In-Service Nondestructive Measurements of Stress-Strain Curves and Fracture Toughness of Oil and Gas Pipelines: Examples of Fitness-for-Purpose Applications
Haggag, F.M., "In-Service Nondestructive Measurements of Stress-Strain Curves and Fracture Toughness of Oil and Gas Pipelines: Examples of Fitness-for-Purpose Applications," 5th International Conference on Pipeline Rehabilitation & Maintenance, Det Norske Veritas, Bahrain, 2002.
This pipeline-focused paper demonstrates complete fitness-for-purpose assessments on operating Middle Eastern pipelines using in-situ ABI® data. It marks ABI®'s early commercial deployment in the international oil and gas sector, expanding the technology beyond its North American base.
Presented at a Det Norske Veritas (DNV) pipeline conference in Bahrain, the paper addressed an audience of pipeline operators and integrity management engineers responsible for aging pipeline infrastructure across the Middle East — a region where many transmission pipelines date from the 1960s and 1970s and may lack complete records of pipe grade and material properties.
The paper demonstrates that ABI® can provide the material property data needed for fitness-for-purpose assessments directly on operating pipelines, without shutdown or specimen removal. For Middle Eastern operators managing thousands of kilometers of aging pipeline, this capability offers a practical path to integrity verification that was previously unavailable.