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GIS Pipeline Asset Management & Analytics

The Problem: Our Oil and Gas pipeline asset management client had a major need to improve the data they held on the pipelines they owned as well as those they managed for their clients. They also needed to improve and increase the overall efficiency of their pipeline assets and operations with respect to  

  1. Inspections & Maintenance
  2. Emergency Management
  3. Cleaning Pig Planning & Tracking

The Solution:

Inspections & Maintenance

To address our client's Inspection and maintenance needs we worked together to develop a mobile checklist solution that allowed inspectors to effectively assess pipeline integrity, by tracking issues, taking photos of any defects, effortlessly generating and building inspection reports, and generating work orders in real-time where applicable. 

This solution ensured faster walkthroughs, standardized inspections, and effortless reporting.

Emergency Management

We developed a responsive cloud-based dashboard solution that allows users and decision-makers to effectively address the four elements of emergency management. Risk mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery. This helps our client to efficiently and effectively respond to the rare occasion that an incident may occur. 

Cleaning Pig Planning & Tracking

Our client needed to track the location of their PIG launchers and receivers as well as gather additional data from smart PIGs from various sensors. 

We worked with them to develop a cloud-based real-time data solution.  The solution allowed them to track in real time each pig's locations allowing for better scheduling and coordination of maintenance and inspection activities. This ensured that pigs were deployed and retrieved as needed, minimizing downtime and operational disruptions. Knowing the real-time location also ensured that they did not get stuck or cause any damage to the pipeline. This is essential for safety and environmental compliance.

The solution provided our client the ability to maintain a comprehensive record of pig runs, inspection results, and any anomalies detected during inspections. This historical data could be used for asset management and decision-making regarding pipeline maintenance and upgrades. The historical data can also aid in regulatory compliance by providing a comprehensive and easily accessible record of these pig-run activities and data.

Application Feature Highlight
  1.  Safety and Environmental Compliance: Helping our client use GIS to monitor the movement of pigs in real-time, is crucial in ensuring that the pigs do not get stuck or cause any damage to the pipeline. This is essential for safety and environmental compliance.
  2. Leak Detection and Integrity Assessment: The GIS solution allowed our client to overlay pig data with other relevant geospatial information, such as pipeline data, environmental data, and land use information. This integrated approach aids our client in identifying potential leak locations, assessing pipeline integrity, and prioritizing areas for further inspection or maintenance.
  3. Emergency Response: In the event of a pipeline incident or emergency, knowing the exact location of pigs within the pipeline can be valuable information for emergency response teams. This information will help our client assess the situation, plan response efforts, and minimize the impact on the environment and public safety.
  4. Predictive Maintenance: The solution allows our client to analyze historical pig data within a GIS system, pipeline operators can identify trends and patterns that may indicate potential issues with the pipeline's integrity. This can enable proactive, predictive maintenance rather than reactive responses to problems.

Project Information

Client

Major Oil & Gas Asset Management Company

Category

Energy,  Oil & Gas, Asset Management, GIS, Data Management

Delivered

February 26, 2022

Services Provided

GIS Consulting, GIS/Web/AGOL/Portal Development, Business Analysis, Project Management, Cloud Services (AWS), UI/UX

Tech Stack

ESRI -AGOL, PortalAWS, Node.JS, ASP.NET, C#, SQL, JavaScript

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