Corrosion monitoring and early detection of pits and wall thinning for casing pipes are considerably important to gas and petroleum industries since the frequently occurring corrosion at the internal or external parts of those steel casing pipes used…
Monitoring oil transporting pipelines is an important task for economical and safe operation, loss prevention, and environmental protection from crude oil emission. The leak detection of oil pipelines, therefore, plays a key role in the overall…
Nowadays, the petrol bunks are facing severe problems about when it will get burst because of sudden external conditions. Due to these conditions, the society and management of petrol bunks are getting loss of lives as well as damage of both private…
Pipelines transporting CO2 to crude oil producing fields for tertiary recovery injection are a relatively new segment of the pipeline industry. An affiliate of the Shell Oil Company has participated in two major pipelines for this service. The…
Trans Mountain owns and operates approximately 1300 km of pipelines in Alberta, British Columbia and Washington state. These pipelines transport a variety of liquids including crude oils, refined products and methyl tertiary butyl ether. They…
This paper concentrates on the methods and benefits of using adjustable frequency drives (AFDs) on synchronizing applications (primarily medium voltage): the use of one drive for separately starting and synchronizing multiple motors to a constant…
The hot oil pipeline of northeast has been worked for 30 years, and it's using life has exceed the designing life. Corrosion protective covering breakage and oil scattering are very common appearance, so it urgent needs to be repaired in the…
Monitoring oil transporting pipelines is an important task for economical and safe operation, loss prevention, and environmental protection from crude oil emission. The leak detection of oil pipelines, therefore, plays a key role in the overall…
Historical hallmark accomplishments pertaining to design and function of cathodic protection (cp) systems for marine structures are listed and briefly discussed. The newly developed first-principles based slope parameter method and a unified design…
The voltage source converter (VSC) multi-terminal high voltage direct current (MTHVDC) is a suitable solution to connect offshore large renewable power stations. However, relevant fast and intelligent fault current location techniques are of utmost…
This paper concentrates on the methods and benefits of using adjustable frequency drives (AFDs) on synchronizing applications (primarily medium voltage): the use of one drive for separately starting and synchronizing multiple motors to a constant…
Corrosion has been around for all of recorded history. Cathodic protection is the electrical solution to the corrosion problem. The history of cathodic protection is traced. The design fundamentals are developed. This includes the three components of…
Studies conducted by Petrobras (the Brazilian national oil company) in Western Amazonia indicate a high demand for petroleum in the region. This fact encouraged Petrobras to build a pipeline that transports 60 thousand barrels of oil per day from the…
Ad hoc and sensor networks is a new area of research which is rapidly growing due to the development of new technologies in inexpensive sensors. These electronic devices have increased capabilities in processing speed, memory, communication and…
In recent years, offshore oil and gas fields are being developed worldwide in increasingly deeper water. Offshore drilling and production projects are currently underway in water depths approaching 3,000 meters in several areas of the world. Seabed…
The hot oil pipeline of northeast has been worked for 30 years, and it's using life has exceed the designing life. Corrosion protective covering breakage and oil scattering are very common appearance, so it urgent needs to be repaired in the…
Monitoring oil transporting pipelines is an important task for economical and safe operation, loss prevention, and environmental protection from crude oil emission. The leak detection of oil pipelines, therefore, plays a key role in the overall…
In order to deeply buried oil pipeline corrosion protection for high reliability, the first oil pipeline needs to be heated to 200 degrees. The traditional heating method is to use the flame barbecue, in order to save energy, improve product quality,…
Because the damage of pipeline is controlled by many factors, such as fault movement, pipe-soil interaction, buried depth, etc., the relationship between pipeline damage and influencing factors is complicated. In order to predict the pipeline damage,…
In recent years, with the advantages of long distance and large capacity, ultrahigh voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission projects are developing increasingly in China. Also UHVDC transmission projects share corridors with underground oil & gas…
This paper proposes a failure-related definition of interdependencies. The concept of interdependencies has never been discussed with a level of formality that could support its systematic treatment. To be used in engineering settings,…
By using basic principle of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) methodology, this article tries to make the site selection for urban CNG station as a design of new product, firstly Considers the requirements of different participants systematically,…
This paper explains how ConocoPhillips Venezuela adapted existing methodology to respond Venezuelan and international security regulations by completing an innovative security vulnerability assessment (SVA) of planned offshore facilities and…
This paper addresses some basic issues related to protecting the energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf region. The analysis and models presented in this paper are applicable in Canada and any other part of the world as well. The study describes…
With a view to environment protection and sustainable development, industrialized countries give priority to develop oil and natural gas industry. Pipeline and waterway transport are the main option modes to transport oil and gas, which have their…
Most new pipeline facilities are being designed using programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for control systems and many existing facilities are being retrofitted with PLCs. However, many engineers are reluctant to depart from the old methods of…
Nowadays, it is universally accepted that the issue of energy shortage is increasingly serious. As a consequence, this modern-day crisis has greatly restricts the development of Chinese economy. This essay built an analytical model of tax policy of…
To increase the efficiency of exploiting energy resource and confirm the optimum expected energy-saving target and the tax rates implementation scheme of the energy-saving target, an analytical model of tax policy was set up for researching on the…
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, the Department of Transportation (DOT) was asked to identify areas within the transportation system that were vulnerable to terrorist attack (National Petroleum News, vol. 93, no. 12, p.…
Corrosion monitoring and early detection of pits and wall thinning for casing pipes are considerably important to gas and petroleum industries since the frequently occurring corrosion at the internal or external parts of those steel casing pipes used…
Noting that electric power demand will continue to increase, although less rapidly in industrialized nations, the author examines the future trends in the conversion area, moving from rotating generators toward additional electrochemical and…
The need to prevent frost heave and the resultant cracking in foundations of vessels containing natural gas and other cryogenically stored liquids is well known in industry. Most methods of preventing the underneath structure of the vessel from…
In oil and gas drilling engineering, drill stem failure is one of the most damaging factors. The failures of drill stem not only delay the drilling schedule and increase the drilling cost, but also bring an interruption to the drilling process.…
Corrosion monitoring and early detection of pits and wall thinning for casing pipes are considerably important to gas and petroleum industries since the frequently occurring corrosion at the internal or external parts of those steel casing pipes used…
Gasoline is a complex contamination agent, which may be originated from a variety of contamination sources. Sources may include, among others, leakage of underground fuel storage tanks in gas stations and large farms. Identifying and quantifying the…
ENELVEN, a regional electricity utility in Venezuela, has installed a total of five series capacitors in their grid to increase the capacity of existing overhead transmission lines serving the residential, petroleum and petrochemicals center of…
This paper explains how ConocoPhillips Venezuela adapted existing methodology to respond Venezuelan and international security regulations by completing an innovative security vulnerability assessment (SVA) of planned offshore facilities and…