The industry sees a clear need for innovation in pipeline technology and new ways of monitoring pipelines. To drastically speed up and simplify pipeline operators’ decision-making, DNV GL is launching the Pipeline Evaluation Portal.
A DNV GL survey showed that 61% believe most pipeline failures could be avoided by investments in new technologies and 67% say the oil and gas industry needs a new way of monitoring pipelines.
DNV GL’s Pipeline Evaluation Portal aims to address these issues, by increasing availability and ease-of-use of DNV GL models and by combining advanced structural models and probabilistic assessments with subject matter expertise. Through the database, the user will be able to perform “what if” analyses directly in the web browser – in real time – by adjusting the operational parameters, and get an immediate response. This will speed up, simplify and unlock decision-making.
The new Pipeline Evaluation Portal will host a growing number of applications that enable the smart use of data and harness detailed information from reliability and structural analyses.
“The true power lies in the re-use and combination of results from several models to obtain quick case-specific answers – without the need for time-consuming customization,” says Kenneth Vareide, Director of Business Enhancement in DNV GL.
As he explained, the models cover all threats and hazards and other operational aspects, that must be managed to operate submarine pipelines in a safe manner, by helping operators to conduct analyses themselves.
Each year, DNV GL creates cross-disciplinary, international project teams with 6-8 participants, to carry out extraordinary innovation projects over a four-month period. This year’s projects have resulted in a prototype for a real-time lateral buckling model that can be provided in a way that allows the user to interactively support the decision-making.
