Emerald Energy & Exploration Land Co.

Infrastructures like oil and gas pipelines help to move resources across great distances. But without an adequate system, they face a wide range of risks—from corrosion and unpredictable third-party excavation to environmental and operational threats. That’s where the crucial factor becomes in conducting a comprehensive risk assessment of the pipelines. At its most basic level, risk assessment of pipelines entails the identification, investigation, and assessment of potential risks to pipeline integrity. Operators depend on this proactive approach to decide when to schedule maintenance, when to make safety enhancements, and when to do contingency planning. Risk assessments enable companies to anticipate and prevent failures, rather than merely reacting to them. Sophisticated equipment such as geographic information systems (GIS), in-line inspection tools and statistical simulation models are often part of pipeline risk assessment methodologies. These techs deliver exacting data and let...

  Corrosion is still a main cause of pipeline infrastructure failure and is hazardous to safety, operation and the environment. To address these threats, businesses are more and more focused on pipeline corrosion inspection – an important aspect to prolong the life of important assets. A good pipeline corrosion evaluation includes the determination of susceptible sections, analysis of environmental conditions, and the use of diagnostic methods, including ultrasonic testing, inline inspection, and cathodic protection readings. These surveys offer visibility of internal and external corrosion activity, which can be used by operators to facilitate intervention strategies. Early warning of variations in performance may prevent repair bills, costly downtime or worse. That’s why long-term maintenance plans will typically include regular pipeline corrosion inspection. It is used by teams to monitor the trend in pipe wall loss thickness, corrosion rate or efficiency of mitigative actions. ...