Articles

The joint cooperation of several subdivisions of “Orenburgneft”, PJSC, allows identifying and eliminating unauthorized tie-ins into field pipelines of the company. In particular, the Pipeline Operation Directorate (POD) performs a set of actions to identify possible unauthorized tie-ins: pipeline walkdowns and riding rounds, flyovers with helicopter and aircraft transport, in-line inspections, tracking possible non-arrivals by oil metering units. However the issue of identifying unauthorized tie-ins is still topical, therefore experts face a task of searching for new economically and technically justified methods of such identification. This article analyses the results of the pilot-scale tests of the acoustic and resonance pipeline diagnostics method aimed at identifying unauthorized tie-ins, which were carried out by the experts of the POD and “NTC Neftegazdiagnostika”, LLC. 

"Standard & Business", December 2015

EFFECTIVE development of Arctic region resources should be delegated to an international cluster with its team carefully selected as early as today. Under the ongoing political and economic crisis it will help to alleviate the international tension around Russia.

"Точка Опоры", June 2010

"Although the modern diagnostic facilities provide for identification of numerous critical defects, the rates and cost of construction of new utilities impede the owners to perform timely replacement of worn out parts, therefore the issue of relatively cheap in terms of financial and labor costs though effective and reliable approaches to pipelines repair becomes acute..."

"Oil&Gas Journal Russia", December 2009

In published an overview of advanced pipeline repair techniques. The article gave a review of the repair methods using composite sleeve, fiberglass repair sleeve, pipeline composite reinforcing sleeve (Smart Lock) and Clock Spring. The article drew a response, and the team of authors received lots of questions from readers...