Oil Leak Monitoring Articles
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What Is the Best Borescope for Automotive Inspections
Borescopes are specialized tools used to inspect and examine confined spaces. Many manufacturers make borescopes designed specifically to view a car’s internal parts. If you are interested in purchasing one of these specialized tools, you may get overwhelmed by the large number of borescopes on the market. Of course, we all want the best return on our investment regardless of our specific ...
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Aerial Radiation Detection - US Nuclear Corp
In this time of multiple threats to our security: dirty bomb; cyber; shooters in public places; homemade bombs; misinformation; etc. we feel extremely vulnerable; perhaps more vulnerable than ever before. With the advent of Drone technology now available to private citizens, the technology previously only held by the military, the opportunity has come to merge Drone Technology with aerial ...
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Using a UAV Drone to Monitor Methane
Recently the use of a UAV drone for gas sensing has become more popular. From monitoring global warming to tracking the spread of pollution, there are many good reasons to want to be able to monitor carbon dioxide, methane and other hydrocarbon gas concentrations even in the most remote, or dangerous, of locations. Leaks in oil pipelines, are not just dangerous because of the explosion risk they ...
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Case study - Petrobras - Natal, Brazil
Service: SmartBall - Oil Leak Detection Client: Petrobras Project Date: October 2010 Type of Pipeline: Multi-phase product Diameter: 12-inch Pipe Material: Steel Length: 20,900 meters Flow Rate: 0.3 – 0.6 m/s (1 ft/s) Pressure: 90-150 psi Temperature: 35◦ C Results: 3 simulated leaks created and detected Pure Technologies (Pure) has conducted two inspections of a ...
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Petrox Bioremediation of Oil Pipeline Leak
Petrox bioremediation was used to treat unrefined oil that leaked from a pipeline in Texas. The oil migrated from the impacted soil into ground water and seeped into the surface water in a nearby river. After one application of Petrox, the oil concentrations in ground water at the source decreased from 600ppm to less than 100 ppm. Two more treatments reduced the petroleum concentration to less ...
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GasCheck tests offshore pipeline leakages
Industry: Oil and Gas Application: Testing pipeline leaks on offshore oil rigs Customer: PSL Energy Services Introduction GasCheck 5000is was recently selected by PSL Energy Services to test pipeline leakages of major oil and gas companies. Based in Singapore, PSL are a leading provider of wells, pipeline, and process services for global customers including Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, HHI, Keppel ...
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Case study - Plains Midstream– Alberta, Canada
Service: SmartBall - Oil Leak Detection Client: Plains Midstream Canada Project Date: May 2008 Type of Pipeline: Crude Diameter: 8-inch Length: 8,000 meters Results: 2 simulated leaks created and detected As small as 0.0025gals/min Plains Midstream selected SmartBall ahead of other technologies for their pipeline leak detection program because of its ease of deployment and the ability ...
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