As far greater emphasis is being placed on pipeline integrity and legislation is being put in place by most oil and gas producing countries to ensure the protection of our environment, both onshore and offshore operators are turning to Metal Loss Inspection Vehicles as one means to monitor the integrity of their pipelines. However not every pipeline is suitable for in-line inspection due to variations in geometry. Hence a combination of survey techniques is required to cover all pipelines.

It is a fact :-
1) Metal loss tools determine the vulnerability of pipeline to a leak by identifying weak areas of pipeline where metal loss has occurred. They do not determine basic causes of metal loss or predict vulnerable areas where metal loss is likely to occur in the future.

2) Above ground surveys such as DCVG and CIPS do not directly determine metal loss but can determine the cause of existing and possible future areas where metal loss can occur.

3) For short and long term pipeline integrity input is required from both in-line inspection and above ground surveys to give a complete picture.

PIM Ltd offers a comprehensive approach to the running of both Metal Loss Inspection Vehicles and above ground surveys, to ensure the following:

1. That the best interest of its clients are represented, to get maximum quality data at minimum cost.

2. The correct combination of survey techniques are selected to carry out the inspections.

3. Above and below ground surveys are properly co-ordinated so different data sets can be matched.

Our help and assistance does not stop there, with technical and practical advice PIM Ltd can cost effectively ease the total refurbishment of your Pipeline Steel, Coating and Cathodic Protection.