshore pipeli ne in an area that is char acterized by very loose to loose gr anular and very soft to soft clayey soils, high water table and moderate or high seismicity will be much more demanding and challenging, since various issues are directly or indirectly...

Insulating joints are used for the electrical separation of pipeline systems or for dividing pipelines that are affected by high voltages into sections. The electrical isolation of cathodically protected systems is maintained until the dielectric strength/ flashover strength of the insulating joint is reached. Overvoltages which occur as a result...

In recent years attacks against information infrastructures have become ever more frequent and complex, while at the same time perpetrators have become more professional. Every day the mass media around the world releases news related to cyber activities, which report the attempts of one country trying to get advantage over another country using...

Risikomanagement ist ein grundlegender Baustein des Pipeline-Integritäts-Managementprozesses. Risikomanagement umfasst dabei nicht nur die Abschätzung von Risikoprofilen und den Abgleich mit tolerierbaren Kriterien, sondern auch die effektive Beurteilung und Umsetzung der Maßnahmen zur Risikobehandlung. Die Durchführung von Risikobeurteilungen kann...

Gasfernleitungen gehören zur kritischen Infrastruktur - sie sind für die Energieversorgung der Industrie und der Bevölkerung unerlässlich. Das Gasnetz der Fern- und Verteilerleitungen erstreckt sich innerhalb Deutschlands auf über 510.000 km [1] und dient gemeinsam mit den Hausanschlussleitungen der Energieversorgung. Nach dem...

Beschädigungen an Rohrleitungen und Katastropheneinsätze bei Bauaktivitäten beweisen immer wieder, dass die Bauwirtschaft eine bessere Unterstützung der Leitungsauskunft benötigt. Seit nun 2 1/2 Jahren in Betrieb will BIL einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Bauanfrage initiieren, indem die Initiative mittels Zuständigkeitsprüfung und einem vollständigem...

Bei der Errichtung von Rohrleitungsanlagen zum Transport und zur Speicherung brennbarer, ätzender oder giftiger Gase und wassergefährdender Flüssigkeiten ist die Prüfung durch unabhängige Sachverständige ein wesentlicher Aspekt der Qualitätssicherung und trägt maßgeblich zur Sicherheit dieser Anlagen bei. Dies gilt aber nicht nur für Neubauprojekte...

Unternehmen, die technische Systeme betreiben, wie z. B. der Ferngasnetzbetreiber ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, müssen den sicheren Betrieb ihrer Anlagen jederzeit gewährleisten. Dabei müssen alle damit verbundenen Verfahren und Prozesse den geltenden Gesetzen und Vorschriften entsprechen. Außerdem muss das Unternehmen auch vorbereitet sein, im Notfall...