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NewResearchEffortstoImprovePipelineSafety

ChrisHoidal

PipelineSafetyTrustConferenceOctober18-19,2018

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THANKS!

•  ThankstothePSTfortheinvite!•  Webelievetechnologysolutionsandnewknowledgefromresearchplayamajorroleinpipelinesafety;and

•  Lookingforwardtothediscussionssincewestrivetoexpandourresearchenterprisetoanyinterestedstakeholder

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Pipeline Safety RD&T PipelineSafetyRD&TProgramMission:Tosponsorresearchanddevelopmentprojectsfocusedonprovidingnear-termsolutionsthatwillimprovethesafety,reduceenvironmentalimpact,andenhancethereliabilityoftheNation’spipelinetransportationsystem.

KeyPoints• Weemployacollaborativeapproachtoaddressmutualchallenges• Wehelpremovetechnicalbarriersonagivenchallenge• Wemeasureourresearchresults/outputs/outcomes• Wearetransparent–Interactiveprogramwebsitehttp://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/rd

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 established our modern R&D program 3

RD&T Program Objectives

Developing Technology

Strengthening Consensus Standards

Promoting Knowledge

Fostering the development of new technologies so that pipeline operators can improve safety performance and more effectively address regulatory requirements.

Targeting and feeding new knowledge into the process of keeping standards relevant to their purpose.

Generating and promoting general knowledge to decision makers.

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Program Performance: Developing Technology

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Program Performance: Promoting Knowledge Since2002,awarded291Projects$121millionPHMSA+$107millionResourceSharing

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Transparent/Public Research Reporting

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Web-Based Debriefs

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2016 Pipeline R&D Forum •  Nov16-17,2016Cleveland,OH•  Approximately330attendees•  WorkingGroups:

1.  Threat/DamagePrevention2.  LeakDetection/Mitigation3.  AnomalyDetection/Characterization4.  UndergroundNaturalGasStorage5.  LiquefiedNaturalGas

•  13StudentPosterPapers,14Students•  33ResearchGapsIdentified

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New Research Summary 2016 R&D Forum

•  WhitePapersReceived/Reviewed: 131•  ProposalsReceived/Reviewed: 27•  AwardsMade: 17•  PHMSAFunding: $10.2million•  ResourceSharing $5.3million

NOTE:ResearchDevelopingTechnologyisresource-shared50/50withanystakeholderNOTE:ResearchInherentlyGovernmentalisfullyfundedbyPHMSA

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New Research: Threat Prevention

No. Contractor ProjectTitle PHMSAResourceSharing Start

Time(mo)

1.OperationsTechnologyDevelopment

"ORFEUSObstacleDetectionforHorizontalDirectionalDrilling"

$993,970 $2,442,476 Sep2018 30

2.GasTechnologyInstitute

"ImprovedToolstoLocateBuriedPipelinesinaCongestedUnderground"

$502,000 $500,000 Aug2018 27

3.ArizonaStateUniversity

"RiverScourMonitoringSystemforPipelineThreatPrevention"

$400,000 $400,000 Sep2018 30

4.PipelineResearchCouncilInternational

"ModernizetheAssessmentofRiverCrossings"

$386,204 $381,204 Sep2018 36

5.ColoradoSchoolofMines

"ToolsforPredictingGasMigrationandMitigatingitsOccurrence/Consequence"

$787,298 Sep2018 24

Totals: $3,069,472 $3,723,680

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New Research: Leak Detection


Time(mo)

1.C-FERTechnologies "CostBenefitAnalysisofDeployingorRetrofittingExternalBasedLeakDetectionSensors"

$349,396 Sep2018 15


"ExternalLeakDetectionBodyofKnowledge"

$399,821 Aug2018 36

Totals: $749,217

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New Research: Anomaly Detection-Characterization


Time(mo)


"ImprovementstoPipelineAssessmentMethodsandModelstoReduceVariance"

$1,619,065 Aug2018 36

2.NortheastGasAssociation

"On-BoardPowerandThrustGenerationfortheExplorerFamilyofRobotsfortheInspectionofUnpiggableNaturalGasPipelines"

