Service Solutions

PICA has five service solution offerings that cover a spectrum of inspection services and technologies used in pipeline inspection and condition analysis services.

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Pre-screening NDT Solutions

Pipeline inspection and condition analysis service using multi-sensor acoustic sphere inspection tools

  • Identifies leak and gas pocket locations with high-sensitivity acoustic and accelerometer sensors.
  • Identifies magnetic features in non-metallic pipelines.
  • Profiles pressure gradient information to provide elevation surveys and detect deposits restricting flow.
  • Most of the screening information is used to identify leading indicators for potential integrity issues.
  • Many times, screening assessments are followed up with Standard NDT, Intermediate NDT or Advanced NDT services for more accurate and detailed analysis of pipeline integrity issues.

Visual NDT Solutions

Pipeline inspection and condition analysis service using CCTV, Laser & Lidar inspection tools

  • Delivers visual feature, profile and deformation detection in internal body and at joints that could be leading indicators of potential pipeline integrity issues for the pipeline.
  • Can be a standalone service or combined with out of service Advanced NDT and Standard NDT inspection services.

 

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Standard NDT Solutions

Pipeline inspection and condition analysis service using Near Field eddy current electromagnetic testing (NFT)

  • Delivers identification and quantification of five or more adjacent broken wires in dewatered concrete cylinder pipe types, such as prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP), reinforced concrete cylinder pipe (RCCP) and reinforced concrete pipe (RCP).
  • Broken wires are a leading indicator for pipeline integrity issues and each vintage of pipe would have a specific number of broken wires ratio to operating pressure limit before failure is likely to happen.

 

Intermediate NDT Solutions

Pipeline inspection and condition analysis service using handheld low frequency electromagnetic eddy current and ultrasonic inspection tools

 

  • Delivers localized/spot inspection for trends in wall thickness reductions, individual pits, graphitic corrosion, and erosion.
  • Identification of potential critical failure locations, extent of damage (depth and length) looking at both sides (ID and OD) of the pipe for accurate integrity assessment.
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Advanced NDT Solutions

Pipeline inspection and condition analysis service using Remote Field eddy current electromagnetic testing (RFT or RFEC) inspection tools

  • Delivers high resolution, through-transmission, cross sectional pipe wall thickness measurements, detection of internal and external areas of wall loss, graphitic corrosion, cracks, or local stress concentrators in metal pipes.
  • Identification of potential critical failure locations, extent of damage (depth and length) looking at both sides (ID and OD) of the pipe for accurate integrity assessment.
  • Includes wire break measurements, cylinder corrosion and loss of preload for pressurized concrete pipes.