Pipeline Leak Detection Handbook

Pipeline Leak Detection Handbook is a concise, detailed, and inclusive leak detection best practices text and reference book. It begins with the basics of leak detection technologies that include leak detection systems, and information on pipeline leaks, their causes, and subsequent consequences.

The book moves on to further explore system infrastructures, performance, human factors, installation, and integrity management, and is a must-have resource to help oil and gas professionals gain a comprehensive understanding of the identification, selection, design, testing, and implantation of a leak detection system.

Informs oil and gas pipeline professionals on the basics of leak detection technologies, the required field instrumentation, telecommunication infrastructures, human factors, and risk mitigation considerationsLeads the reader through the complex process of understanding the pipeline’s unique environment and how to develop a leak detection program

1. Introduction 2. Pipeline Leak Detection Basics 3. Mass Balance Leak Detection 4. Real-Time Transient Model–Based Leak Detection 5. Statistical Processing and Leak Detection 6. Rarefaction Wave and Deviation Alarm Systems 7. External and Intermittent Leak Detection System Types 8. Leak Detection System Infrastructure 9. Leak Detection Performance, Testing, and Tuning 10. Human Factor Considerations in Leak Detection 11. Implementation and Installation of Pipeline Leak Detection Systems 12. Regulatory Requirements 13. Leak Detection and Risk-Based Integrity Management