Methane, the primary component in natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change as it enters the atmosphere. Methane is particularly concerning as its global warming potential is 25 times that of carbon dioxide over a…
PureHM's Tim Ross explores the downfalls of conventional pig tracking and explains how permanent remote tracking can improve safety and help operators realize significant cost savings in World Pipeline's October issue.
Relying on a single method of leak detection is akin to relying on only one ILI tool for a full pipeline integrity assessment – both leak detection and ILI require multiple tool solutions that look for different indicators that the…
Oil and gas pipelines have well-defined leak detection protocols to proactively identify leaks. The most common is computational pipeline monitoring (CPM), which works by continuously comparing the amount of product entering the pipeline to the amount of product exiting the…