Balancing sensitivity, response time, and reliability with real-time leak detection for offshore pipelines
As the offshore oil and gas industry evolves, the complexity and criticality of its infrastructure demand increasingly sophisticated integrity monitoring systems.
Pipeline leak detection systems are at the forefront of this challenge, particularly for long-distance offshore pipelines transporting hydrocarbons under high pressure.
In this World Pipelines feature, Principal Engineer Joe Kelly discusses pipeline applications on an oil pipeline and wet gas pipeline, exploring how a combination of statistical volume balance and negative pressure wave methods has helped achieve exceptional leak detection performance in offshore operations. The article covers the following areas:
- The two core technologies: statistical volume balance (SVB) and negative pressure wave (NPW)
- Case study one: wet gas pipeline
- Case study two: oil pipeline with integrated SVB and NPW
- The value of a multimethod leak detection system
- Engineering considerations for system integration
Read the full feature in this issue of World Pipelines or click the image to read.