With the need to maximise the impact of any inspection, maintenance,
or rehabilitation/repair conducted on an ageing pipeline comes the need
to control the expenditure with an assurance of continued life. As any
inspection or maintenance activity costs, it is important that the right
tools are applied, the right information is gathered and this is used in
an optimum way.
Penspen Integrity has worked with several pipeline operators to apply
inspection and maintenance strategies that are optimised on the basis
of considering the hazards and associated risks to which a pipeline is
exposed. The impact of the inspection or maintenance activity is assessed
against theses hazards and a cost optimised solutions has been delivered.
