A Proposed Geotechnical Risks Management Plan for Pipeline Integrity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Régis Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Management Plan ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
System Integrity ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Managing System ◽  
Geotechnical Problems ◽  
Very High ◽  
Geotechnical Risk

Linear works, such as highways, power lines, gas and oil pipelines among others, as well as other types of engineering works can be threaten by natural hazards, such as landslides, floods, erosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, seaquakes and others, which could lead to great environmental impacts, very high sum of money lost and even deaths. Aiming to reduce geological and geotechnical risks, preventive or corrective actions can be executed from the design phase to the operational and maintenance stages in pipelines. In this last phase, an integrity management plan of these facilities can be adopted, with the purpose of mitigating residual risks that had not been covered on the design and construction phases. One of the alternatives to implement an integrity management of gas pipelines is found in the code “Managing System Integrity of Gas Pipelines” – ASME B31.8S (2005). However, this code has some limitations in actions concerning to prevention, identification and correction of geological and geotechnical problems. This paper presents information about geotechnical risks in transmission pipelines and tools applied in identification, prevention and correction of geotechnical problems in pipelines, as well as, others with potential to be applied in pipelines. A basic pipeline integrity management plan focused in geotechnical risks is proposed in the paper, transcribed as a contribution to ASME B31.8S Code. This plan is composed by actions: from identification, prevention, evaluation and analysis to correction of geotechnical instabilities in pipelines. The plan is composed by a flowchart with all actions selected for the geotechnical risk care. The plan was developed based on directions set in ASME B31.8S Code, together with Brazilian, Italian and Canadian experiences.

Pipeline Integrity Management: An Approach to Geotechnical Risks

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Re´gis Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Management Plan ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
System Integrity ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Managing System ◽  
Geotechnical Problems ◽  
Very High ◽  
Geotechnical Risk

Linear works, such as highways, power lines, gas and oil pipelines among others, as well as other types of engineering works can be threaten by natural hazards, such as landslides, floods, erosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, seaquakes and others, which may lead to great environmental impacts, very high sum of money lost and even deaths. Aiming to reduce geological and geotechnical risks, preventive or corrective actions can be executed from the design phase to the operational and maintenance stages in pipelines. In the last phase, an integrity management plan can be adopted to mitigate residual risks not covered on the design and construction phases. One of the alternatives to implement a gas pipeline integrity management is found in the code “Managing System Integrity of Gas Pipelines” – ASME B31.8S (2005). However, this code has some limitations in actions concerning to prevention, identification and correction of geological and geotechnical problems. This paper presents information about geotechnical risks in transmission pipelines and tools applied in identification, prevention and correction of geotechnical problems in pipelines, as well as, others that can potentially be applied in pipelines. A basic pipeline integrity management plan focused on geotechnical risks is proposed in the paper, transcribed as a contribution to ASME B31.8S Code. This plan is composed by actions: from identification, prevention, evaluation and analysis to correction of geotechnical instabilities in pipelines. It is composed by a flowchart with all actions selected for the geotechnical risk care. The plan was developed based on directions set in ASME B31.8S Code, including Brazilian, Italian and Canadian experiences.

Simulation of interferences between power lines and gas pipelines in unbalanced phase currents state

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 1178-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denisa Şteţ ◽  
Dan Doru Micu ◽  
Levente Czumbil ◽  
Laura Darabant ◽  
Andrei Ceclan
Keyword(s):  
Power Lines ◽  
Gas Pipelines

Implementation of a Pipeline Integrity Management System at TIGF (France): The Added Value of the Pipeline Threats and Mitigations Module

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Kutrowski ◽  
Rob Bos ◽  
Jean-Re´gis Piccardino ◽  
Marie Pajot
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Transmission Grid ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Corrective Actions

On January 4th 2007 TIGF published the following invitation for tenders: “Development and Provision of a Pipeline Integrity Management System”. The project was awarded to Bureau Veritas (BV), who proposed to meet the requirements of TIGF with the Threats and Mitigations module of the PiMSlider® suite extended with some customized components. The key features of the PiMSlider® suite are: • More than only IT: a real integrity philosophy, • A simple intuitive tool to store, display and update pipeline data, • Intelligent search utilities to locate specific information about the pipeline and its surrounding, • A scalable application, with a potentially unlimited number of users, • Supervision (during and after implementation) by experienced people from the oil and gas industry. This paper first introduces TIGF and the consortium BV – ATP. It explains in a few words the PIMS philosophy captured in the PiMSlider® suite and focuses on the added value of the pipeline Threats and Mitigations module. Using this module allows the integrity analyst to: • Prioritize pipeline segments for integrity surveillance purposes, • Determine most effective corrective actions, • Assess the benefits of corrective actions by means of what-if scenarios, • Produce a qualitative threats assessment for further use in the integrity management plan, • Optimize integrity aspects from a design, maintenance and operational point of view, • Investigate the influence of different design criteria for pipeline segments. To conclude, TIGF presents the benefits of the tool for their Integrity Management department and for planning inspection and for better knowledge of their gas transmission grid.

