Offshore staff
HOUSTON – Halliburton has introduced InnerVue non-intrusive pipeline and wellbore diagnostics at OTC at NRG Park.
This technology is said to quickly and accurately detect blockages or leaks and profiles deposits in pipelines and wellbores. Without the need for intrusive intervention, InnerVue diagnostics interprets pressure waves reflecting from internal features of the pipeline or wellbore and extrapolates the pressure reflections into deposit profiles or blockage and leak locations.
A proprietary software analyzes the pressure wave signature to determine the profile of the hydraulic diameter of a pipe or wellbore, detecting blockages such as stuck pigs or the top-of-a-cement plug, and identifies fluid leakage locations and volume.
Scott Greig, senior director for Halliburton Pipeline & Process Services, said: “InnerVue diagnostics is unique in its ability to help customers make better decisions by monitoring the effectiveness of their flow assurance program, reducing the cost of blockage remediation, and preventing product loss and environmental damage.”
The new diagnostics technology has been successfully deployed in both the US and international markets. The service was recently used in a successful offshore clean-out operation involving a stuck pig incident 40 days after the start of production that resulted from the build-up of hydrates and wax during the first operational pig run.
In addition, Halliburton said that InnerVue diagnostics mapped severe wax deposits in a critical pipeline in the North Sea, providing a total debris profile within one day, and verified top-of-cement depth in a well without the need for a topsides setup change or a wireline run.
Halliburton is exhibiting at booth #439.
05/01/2018
