PII Technology to provide pipeline security in Australia
Wed, 28 July 2010
PII Pipeline Solutions has been selected to help improve the long-term security of the 1,400 km Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) and the 2,029 km Moomba to Sydney Gas Pipeline in Australia.
The 26 inch diameter DBNGP is owned by Dampier Bunbury Pipeline and delivers gas from the Carnarvon Basin in the North West Shelf to industrial, commercial and residential customers in the city of Perth and the surrounding region.
PII is supplying pipeline data monitoring and management software for deployment on the DBNGP through Contract Resources, its Australian operational partner on the project. The two software modules include data-loading alignment and condition-assessment applications.
In addition, PII has signed a three-year contract to deploy one of its newest pipeline inspection tools — the EmatScanÔ CD — to inspect nine, 150 km segments of the Moomba to Sydney Gas Pipeline, owned and operated by APA Group.
The Moomba to Sydney Gas Pipeline links the Cooper Basin gas fields at Moomba in Central Australia with distribution networks in Sydney and regional New South Wales.
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PII will perform an estimated two inspection runs each year over the three-year contract period for enhanced crack detection and analysis, as part of APA’s pipeline integrity management program.