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Project Number 376
Date of Summary September 01,2002
Subject Performance of Offshore Pipelines (POP)
Performing Activity Winmar Inc.
Principal Investigator Win Thornton
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion September 2002
Description This project tested and verified the accuracy of smart pigs and remaining strength or reliability methods. With the resources of Winmar, Rosen, Pipeline Integrity International and the University of California at Berkeley, several pipelines over a two-year period were smart pigged, and then over-pressured to failure.

This project was kicked off in May, 2000.  The testing of the first pipeline candidate will occurred in October, 2000. The first test candidate was tested in May 2001 with three additional tests in the Summer 2001.
Progress Complete
Reports
AA  PDF (493 pages) Winmar Consulting Services, Inc., "Performance of Offshore Pipeline", Final Report, 493 pp, September 2002.
 

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