Pipeline Integrity Management
The strict regulations imposed on pipelines combined with the negative consequences of an accident make decisions regarding pipeline integrity management increasingly important. With our suite of GIS-based asset integrity management applications, you receive a comprehensive, systematic, repeatable, and defensible methodology for allocating limited resources.
Applications
- Spatial Risk Analyst pulls in data from its native location and applies custom risk models to perform geospatial pipeline risk analysis. This flexible application can be applied to both Distribution Integrity Management Programs (DIMP) and Transmission Integrity Management Programs (TIMP).
- Spill Impact Analyst accurately predicts overland spread and water transport analysis on DOT 195 class hazardous liquid pipelines
- Gas HCA Analyst quickly identifies DOT 192.5 Class Locations and High Consequence Areas (HCA) on natural gas pipelines
- iAlign aligns and integrates In-line Inspection (ILI) data from smart pig runs into a pipeline GIS
Services
New Century Software’s experienced pipeline and GIS team can help distribution system, transmission pipeline, and gathering line operators meet integrity management program requirements including those specified in 49 CFR Part 192 and Part 195 by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration (PHMSA), through the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS). A variety of software and services can contribute to designing a successful Integrity Management Plan.
Integrity management services include:
Hazardous liquid transmission pipeline HCA analysis – Using our Spill Impact Analyst application to simulate time-based overland transport and channel-based transport, we can provide operators with an accurate and defensible determination of segments of their pipelines that could effect a High Consequence Area (HCA) per 49 CFR Part 195.452.
Natural gas transmission pipeline HCA analysis – To determine which segments of an operator’s transmission pipeline system are covered by DOT regulations, operators must identify High Consequence Areas (HCA). Using our Gas HCA Analyst application which supports both method (1) or (2) per 49 CFR 192.903, our experienced technicians determine HCAs to help operators comply with regulations.
Distribution Integrity Management Program – The DIMP regulations require gas distribution operators to meet seven key elements for integrity management planning. New Century Software offers a customizable DIMP solution for operators at various stages of the planning and implementation process.
Cased pipe risk modeling – Gas transmission pipeline operators working on their baseline assessment often run into difficulties when evaluating risk on cased pipe. New Century Software is the exclusive distributor of the NYSEARCH Cased Pipe Integrity Assurance Model which helps operators to minimize costly internal inspections, pressure testing, and direct assessment on cased pipe segments by applying a risk-based GIS methodology.
Natural gas transmission pipeline Class Location analysis – New Century's team of experienced GIS professionals along with our powerful Gas HCA Analyst application helps operators calculate DOT Class Locations as defined in 49 CFR 192.5. Using the pipeline centerline, adjacent structure and DOT class features, the application’s "sliding mile" algorithm accurately calculates Class Locations, providing results in GIS, tabular or alignment sheet formats.
Pipeline risk assessment – Operators must use risk assessments to prioritize covered segments, and evaluate the merits of additional preventative and mitigative measures. Using our Spatial Risk Analyst application, our experienced team of professionals develops a defensible relative or absolute risk model, quantifies threats and consequences along the pipeline, integrates spatial and other data, performs the risk assessment, and then provides the operator with results in the form of charts, tables and/or risk alignment sheets. We can also assist in developing the data necessary to maintain your risk management program.
Data integration – Department of Transportation regulations require operators to include data integration in identification of threats to each covered pipeline segment. This includes all available information about the integrity of the entire pipeline and the consequences of failure. New Century can provide the wide range of data integration services needed to help operators identify potential pipeline threats. Data integration may include close interval survey (CIS) data, one-call data, depth of cover, soil type, land use, third-party activity, ground-based GPS, physical inspections, SCADA, corrosion monitoring, and many other data elements.
We also provide In-line Inspection (ILI) data alignment and integration services to accept ILI data from any smart pig vendor and integrate it with existing pipeline data. The results are a GIS populated with ILI data and/or ILI alignment sheets. Multiple-year runs can be compared with each other and with other pipeline features. Services typically include data mapping, linear referenced data alignment, analysis, reporting and loading into a centralized GIS.
Gathering line integrity management - Recent and proposed integrity management rules for gathering companies are changing the regulatory landscape for gathering operators. These requirements are putting new pressure on operators to improve data collection, data management, analysis, and reporting. Since some previously non-jurisdictional lines are now jurisdictional, this has forced many operators to quickly respond and build a supporting enterprise-wide GIS infrastructure. Using available CAD, GIS, and/or paper data, New Century can create a gathering system GIS to meet operational and integrity management needs. We have the depth of experience in gathering system GIS implementation to build a world-class implementation.
We can assist in field GPS data collection and integration, often the most effective way to collect centerline and attribute data for gathering systems. We can also help develop GPS data dictionaries, data QC, and post-processing workflows that move this data into the GIS. Building on existing standards, we understand the unique needs and challenges of gathering systems.
Other integrity management solutions provided by New Century include:
Hydraulic Pressure Gradient - Using discharge and suction pressures along with pipeline attributes and features, we use four gas pressure loss calculation equations to automatically calculate and chart hydraulic pressure gradient.
Derate Pressure Assessment - Derate pressure is determined by taking one or more known derate points (which may be determined from an ILI run) and back-calculating a new discharge pressure set-point. Charts and a complete segment-by-segment report are generated.
3-D Profile Creation using DEM - this service takes an existing centerline and drapes it on a 3-D digital elevation model (DEM), providing smoothed and interpolated elevation points along the centerline. Gas operators use pipeline profile for internal corrosion (ICDA) analysis.
Regulatory Jurisdiction to determine if certain pipeline segments fall under DOT regulations.
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