Pipeline Inspection for Non-Pipeliners

You get a call from a small department in your company

“Hey, this is Jim Bob and I need this information…”

You find out that he is asking to put some strange “tool” in your line and start freaking out.

“Will this take the line out of service?”

“Why have I never heard of this tool before?”

“Who is Jim Bob?”

For those not close to in line inspection, running tools can seem dangerous and risky. To those that know about what they are, they are crucial to prevent greater consequence events happening.

Whether just starting out or not familiar with how pipeline inspection works, this post is for you.

Scroll down for a summary of what information is important to you during your next pipeline inspection.

What is Pipeline Inspection

Pipeline Inspection is plumbing on for the oil, gas, and chemicals industry

Just like having a plumber check your pipes when it has a leak, inspection methods are a clean and easy way of finding potential areas of concern of large pipelines.

PHMSA requires operators to have their lines inspected and tested on regular intervals to prevent incidents like this