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News Release from: GE Energy Europe | Subject: Office 4.1
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 September 2007
Software for oil and gas transmission
pipeline
The GE Energy Smallworld Global Transmission Office provides a comprehensive global data model for the management of the assets in a natural gas and liquid pipeline transmission network
This spatially-enabled network management solution brings together the essential applications needed to help pipeline transmission customers manage their networks and meet regulatory requirements in the industry The suite of integrated applications allows transmission companies to leverage the GIS data to make better-informed decisions about their assets
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is the only solution provided by a vendor that also provides the base GIS technology, giving customers a one-stop solution for their needs.
Key benefits for the customer include:.
* The global pipeline-specific data model can reduce time to "go live" by shortening the database design phase by as much as 80%.
* The standard application code and standard data model reduce total cost of ownership through minimised administration and by providing a standardised and smooth upgrade path.
* Product provides applications and standard methods for pipeline integrity management and compliance reporting to satisfy regulators.
"The Smallworld Global Transmission Office provides our pipeline customers with a standard 'off the shelf' product geared toward helping them operate and maintain their assets more efficiently reduce costs and comply with regulatory requirements" said Bob Gilligan, general manager of the GE Energy transmission and distribution business: "We are excited about providing a GIS pipeline product that will upgrade from one revision to the next, enabling our customers to reduce their total ownership costs".
Typical applications for the new suite include global data model to capture pipeline asset information, high-consequence area analysis, cathodic protection manager, alignment sheet generator, auto stationing and linear referencing, dynamic segmentation viewer, pipeline anomaly viewer, profile generator, close interval survey viewer, integration to integrity management and network and hydraulic analysis tools, inventory reporter, pipe book exporter, critical angle identifier and survey point manager.
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