Oil and Gas Pipeline Analysis
Oil and Gas Pipeline Analysis will help detect pipe problems before a failure occurs, saving you unnecessary maintenance costs and troubles. At Vipac, we assess, analyse and review pipeline design with respect to pipe fatigue, drawing on an in-depth understanding of pipeline vibration and mechanical design skills.
Why is it needed?
Pipe fatigue can lead to a complete failure of pipes. Causes can vary from pulsation and high frequency flow induced vibration, to turbulence and mechanical excitation.
What are the benefits of Oil and Gas Pipeline Analysis?
- Understand which sections of piping are subject to the greatest risk of failure
- Avoid unplanned shutdowns
- Receive design modifications
- Verify technical recommendations with on-site measurement.
What tests do we offer?
- Finite Element Analysis
- Modal Analysis
- Forced Response Analysis
- For reciprocating gas compressors, screw compressors, plunger and centrifugal pumps, centrifugal compressors, and engines
- Reciprocating Compressors
- API 618 requirements and application support
- Torsional Studies
- Piping system stress analysis
- Piping vibration and diagnostics
- Reciprocating (Plunger) Pumps
- Pulsation (Acoustical Analysis (per API 674)
- Mechanical Analysis
- Torsional Studies
- Flow-induced vibration and its mitigation
- High-frequency piping vibration
- Skid Design
- Structural Design
- Dynamic vibration analysis of offshore production facilities
- Transient Event Studies
- For compressor or pump systems, including water hammer, bypass systems, start-up and emergency shut-down events
- Piping support modifications to reduce vibration etc
