Decision Support

Tools For Effective Integrity Decisions

GE Infrastructure will help you optimize the integrity management of your pipelines. Our data driven crack management solutions provide viable options and provide in-depth technical justification for each decision made. You are provided with a rationale for internal management process and for external regulatory compliance.

We customize our optimized solutions for clients so that our experience and expertise can benefit you.

Component Description Deliverable
SCCScreen SCCScreen™ is part of our integrated SCC Management program. It is a 3 phase approach combining Susceptibility Evaluation, SCC Validation, and Crack Evaluation. Using a combination of proven ILI technologies and crack assessment methods, backed by decades of experience and the industry's most extensive library of validated crack data, it determines susceptibility to, and validates the presence of, SCC in a pipeline. If you need to reliably assess your pipelines for the existence of SCC then consider the solution that is more reliable, less disruptive, and less expensive than both hydrostatic testing and direct assessment. Our knowledge-based approach quickly targets-in on critical pipelines limiting the majority of assessment costs to those lines that really need it. A report at each phase defining the susceptibility of line to SCC, validating presence of SCC and crack assessment with remediation plan respectively, at each phase.
Pipeline Integrity Crack Assessment (PICA) PICA is a three-step process for crack management;assessment optimization, integrity assessment usingour inspection, and crack evaluation services.Our assessment optimization process is tailored around your operational needs – from tool choice and deployment techniques, through to analysis, crack evaluation and reporting methodologies. We evaluate the detection needs of your pipeline based on the critical crack sizes, growth ratecharacteristics, operational conditions and budget requirements, while always assuring safety. We will document the justification for your choice of assessment methods, tolerances and the related mitigation plan.
The crack evaluation service assesses crack-like features detected by the inspection either UltraScan CD (USCD) or hydrostatic testing. It establishes the pipeline’s integrity at each feature, the desired operating pressure, and develops a cost-effective integrity management plan for repairs remediation plan, and re-inspection interval and hydrostatic re-testing intervals. Our evaluation follows the Failure Assessment Diagram (FAD) procedures of industry standard API 579-2000 (USA) and British Standard BS 7910. You can choose between three assessment levels designed to meet various analysis needs – from fitness-for-purpose with minimum required supporting data, to structural/ material specific and reliability-based life predictions. Our FAD-based method has been tested against non-FAD crack assessment methods currently used in the pipeline industry, and has been shown to give more reliable and more consistent results. 		Documentation to show appropriateness of your assessment choice for your operating conditions. Crack detection report with all features.For short term and long term integrity
  • Life cycle assessment
  • re inspection plan
  • excavation schedule to ensure integrity
Class Waiver Service We can show the operator that it is more cost effective to follow an optimized maintenance plan than lower the pressure or replace the pipeline. Under the class waiver/up-rating project, all the documents required for a waiver application to the US OPS will be developed. This offering will provide all documents to be submitted to regulator and supporting integrity management plan for an up rating or class waiver thereby saving millions of dollars for our clients.
Consulting
  • Failure Investigation Includes investigating the cause of failure, remedial actions, and compiling a corrective action plan.
  • External training courses to operators in the areas of Integrity assessments, Feature or defect assessments, and Compliance to regulations that require operator qualification.
  • Benchmarking operating practices against industry best practices, identifying gaps and issues, and providing recommendations to improve operating practices.
  • Regulatory Support in integrity management planning and Corrective action planning
 Reports that deliver the analysis results and related integrity plan.