Prevention and integrity monitoring to assist with pipeline leak detection

摘要

Hazardous liquid and gas pipeline operators in the United States of America must comply with federal and statenregulatory requirements for leak detection and monitoring on their piping systems. Selecting the right equipment andnlocations for this monitoring process has been a daunting challenge due to the various operating environments andnlimitations that the environment and the assets present.nThis article addresses how integrity-related data, information, and issues such as internal and external corrosion – thenroot cause of many leaks – and encroachment activities can be integrated with typical operating conditions so that thesenlocations can be modelled should an event occur. The integration of the integrity-related data can provide a quantitativensummary of the corrosion, construction, and encroachment activities along the pipeline.