Tag: IMP

A dashboard for pipeline integrity to aid in compliance with US rules for integrity management “I want to log-on to my computer and be told the status of the system. Today, I have to ask a specific engineer that looks after the area I want to know about who says he will get back to me. Two…

A different approach to IM… I think that a dashboard is needed. Think about an airplane cockpit.  In a mature aircraft, like a 737, there are tons of instruments, controls, and warnings.  In contrast, the simplest planes may only have an airspeed indicator, altimeter, and a compass.  These three basic instruments are technically very simple…

I just got off the phone with an operator who said, “this year has been the worst year I can remember in terms of having to do more things with less money. It has been a real struggle to get this year end closed.”  The price of gas is down.  The integrity rules have placed…