Technical Brief

Pipeline Inspection
Plant Integrity Limited inspected and assessed the
integrity of the aerial river crossings for the 8
condensate line a client in New Zealand.

These regions were ideal for Guided Wave Inspection

due to the areas having limited access for
conventional non-destructive localized inspection. In
addition, the pipe was a long straight length and
Guided Waves provides 100% volumetric coverage of
the pipe wall.

The Teletest Focus guided wave system was used to

inspect the aerial river crossings. Teletest Focus is an
externally applied inspection tool which can screen
pipelines (and process piping) for internal and Location photo of a typical aerial river crossing inspected with
external corrosion. Pipelines can be tested in service, Teletest
avoiding the need to shut down and stop production Aerial Section
for inspection. A wide range of pipe sizes can be Buried Section
inspected, from 2 to 48 nominal diameter.

A typical A-scan image collected during the inspection

The aerial river crossings inspected during this scope

Teletest Focus guided wave ultrasonic test equipment used to
inspect an 8 condensate line in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
The widest of the aerial river crossings inspected was
65m in length after which the line entered a buried
section. The Teletest Focus system utilizing the 5 ring
torsional tool was used in this particular case and the
results show that whole crossing was inspected from
one side of the crossing plus 20m -25m inspection of
the buried and wrapped section was also covered.
were found to be in good condition and no areas
required further investigation. Regular inspections of
this area are planned to ensure that thThis is the
second inspection of this type that Plant Integrity has
conducted for its client in New Zealand. The data
collected shows that this type of application is well
suited for inspection with LRUT (guided wave
ultrasonic inspection)
For information on how we can support your pipeline
integrity management programme, please contact us
by email at info@plantintegrity.com or by telephone at
our Cambridge, UK headquarters on 0044 1223
893994.

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