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Tube Products International September 2013
products & developments
Pipeline modelling software for
blockage remediation
Paradigm Flow Services has developed
Statis software to model pipelines for
operation of its Pipe-Pulse system,
which remediates pipeline blockages
using pressure pulses.
Statis can build detailed models of
pipelines or umbilicals, including
components such as flexible risers,
or down to the flowpath through an
umbilical diver mateable connection.
It allows Paradigm to determine the
optimum amplitude pulse to be used,
and calculate the generated stress
within the pipeline walls.
Simulating client systems, Statis is
used for optimising setup, tracking
effectiveness of operations and
generating reports. Comparisons can be
made between the expected (modelled)
response and received response in real
time.
Statis can build in a variation table to
examine variations in pipe and fluid
parameters. When cases are run in
Statis to animate the Pipe-Pulse effect,
it can measure the pulse wave against
time and also take a snapshot of the
amplitude plot and pressure wave
bouncing back.
The client’s pipeline can be animated
with the predicted pressure wave
passing through it in slow motion or in
real time, assisting in optimisation and
client understanding of the Pipe-Pulse
system.
Statis has been verified in trials and
is now being used in live projects at
Paradigm.
Paradigm Flow Services Ltd
– UK
Statis software’s snapshot tool provides a
pipeline amplitude plot
Mud dauber fittings with tube ends
SSP, a specialist in stainless steel
and nickel-based alloy fluid system
components, assemblies and CNG
fuelling applications, has launched
the Mud Dauber series of fittings, now
available with tube fitting ends, in
Duolok
®
, Unilok
®
and Griplok
®
designs.
Mud Dauber fittings feature a durable
and replaceable screen element to
prevent wasps and other insects from
infiltrating and clogging open systems,
and are suitable for vents, blow-down
tubes and sample points. The fittings
are available in
1
/
4
",
3
/
8
" and
1
/
2
" sizes,
both for the newly available tube fitting
ends as well as the original NPT pipe
fitting ends.
Founded in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio,
USA, as a contract manufacturer
of screw machine products, SSP
has grown into a major producer of
instrumentation fittings, valves, tubing
and tools.
The company is a vertically integrated
manufacturer, from tooling to forging,
high volume and made-to-order
precision machining.
SSP
– USA
SSP’s Mud Dauber
fittings
Pipe inventory tracking
Managing tubing and casing can be a
difficult task, particularly for operators
who need to track pipe in multiple
locations, yet need accurate inventory
information at a glance.
Some companies use spreadsheets
for this task, because OCTG stock is
tracked in a financial software package.
Tally Wizard is an out-of-the-box
solution for managing tubing and
casing. It is easy to deploy and use,
and offers accurate inventory tracking
of pipe in operators’ yards, third party
yards and on wells.
It can increase visibility from the field to
accounting with AFE and CC numbers,
PO numbers and complete history. The
package allows the user to know what
stock is held and where it is at all times.
It can also create purchase orders;
attach MTRs, BOL and tallies; view in/
out reports by AFE; and view inventory
balances by date to reconcile to third
party yards.
Tally Wizard
– USA
