Towards Automated Monitoring of Ground Instability Along Pipelines

This chapter on automated monitoring of ground instability along pipelines is from the proceedings of an international conference on the terrain and geohazard challenges facing onshore oil and gas pipelines (June 2004, London, United Kingdom). The authors describe three main concerns that pipeline operators have: third party interference with the pipeline network, ground instability below the pipes due to subsidence or landslip, and leaks that may arise from such phenomena. They use the European network of 200,000 km of high-pressure pipes as an example and describe the development of an automated monitoring technique to help protect this network for both economic and environmental reasons. They focus on the need for automated monitoring of ground movements, noting that monitoring for threats from third party interference can be achieved by using target recognition techniques similar to those used in the military. Topics include the detection of ground instability, subsidence (bulk vertical motions), interferometric mapping, landslides, and topographic differencing. A test site in the region of Cawood in Yorkshire is used to demonstrate the use of the ground monitoring system for subsidence; a site at Holly Hill, in Kent in the south east of England is used to demonstrate monitoring for landslides. The authors conclude that their study demonstrates that ground instability can be detected along pipelines from remotely-sensed data and thus it is possible to develop an automated monitoring approach.

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  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Ager, G
  • Marsh, S
  • Hobbs, P
  • Chiles, R
  • Haynes, M
  • Thurston, N
  • Pride, R
• Conference:
  • Terrain and Geohazard Challenges Facing Onshore Oil and Gas Pipelines
  • Location: London , England
  • Date: 2004-6-2 to 2004-6-4
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 713-720
• Monograph Title: Terrain and Geohazard Challenges Facing Onshore Oil and Gas Pipelines. International Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial satellites; Case studies; Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Environmental risk assessment; Geology; Image analysis; Interferometry; Landslides; Pipelines; Project management; Qualitative analysis; Remote sensing; Seismicity; Terrain evaluation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automatic monitoring; Geohazards; Pipeline routing
• Geographic Terms: Kent (England); Yorkshire (England)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Geotechnology; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01110981
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0727732781
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 24 2008 10:38AM