Inline Inspection & Integrity Management - [Ask the Experts] Questions Answered
Q1) How does repurposing existing pipelines for hydrogen use impact their integrity?
With each issue of the journal, the "Ask the Experts" section focuses on a new topic of particular relevance to the pipeline industry. People from the international pipeline community are invited to send in their questions which will afterwards be answered publicly by selected experts from the respective field.
Topic | Month |
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Asset Management | September 2021 |
Digital Transformation in the Pipeline Industry | October 2021 |
Illegal Tapping and 3rd Party Impact Prevention | November 2021 |
Difficult to Inspect Pipelines | December 2021 |
Hydrogen transport - conversion, replacement, etc. | June 2022 |
Transportation & storage of CO2 | July 2022 |
Construction & Coating | September 2022 |
Leak Detection & Monitoring | November 2022 |
Q1) How does repurposing existing pipelines for hydrogen use impact their integrity?
Q1) What technology is available for leak monitoring on dense-phase CO2 pipelines?
Q1) What is the key to success for coating joints in the field ?
Q1) What do you think about hydrogen usage in the heating sector (supply network, house installation, gas boilers)?
Q1) All difficult to inspect lines require some openings to insert/ retrieve the tool. Creating that provision is challenging. Which method is most economical and provides optimized results?
Q1) Do you think satellite-based monitoring of 3rd party impacts will replace traditional monitoring methods such as helicopter-based monitoring?
Q1) With the emergence of Data Centric ecosystems over the whole pipeline value chain (from pipe manufacturing to installation), how and when do you expect publication of standards regulating pipeline data format, storage and transfer?
Q1) Which models or methodologies for data management are best suited for pipeline asset management?
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