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Special reports

Putting pressure on fugitive emissions

Mary Loftus, Senior Research and Development Engineer and Valve Doctor, IMI Critical Engineering, explores the problem of fugitive emissions and the promise of new packing sets to help overcome what is a significant environmental and health challenge.

 
 

Corrosion mapping in action

Angélique Raude, Evident, describes streamlining the corrosion inspection process, providing a complete solution for corrosion imaging in industrial pipelines.

 

The future of subsea surveying unlocked

Russell Small, Principal Surveyor, DeepOcean, examines the role of AI and machine learning tools in developing subsea pipeline inspection and maintenance, highlighting the opportunities of this technology in a recent project aimed at improving inspection efficiency.

 
 
 
 

Hydrogen’s pure potential

Garry Hanmer, Senior Simulation Consultant, Atmos International, UK, evaluates how to accurately model pure hydrogen pipelines, using a case study to demonstrate the model tuning process and the selection of appropriate equations of state.

 
 

Recognising young achievement

Elizabeth Corner speaks to the two winners of the PPIM 2024 YPI Award for Young Achievement: Kah Soon Chia (ROSEN Group) and Blake Villarrubia (Audubon Engineering).

 
 

Harnessing new technology for safety and sustainability

Josh Pendleton, Skipper NDT, France, discusses employing new technology in pipeline integrity management to ensure the continued safe and environmentally friendly delivery of energy, whilst mitigating the increasing risks of incidents to nearby environments and communities.

 

Is DCVG obsolete? New shifts in corrosion detection

Markus Büchler, SGK, Switzerland, and Mark Glinka, EMPIT GmbH, Germany, draw conclusions from measurements and assessments of different coating integrity techniques on buried pipelines, namely the newly developed current magnetometry inspection.

 

Protecting lives on pipeline sites

Andrew Vana, Manager of Specialised Services, RMI, USA, discusses providing health, safety and environmental support to varied and remote pipeline construction projects.

 

Ensuring secure access to the right data

Morgan Bowling, Seeq Corporation, USA, explains how advanced analytics solutions can help improve operational efficiency and increase business value for petrochemical companies, refineries, and pipeline operators.