ITALIAN EXPERIENCE PERTAINING TO NATURAL GAS IN TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT; RATIONALE FOR THE ITALIAN INVOLVEMENT IN A TRANSIT COUNTRY - Monitoring and Protection of Gasline. An Italian-Georgian Collaboration

摘要

This article discusses the Italian experience on natural gas transportation and development and the rationale for transferring knowledge and involvement in transit countries. Some aspects of the pipe protections and monitoring are presented with a description of some innovative monitoring techniques based on thermal anomalies detection and the use of fibre optic as sensors.