$741,295 $737,295 Aug2018 24

3.OperationsTechnologyDevelopment

"ValidatingNon-DestructiveToolsforSurfacetoBulkCorrelationsofYieldStrength,Toughness,andChemistry"

$489,515 $565,001 Aug2018 33

Totals: $2,849,875 $1,302,296

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New Research: LNG


Time(mo)


"ConsistencyReviewofMethodologiesforQuantitativeRiskAssessment"

$858,587 Aug2018 24


"PerformanceGapComparisonofProcessSafetyManagementConsensusStandardsandRegulatoryRequirementsforLNGFacilities"

$295,529 Aug2018 18

3.CH-IVInternational "ReviewofControlSystemTestingFrequency"

$149,966 Aug2018 12

Totals: $1,304,082

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New Research: Underground Gas Storage


Time(mo)

1.PipelineResearchCouncilInternational

"EvaluationofWellCasingIntegrityManagementforUndergroundStorageWells"

$207,955 $207,955 Sep2018 12

2.BattelleMemorialInstitute

"TubingandPackerslife-cycleanalysisforUGSapplications"

$785,513 Sep2018 24

3.BattelleMemorialInstitute

"ReliabilityofSubsurfaceSafetyValves"

$749,080 Sep2018 24

4.C-FERTechnologies "RiskAssessmentandTreatmentofWells"

$394,396 Sep2018 12

Totals: $2,136,944 $207,955

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Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) Objectives

1.  Spurinnovation,highrisk/highrewardresearch– Feedhand-offsintoPHMSA’scoreresearchprogram

2.  Involvestudentswithtechnical/engineeringpipelinechallenges

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Footnotes: (a) Denotes the number of internships offered by engineering firms, research organizations, government agencies or pipeline operators to students involved with CAAP research projects. (b) Denotes the number of full time career employment/jobs offered by engineering firms, research organizations, government agencies or pipeline operators to students involved with CAAP research projects. NOTE: CAAP initially awarded projects at up to 24 month duration with $100 K PHMSA + 30% academic resource sharing. CAAP now awarded at up to 36 month duration using $300 K PHMSA + 20% academic resource sharing.

CAAP: Historical Summary

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New Research Summary 2018 CAAP

•  ProposalsReceived/Reviewed: 31•  AwardsMade: 13•  PHMSAFunding: $3.86million•  ResourceSharing $1.03million

NOTE:CAAPprojectsareresource-shared20%byuniversities

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CAAP 2018 Program Summary: Detecting, Mitigating, and/or Locating Internal

Pipeline Corrosion ProjectTitle Recipient PHMSA Resource

Sharing

1."Developmentofalow-powerwirelesssensornetworkofconductivityprobesforthedetectionofcorrosivefluidsinsidepressurevesselsandpiping."

UniversityofAlaskaAnchorage $299,982 $78,322

2."SmartFluidsforDetectingInternalCorrosionLocationsinOilandGasPipelines" TheOhioStateUniversity $299,037 $118,162

3."Developmentofanelectrochemicalapproachtodetectmicrobiallyinfluencedcorrosioninnaturalgastransmissionlines"

TheUniversityofAkron$256,902 $64,212

4."InternalCorrosionMonitoringinPipelinesbyusingHelicalUltrasonicWaves" TheUniversityofTexasatAustin $299,686 $75,751

5."NewBio-Inspired3DPrintingFunctionalizedLatticeCompositesforActivelyPreventingandMitigatingInternalCorrosion"

NorthDakotaStateUniversity$300,000 $75,000

6."FluorescentChemicalSensorArrayforDetectingandLocatingPipelineInternalCorrosiveEnvironment"

NorthDakotaStateUniversity$300,000 $75,000

7."Magnet-assistedFiberOpticSensingforInternalandExternalCorrosion-inducedMassLossesofMetalPipelinesunderOperationConditions"

UniversityofMissouri(TheCurators-Rolla) $299,988 $77,271

8."PredictingRemainingFatigueLifeofaDentwithCorrosionusingAdvancedMeasurementsandModelling"

GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology$300,000 $90,000

9."Anovelstructuredlightbasedsensingandprobabilisticdiagnostictechniqueforpipeinternalcorrosiondetectionandlocalization"

