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News Release from: GE Oil and Gas | Subject: ThreatScan
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 July 2008
GE Oil and Gas solar-powered
'ThreatScan' sensors
On a Houston natural gas pipeline, remote monitoring sensors from GE help operators protect the pipelines from accidental third-party damage
GE Oil and Gas PII Pipeline Solutions has installed its solar-powered ThreatScan sensors along an 11-mile section of a natural gas pipeline operated by El Paso Corporation, in southeastern Houston, to enable 24-hour "real-time" remote monitoring of the pipeline El Paso, the largest gas pipeline operator in North America, is the first Texas transmission company, and the second US firm, to install the PII advanced acoustical sensors, to reduce the risk of third-party damage to certain pipelines, including accidents involving construction machinery
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 19 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"As the federal government and oil and gas industry seek new strategies to enhance the integrity of the nation's energy delivery infrastructure, the PII ThreatScan sensors are already beginning to play a vital role in those efforts," said John Bucci, general manager for PII Pipeline Solutions, GE Oil and Gas.
"Third-party damage is the most significant integrity threat to both liquid and gas networks globally," said Jesus Soto, vice president of operations services for El Paso.
"Installing ThreatScan sensors on our Houston-area pipeline underscores our continued commitment to protecting the integrity of our assets".
In 2007, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline became the first US based operator to install ThreatScan sensors on a pipeline segment, in northern Wichita in Kansas.
PII ThreatScan sensors are installed at specific locations along a pipeline in order to detect vibrations that could potentially signal an actual impact or a possible encroachment along a pipeline right-of-way.
When a sensor detects vibrations, the data is immediately transmitted via satellite to the GE Oil and Gas ThreatScan call centre in Houston, where the vibrations are quickly analysed.
The operator is then quickly notified to investigate whether there has been an actual impact that requires remediation or if there is a potential threat from a potential encroachment.
GE Oil and Gas operates a similar call centre at its headquarters site in Florence, Italy, to support European pipeline operators that install ThreatScan sensors.
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