NCOC Export Gas Pipeline Leak Detection (LDS) System and Intrusion Detection System (TPI)
Background The North Caspian Project is the first major offshore oil and gas development in Kazakhstan. It covers three fields: Kashagan, Kairan and Aktoty. The giant Kashagan field ranks as one of the largest oil discoveries of the past four decades, with approximately 9-13 billion barrels (1-2 billion tonnes) of recoverable oil. The Kashagan reservoir […]
Third-Party Intrusion (TPI) and Leak Detection System (LDS) for NCOC Crude Export Pipeline
Background The North Caspian Project is the first major offshore oil and gas development in Kazakhstan. It covers three fields: Kashagan, Kairan and Aktoty. The giant Kashagan field ranks as one of the largest oil discoveries of the past four decades, with approximately 9-13 billion barrels (1-2 billion tonnes) of recoverable oil. The Kashagan reservoir […]
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline. Condition Monitoring and Surveillance System of Turkey Section. Phase II
Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan Pipeline is one of the longest in the world. OptaSense technology was selected for condition monitoring of Turkey segment.
Phase II Pipeline Surveillance and Condition Monitoring System for KPO B.V., Karachaganak
Background KPO Management always paid great attention to the control issues of technical condition of pipelines that are used to export hydrocarbons. As Brian Drinkhall, Operations & Maintenance Superintendent for KPO’s KATS Export Pipeline said, “KPO takes pipeline security very seriously and illegal tap incidents can pose serious safety and environmental issues.”. AVENCOM Responsibility In […]
Installing and Commissioning Qinetiq/Optasense Pipeline Security System on the Export Pipeline Karachaganak-Atyrau
Background Karachaganak Atyrau Transportation System (KATS) is the main export route for stabilized liquid hydrocarbons produced at the Karachaganak Field and these pipelines have been in operation since 2003. The transportation system consists of a 24 inch buried pipeline from the Karachaganak Processing Complex (KPC) to Atyrau on the Caspian Sea. There are two pumping […]
Pipeline Condition Monitoring & Surveillance System Expansion of Kaztransoil Alibekmola – Kenkiyak – Zhanazhol Crude Oil Pipeline
The scope of first phase of the project was commissioned in December 2009 on Oil Pipeline, Kenkyak MOPS – Zhanazhol MOPS section and consisted of one OptaSense interrogator unit, one processing and storage server and two operator workstations.
Just the next year of operation the monitoring and surveillance system made it possible to eliminate the illegal tapping on this section.