Remote pipeline integrity assessment and flow assurance using WideBand Sonar technology

Yan Pailhas; Keith Edgar Brown; Nicolas Valeyrie; Christopher Capus

doi:10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271753

Remote pipeline integrity assessment and flow assurance using WideBand Sonar technology

Yan Pailhas, Keith Edgar Brown, Nicolas Valeyrie, Christopher Capus

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Abstract

100s of thousands of kilometres of pipelines run on the ocean floor all over the globe. They represent the main oil & gas means of transportation from offshore structures. They are expensive and critical assets for production companies. Therefore their integrity as a structure is a key element for sustainable ocean exploitation. Blockages caused by wax or hydrates are serious production problems. Localisation and characterisation of blockages remains a big issue for production companies. Currently there are no efficient technologies to detect and characterise blockages from outside the pipeline. In this paper we develop the acoustic scattering theory for multi-layer co-centrical cylindrical structure and propose an analytic solution to the problem. We demonstrate that using WideBand Sonar (WBS) technology, it is possible to detect effectively blockages within a pipeline. Blockage scenarios are investigated using both simulated and real data.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OCEANS 2015 - Genova
Subtitle of host publication	Discovering Sustainable Ocean Energy for a New World
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	9781479987368
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271753
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2015 - Genova, Italy Duration: 18 May 2015 → 21 May 2015

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Conference	MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2015
Abbreviated title	OCEANS 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Genova
Period	18/05/15 → 21/05/15

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Oceanography

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