A Feasibility Study of Internal and External Based System for Pipeline Leak Detection in Upstream Petroleum Industry (original) (raw)

Design of a Pipeline Leakage Detection System

— Pipeline leakage has both economical and environmental effect. This research work is aimed at the design of a pipeline leakage detection system. In this research work, pressure analysis and K-epsilon turbulence model is one of the common turbulence models used by star CCM+ in resolving fluid flow and is used in this simulation. The parameters used were velocity of fluid (crude oil and gas) and pressure. Different velocities (5m/s, 20m/s, etc.) were used to determined increase or drop pressure. The results from the research work show that excessive drop in pressure is as a result of pipeline leakage and this is mostly likely to occur at the highest bent in the pipeline. Keywords—Pipeline leakage, Star CCM+, Pressure and Simulation.

Oil and Gas Offshore Pipeline Leak Detection System: A Feasibility Study

Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014

Pipelines leaks normally begin at poor joints, corrosions and cracks, and slowly progress to a major leakage. Accidents, terror, sabotage, or theft are some of human factor of pipeline leak. The primary purpose of Pipeline leak detection systems (PLDS) is to assist pipeline operators in detecting and locating leaks earlier. PLDS systems provide an alarm and display other related data to the pipeline operators for their decision-making. It is also beneficial because PLDS can enhance their productivity by reduced downtime and inspection time. PLDS can be divided into internally based or computational modeling PLDS Systems and external hardware based PLDS. The purpose of this paper is to study the various types of leak detection systems based on internally systemtodefine a set of key criteria for evaluating the characteristics of this system and provide an evaluation method of leak detection technology as a guideline of choosing the appropriate system.

Pipeline Monitoring System: A Feasibility Study

2021

Pipeline is a medium through which fluids can be transported from one location to another. It is basically used to efficiently transport liquid and gaseous commodities over long distances at a low cost. Water, regular gases, petroleum products, and liquid hydrocarbons are examples of transportable pipeline commodities. The need for an efficient and reliable pipeline system is increasing by the day as a result of the detrimental effect of unreliable ones on society. Failure can result in environmental pollution and explosions, which can destroy lives, properties, and the ecosystem; moreover, the cost of restoring the ecosystem to its origin or natural form may be very costly or nearly impossible. To this effect, there is a need for pipeline monitoring systems (PMS) that will manage the pipeline network against such detrimental effects. This paper review some of the existing PMS highlights their sensing techniques, merits, de-merits, and areas of possible applications either onshore (surface or underground pipelines) or offshore (underwater pipelines). It also highlighted key components of PMS and classified the existing PMS into direct and indirect sensing, based on the sensing medium employed in their various methodologies.

A Systematic Review of Existing Crude Oil Pipeline Monitoring Technologies

Journal of Digital Innovations & Contemporary Research In Science., Engineering & Technology, 2021

Crude oil pipelines are major assets/facilities dominating the oil and gas midstream sector. Pipelines have been acclaimed to be one of the safest means of transporting oil and gas products, however, they are prone to failures. These failures may arise as a result of manufacturing defects, environmental conditions, material degradation, third party interference or sabotage and vandalism. When these failures occur, the attendant consequences are usually damaging to human health, terrestrial and aquatic population, the environment, operators' reputation and properties. Also, there are cost implications associated with pipeline failures. This cost implication could come directly in form of loss of products, equipment downtime, and clean-up cost. Indirectly, other associated cost of pipeline failures includes fines and lawsuits. There are several techniques in existence, proposed and currently being researched on for pipeline leak detection, integrity monitoring and prevention of failures on crude oil pipelines. These technologies can be broadly categorised into: Online monitoring technique, periodic inspection, Artificial Neural Network etc. This paper will be reviewing in detail the existing technologies in crude oil pipeline monitoring. It will also discuss proposed systems and systems current being researched on. In discussing these technologies, a detailed comparism of the various systems' strong points will be looked at. These strong points looked at variables such as the systems' reliability, sensitivity, response time and cost effectiveness.

Development of Pipeline Leak Detection Technologies

Volume 1: Design and Construction; Environment; Pipeline Automation and Measurement, 2014

New development continues in pipeline leak detection technologies in order to meet the increasing demand of the oil, gas, chemical and water industry. After a review of the available technologies, this paper discusses the advances made in two key technologies: statistical volume balance and negative pressure wave. Some application examples in brine, multi-product and crude oil pipelines are presented to demonstrate the improvement in leak detection sensitivity and location accuracy.

pipeline leak detection and control

The problem of incessant leakages in oil pipeline from intentional or natural accident with its untold results of pollution, loss of lives from fire outbreak, and reduction in production output, spurred the burning desire to proffer a novel solution with the use of artificial neural network as a tool to detect oil leakage, pin-point the leakage spot and provide useful communication link with the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA).

IPC2014-33619 DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES

New development continues in pipeline leak detection technologies in order to meet the increasing demand of the oil, gas, chemical and water industry. After a review of the available technologies, this paper discusses the advances made in two key technologies: statistical volume balance and negative pressure wave.

Development of a New Model for Leak Detection in Pipelines

Advances in Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2019

The leak of pipelines causes’ product loss which result to environmental damages. This can be minimized through careful pipeline supervision, early detection and location followed by quick responses to the incidence. The Niger delta region ushers an avenue where pipelines are regularly vandalized. These have led to severe environmental degradation as well as huge financial loss for the country. In this work, a mathematical model was developed for leak detection in pipelines. The result of the mathematical model showed good potential for leak detection in pipelines especially when used with alarm generator for better output. The developed model was validated with pipeline data from the Niger Delta region. The research study will be useful in identifying leaks in pipelines as well as reduction in pipeline vandalism.