SIMPIPE

Pipeline Engineering Services

SIMPIPE offers technical-computational solutions related to the following engineering services

Pipeline Design

  • Design of a new pipeline, based on supply and demand conditions
  • Definition of diameter, thickness and material through technical and economic feasibility study (EVTE with CAPEX and OPEX)
  • ​Definition of the pipeline design class according to the occupation around the pipeline strip
  • Sizing of pumping or compression stations and control valves
  • Design of safety systems with pressure relief valves, quick-closing valves and interlocks
  • Study of alternatives for expanding the transport capacity of an existing pipeline
  • Mechanical design of pipelines with the definition of the design pressure
  • Pipeline engineering and process flowchart
  • Equipment data sheet
  • Hydrostatic testing project
  • Optimization of energy consumption of pumps with friction reducer injection or frequency inverters
  • Checking pipeline design for compliance with current regulations

Pipeline Operation

  • Development of operation manuals
  • Development of pipeline thermo-hydraulic simulation models
  • Thermo-hydraulic study of normal and incidental operating scenarios
  • Pipeline start and stop procedures
  • Pipeline behavior when passing batches of products
  • Composition of the maximum and minimum pressures imposed on the pipeline in different operational scenarios
  • Thermo-hydraulic simulation of gas pipelines network
  • Determination of survival time of gas pipelines systems
  • Definition of transport capacity of a pipeline

 

Pigging and Special Operations Simulation

  • Passing of cleaning or inspection pigs
  • Inerting pipelines with nitrogen
  • Drainage operations
  • Effects of line break
  • System response to equipment failure conditions
  • Leak simulation

 

Pipeline Integrity

  • Consolidated profile drawings with the definition of Maximum Admisible Operating Pressure (MAOP)
  • Studies of new location class to gas pipelines 
  • Planning and monitoring of hydrostatic tests
  • Stress Corrosion Crack (SCC) susceptibility study
  • Tube material chemical analysis reports
  • Evaluation and execution of pipe rupture tests
  • Mechanical testing of pipe materials

 

Risk Analysis

  • Integrity risk analysis
  • Social risk analysis

 

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