Implementing a Geohazard Integrity Management Program: Statistics and Lessons Learned Over 15 Years

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex J. Baumgard ◽  
Tara L. Coultish ◽  
Gerry W. Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Pipeline Networks ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Pipeline Failures ◽  
Program Challenges

Over the last 15 years, BGC Engineering Inc. has developed and implemented a geohazards Integrity Management Program (IMP) with 12 major pipeline operators (consisting of gas and oil pipelines and of both gathering and transmission systems). Over this time, the program has been applied to the assessment of approximately 13,500 individual hydrotechnical and geotechnical geohazard sites spanning approximately 63,000 km of operating pipelines in Canada and the USA. Hydrotechnical (watercourse) and geotechnical (slope) hazards are the primary types of geohazards that have directly contributed to pipeline failures in Canada. As with all IMPs, the core objectives of a geohazard management system are to ensure a proactive approach that is repeatable and defensible. In order to meet these objectives, the program allows for varying levels of intensity of inspection and a recommended timescale for completion of actions to manage the identified geohazards in accordance with the degree of hazard that the site poses to the pipeline. In this way, the sites are managed in a proactive manner while remaining flexible to accommodate the most current conditions at each site. This paper will provide a background to the key components of the program related specifically to existing operating pipeline systems, present pertinent statistics on the occurrence of various types of geohazards based on the large dataset of inspections, and discuss some of the lessons learned in the form of program results and program challenges from implementing a geohazard integrity management system for a dozen operators with different ages of systems, complexity of pipeline networks, and in varied geographic settings.

A Concept for Floating Offshore Wind Mooring System Integrity Management Based on Monitoring, Digital Twin and Control Technologies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Puras Trueba ◽  
Jonathan Fernández ◽  
Carlos A. Garrido-Mendoza ◽  
Alessandro La Grotta ◽  
Jon Basurko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Motion Sensor ◽  
Mooring System ◽  
Mooring Lines ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
System Integrity ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
And Control

Abstract Efficient operation of mooring systems is of paramount importance to reduce floating offshore wind (FOW) energy costs. MooringSense is an R&D project which explores digitization to enable the implementation of more efficient integrity management strategies (IMS) for FOW mooring systems. In this work, the MooringSense concept is presented. It includes the development of several enablers such as a mooring system digital twin, a smart motion sensor, a structural health monitoring (SHM) system and control strategies at the individual turbine and farm levels. The core of the digital twin (DT) is a high-fidelity fully coupled numerical model which integrates simulation tools to allow predictive operation and maintenance (O&M). Relevant parameters of the coupled model are updated as physical properties evolve due to damages or degradation. The DT assimilates information coming from the physical asset and environmental sensors. Besides, a smart motion sensor provides feedback of the attitude, position, and velocity of the floater to allow the computation of virtual loads in the mooring lines, the detection of damages by the SHM system and the implementation of closed-loop control strategies. Finally, the IMS takes advantage of the mooring system updated condition information to optimize O&M, reduce costs and increase energy production.

Study on Natural Gas Drag Reduction Agent and Mechanism of Gas Pipelines Drag Reduction

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoping Li ◽  
Zhiheng Zhang ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Chunman Li ◽  
Weichun Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Reduction Method ◽  
Radial Pulsation ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Oil Flow ◽  
Pipeline Wall ◽  
Gas Drag ◽  
Long Chain

On the basis of the study on the principle of oil flow and that on mechanism of drag reduction and transportation promotion of oil pipelines, the article makes a further research on the Mechanism of Drag Reduction in the gas pipelines. It points out that the basic cause for gas pipelines drag reduction is to control effectively the radial pulsation of gas adjacent to pipeline wall. It is considered that the most effective drag reduction method is to reduce the pipeline wall’s roughness degree and pipeline wall’s undercoat and to make gas drag reduction agent adjacent to pipeline wall. The research shows that gas drag reduction agent should be a polymer and compound with polarity and nonpolarity long chain.

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