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Project Number 175
Date of Summary September 30, 1992
Subject Assessment of New Methods for Rapid Leak Detection in Offshore Pipelines
Performing Activity Southwest Research Institute
Principal Investigator Mr. Steven J. Svedeman
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to evaluate the engineering feasibility of using new methods for rapid leak detection in offshore pipelines. The end product of this study will be the assessment of four candidate leak detection systems:

(1) fluid flow measurement and Systems Control Acquisition Data Analysis System (SCADA) based leak detection,

(2) acoustic emission monitoring for pipeline leaks,

(3) chemical leak detection systems, and

(4) fiber optic based pipeline strain sensing systems.

The results will be documented in a final report which will provide a comprehensive review and evaluation of each system and recommendations on how selected systems can be developed to improve pipeline leak detection.
Progress Complete

Reports
AA (95 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . New Methods for Rapid Leak Detection in Offshore Pipelines, Final Report, SwRI Project No. 04-4558, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, April 1992.

 

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