Overcoming Pitfalls Of Pipeline Integrity Installations In Russia

摘要

PIMS is the process of managing pipeline operational risk and mitigating it effectively to ensure pipeline assets are maintained in safe and reliable condition. Pipeline standards and regulations in Russia are increasingly requiring operators to use risk management. The use of QRA for the safety evaluation of pipelines is now accepted practice in Russia and it is used at the design stage of major pipeline projects. In the case of two key Russian gas and petrochemical companies, despite the differences in detail, both PIMS projects are driven to improve the accuracy of pipeline integrity estimations, and to justify decisions based on these through wider application of quantitative methods for analysis and evaluation of operational risk. The PIMS systems were implemented and successfully tested. As a result similar systems are now being deployed by other companies.