Spring 2014 Newsletter

Spring 2014 Newsletter
H O U S TO N T E C H N O L O G Y
DEVELOPMENT CENTER
I N T E R N ATI O N A L AC T I V I T Y A T
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
NDE Composite
Wrap Repairs
2
Immersion Pull Test
Capability
2
Large Stand Off
Magnetometry
3
PHMSA Mechanical
Damage
3
TDC Utilization
3
Coming Soon
4
The Houston Technology
Development Center
• Your research dollars at
work.
• Attracting investment
outside the ballot funding
process.
• Advancing research and
development for the
benefit for industry.
THE
CENTER
This spring has seen a substantial
degree of activity by International
members and vendors advancing
projects at the TDC.
In March PETROBRAS staff
attended to supervise testing on
the SPIM 1-2 crack samples and
their own additional pipes under
the JSUB-1 consortia. The tool
under test came from Norway
with Norwegian staff adding to
the international flavor of the
work.
In May as part of NDE 2-3 a
Brazilian University under the
direction of PETROBRAS
participated in testing laser
Shearography on the Composite
Wrap Repair samples built for
determining the performance of
NDE techniques to assess
composite wrap repairs.
In February and March Subsea
Integrity Group from the UK
performed tests of their EMIT
internal tool as part of NDE 1-4
again under the watchful eye of
PETROBRAS and other PRCI
members.
PETROBRAS discuss test procedures with Oceaneering
TDC BENEFITTING
A number of non PRCI
projects have benefitted from
the samples gathered
together by the TDC to
advance work primarily
funded by others but with
direct interest to the pipeline
community.
A REPSEA project testing
THE
W I D E R I N D U S T RY
Imaging sonar needed
corroded pipeline samples for
an underwater test in Florida
using a Lockheed Martin
Autonomous Underwater
Vehicle (AUV).
This work is of direct interest
to PRCI members such as
Chevron and Total who are
directly involved in AUV
developments.
Externally corroded pipe
characterized by the TDC was
supplied to the project.
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N D E O F C O M P O S I T E W R A P R E PA I R S
A D VA N C E S
The NDE 2-3 project is a great
example of how access to the
TDC can accelerate R&D. the
2014 work on this project has
advanced to a position that all
testing will be completed by
the end of May and a draft
report for team review
available by the end of June.
member company for their
use at the TDC opened up
and opportunity to apply the
technology to this project
thereby increasing our
knowledge base.
The project has also had the
chance to test novel
technologies such as laser
Shearography leveraging
work being funded in Brazil by
PETROBRAS.
We have also been able to
test NDE technologies not in
the original workscope due to
opportunity events coincident
with other activities in
Houston.
A remote field eddy current
technique being tested by a
Shearography Image of Wall Loss Under Wrap
I M M E R S I O N P U L L T E S T C A PA B I L I T Y
“ the TDC is
helping in
accelerating R&D
execution”
Capability has been expanded at the TDC with the re-assembly and application of an immersion
test capability for testing ultrasonic ILI devices up to 12” Pipe Diameter, 30 feet in length. The
equipment was originally paid for by SPIM 1-2 and lay idle at Southwest Research Institute.
Under the JSUB-1 consortia the capability was moved to the TDC and re-commissioned. The first
successful tests were completed in March. This adds to the range of capabilities now available at
the TDC.
H o u s t o n T e ch n o l o g y
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NDE 3-1
E VA L UA T I O N O F L A R G E
S TA N D O F F M A G N E T O M E T RY
A range of pipe samples from
the TDC with known flaws
have been prepared and
supplied to a site at Stress
Engineering in Waller County.
These are to be welded into
three pipe strings that will
create a buried, pressurized
test cell to facilitate the
evaluation of Large Standoff
Magnetometry techniques
under project NDE 3-1.
membership with some clarity
on the capabilities of these
technologies that are a little
‘black box’ in understanding
to date.
The test cell is designed and
fabricated to test a range of
challenges that these
techniques face in the real
world. The testing will be blind
to the vendors and will
hopefully provide the PRCI
SCT LSM Technology
PHMSA
PROJECT LEVERAGES TDC
A mechanical damage project
primarily funded by PHMSA and
led by BMT Fleet but with PRCI
input led by Gdf Suez has been
supplied with pipe from the TDC
stocks. This pipe will be utilized
to create controlled mechanical
damage flaws and tests. The
work is directly related t o the
PRCI roadmap on mechanical
damage.
“TDC Sample
Inventory
Exceeds 600
for the first
time”
This is an additional example of
our investment in the TDC moving
forward understanding for the
benefit of the industry.
For more details contact Mures
Zarea Gdf.
TDC UTILIZATION
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Utilization of the TDC continues to grow
with project execution work taking place
on a regular basis. Through the early
part of this year the following key work
has benefitted from the TDC:
A number of the projects have been
referenced in this newsletter but also
ERW ILI—characterization of seam flaws
where extensive work has been
completed and preparations for
NDE 2-2g SCC Crack depth
measurement.
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Available
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Utilized
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Feb
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Jun
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“The Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI), is the preeminent global collaborative research development
organization of, by, and for the energy pipeline industry.”
PRCI’s Value ProposiƟon
Pipeline Research Council
International
3141 Fairview Park Drive
Suite 525
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: +1 703-205-1600
Using the leverage generated by our members’ resource contributions to create a research forum of ideas and results
producing solutions that assure the safe, reliable, environmentally sound, and cost-effective pipeline transportation of
energy to consumers worldwide.
The Houston Technology Development Center is located currently at
a leased facility on Sam Houston Beltway Frontage Road in Houston.
Established in late 2011 it has grown to be the largest single
Need to utilize the TDC?
repository of real world damaged pipeline samples in the world.
Contact: Project Manager:
John O’Brien
[email protected]
Staff:
Steven Trevino
[email protected]
THE FUTURE
In March the PRCI Board
authorized a small project
team to commence the
search for a new and potentially expanded TDC.
This new facility will allow the
co-location of a new long
term home, pipe storage for
up to 1000 pipe samples and
the NDE-4F ILI pull test
facility.
The team is currently
searching for suitable sites in
and around Houston.
IS NEARBY

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