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Project Number 176
Date of Summary March 31, 1993
Subject Development of a Management and Assessment Program for Offshore Oil and Gas Pipelines
Performing Activity Solus Schall
Principal Investigator Mr. R. Scott Pierce
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description The objective was to investigate the feasibility of managing data from pipeline inspections and to determine how valuable the inspection data is to evaluate the overall integrity of the pipeline system. The results of this study aided in the development of effective inspection programs for individual pipeline systems of any age, dimension, control, etc. Methods for preventing impending failures through early detection were aided by the development of a working model of a pipeline database and techniques for the manipulation of simulated inspection information. The project developed efficient inspection management programs to determine the current adequacy or need for clarification of MMS's pipeline inspection regulations.
Progress Completed.

Reports
AA File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (132 pages) Computer Aided Inspection Reporting System (CAIRS), Draft Specification, Solus Schall, Houston, Texas, July 1992.
AB File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (257 pages) How to Make NCR and User Defined Reports and Perform Searches in the CIARS Database (Instructions Ommitted from the CIARS Manual.), Pipeline II CAIRS, Solus Schall, Houston, Texas, December 19, 1992.
AC File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (24 pages) Development of a Management and Assessment Program for Transmission Pipelines (Pipeline CAIRS Model), Solus Schall, Houston, Texas, March 30, 1993.

 

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