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

• Main Authors: Sulaima, Mohamad Fani, Abdullah, Faizal, Wan Daud, Wan Mohd Bukhari, Ali, Fara Ashikin, Yahya, Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2014
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13858/1/2015-AMM.699.891.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13858/; http://www.scientific.net

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.