The technical goal of the Dual Array Project was to develop new technology for non-invasive mapping of buried pipelines, down to depths of 10 meters or more, using modern electromagnetic sensors and signal processing. A major proposed innovation in…
Ball Aerospace evaluated the use of airborne synthetic aperture radar to detect the presence of excavation equipment located on buried pipeline right-of-way areas but obscured from visual detection.
This guide has been developed to provide instructions for using the Excel based "Pipeline Assessment Tool for Human Factors (PATH)". This guide provides: Concise instructions on how to use the PATH tool to evaluate actual performance against human…
Satellite monitoring offers unique advantages to the industry in meeting the objectives of managing third-party encroachment to mitigate the potential of mechanical damage. Satellite monitoring of third-party encroachment involves a persistent…
The objective of this project was to assess the effectiveness of oil & gas operators transmission operators to prevent unauthorized excavations and encroachments on their rights of way in order to protect their buried pipelines from being damaged.
This report describes the development, validation, and application of a fault tree model that estimates the frequency of mechanical damage events. The intended application of this model is to quantify the effectiveness of damage prevention methods in…
The objective of the project was to review and evaluate new technologies for protecting pipelines from third-party damage. The evaluation focused on the effectiveness, technical feasibility, cost and availability of technologies that show the most…
The objective of the pipeline encroachment monitoring project was to demonstrate the feasibility of using Earth observation (EO) satellites for early detection of third-party encroachment activities. Examples of encroachment activities include road…
As an integral part of the ongoing effort to develop an operational capability of remote sensing based pipeline encroachment monitoring, this investigation focused on the development of automated target detection using synthetic aperture radar…