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Project Number 142
Date of Summary September 30, 1990
Subject Leak Detection and Monitoring of Pipelines
Performing Activity NDE Environmental Corporation
Principal Investigator Mr. John R. Mastandrea
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to assess and define practical methods for immediate detection of leaks and recommend existing and future state-of-the-art practical measures for inspection, detection, and monitoring to minimize leaks from seafloor pipelines. A report was prepared that reviewed domestic and foreign pipeline inspection and leak monitoring methods and proposed existing or future measures necessary to have a reliable method to detect leaks in oil and gas pipelines.
Progress Complete. Information was presented to develop future programs involving the development of strategies, research efforts, and possible standards for minimizing and detecting leaks from seafloor pipelines.

Reports
AA (129 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Mastandrea, J. R., Miller, J. W., and Clare, D. M., Rapid Leak Detection for Sea Floor Pipelines: Development of Practical New Methods, NDE Technical Report No. NDE-90R0081601, NDE Environmental Corporation, Torrance, California, August 16, 1990.

 

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