MichiganStateUniversity$300,000 $75,000

Totals: $2,655,595 $728,71821

CAAP 2018 Program Summary: Engineering Improvements to Pipeline Computational

Models to Reduce Variance

ProjectTitle Recipient PHMSA ResourceSharing

1."Brain-InspiredLearningFrameworktoBridgingInformation,UncertaintyandHuman-MachineDecision-MakingforDecodingVarianceinPipelineComputationalModels"

NorthDakotaStateUniversity

$300,000 $75,000

2."AFastandLow-costMethodtoAutomateDetecting,Locating,andMappingInternalGasPipelineCorrosionusingPig-mountedThermalandStereoCameras"

BoardofRegentsoftheUniversityofNebraskafortheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln

$299,980 $74,996

Totals: $599,980 $149,996

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CAAP 2018 Program Summary: Develop Advanced Knowledge Base Models from Root

Cause Failure Analysis of Past Pipeline Incidents

ProjectTitle Recipient PHMSA ResourceSharing

1. "DevelopmentofaPredictionModelforPipelineFailureProbabilitybasedonLearningsfromPastIncidentsandPipelineSpecificDatausingArtificialNeuralNetwork(ANN)"

TexasA&MEngineeringExperimentStation

$300,000 $75,000

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2018 Pipeline R&D Forum •  September11-12,2018Baltimore,MD•  Approximately200attendees•  WorkingGroups:

–  ImprovingAssessmentMethodsforDents&Cracks–  RemoteSensing/LeakDetection-Mitigation–  Locating&PreventingDamagetoDistributionPipelines–  ExpandingIn-LineInspectionCapabilities&Application–  LiquefiedNaturalGas

•  11StudentPosterPapers&13Students•  19ResearchGapsIdentified•  EventSummaryPagehttps://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/

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2018 R&D Forum Next Steps

•  Reviewingoutputsfromthe5workinggroups•  Buildingtheresearchsolicitation•  Seekingapprovalstorelease/post•  Notimelinecanbeprovidedtoreleaseoforawardof

newresearch

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New Technology & Compliance

•  NewTechnologycanfindacceptancethroughfourdifferentpaths:– SpecialPermits– StateWaivers– OtherTechnologyNotifications– RevisedRegulationunderTitle49Sub.BChap.IParts190-199

PublicreviewviatheFederalRegister

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New Technology & Compliance “Ultimate Goal”

•  Whencannewtechnologyhavecomplianceoutsideofanypermitornotificationprocess?– Rulemakingisrequired

•  NumerousOtherTechnologyNotificationsongiventech

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PHMSA Inspections & Drones/UAS

•  PolicyVision:Toenhancepipelinesafetyinspectionsandinvestigationsbygivinginspectorstheabilitytosafelygainvisualaccesstoareasthatwouldotherwisebeinaccessible.

•  Primarybenefits:1.  Identifyingpotentialrisks;and2.  Determiningregulatorycompliance

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PHMSA Inspections & Drones/UAS

•  Rights-of-way/clearings–  Generalcondition–  Landmovement–  Floodingimpact–  3rdpartyexcavation

•  RiverCrossings•  Classlocationverification•  AccidentResponseAssessments

–  Spillsize–  Spilltrajectory

•  Tankinspections•  NationalPipelineMappingSystemaccuracyverification•  DevelopmentofInspectorTrainingMaterials

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Drone/UAS Compliance •  DroneusagegrowingwithPipelineOperators

–  PHMSAgenerallyfinewithusageforgeneralorvisualinspections–  IntegrityInspectionsgovernmoredialogwithPHMSAoncompliance–  FAAawardedprojecttoUniversityofAlaskainconjunctionwithAlyeskatoexploredroneuse“beyondlineofsight”.Fall2018

•  Sensorresearchstillneeded•  Demonstrationsandvalidationneededtoimproveregulatorconfidence

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Thank You!/RD&T Program Contacts Kenneth Lee Director – Engineering & Research Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety P(202) 366-2694 Email [email protected]

PHMSA RD&T Providing/Supporting:

Joshua Arnold Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety P(202) 366-6085 Email [email protected]

Robert Smith Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety P(919) 238-4759 Email [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-smith-935aa033

Zhongquan “ZZ” Zhou Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety Email [email protected]

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