Sustaining Forward Momentum Towards Intervention-Less, Reliable and Safe Transportation of Hydrocarbon Through Petronas Digital Pipeline Integrity Management System

Abstract

Keeping pace with the industry digital transformation accelerated by the 2020 pandemic, PETRONAS sees the opportunities of sustaining the forward momentum of its Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS) digitalization deployment as it becomes more deeply integrated in day-to-day operation. After two years of utilizing digital PIMS, the platform services have matured, and PETRONAS is able to reap the benefits of having a centralized digital platform for pipeline related information. The aspiration for the pipeline digital PIMS is to give near real-time insight of overall pipeline condition and risk, and for operators to perform proactive actions to eliminate downtime by identifying early warnings of failure. The immediate value of digital PIMS implementation was having the legacy data being contextualized and transformed into structured data, which is the backbones for descriptive, predictive and prescriptive big data analytics. The platform was devised as such that integration with Enterprise application for data ingestion was made easier. As of to-date, digital PIMS is able to pull and push data to PETRONAS Enterprise Resource Planning tool, geographic information system (GIS) supported software, as well as operational monitoring real-time data through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. In addition to conventional deterministic fitness for service analytics modules, the platform is also currently integrated with analytics modules, primarily for onshore and offshore pipeline threats such as internal corrosion, free span, geohazard and damage from third party. By implementing predictive analytics approach to assess pipeline threats, it will assist stakeholders and operators in optimizing inspection campaign and rectification, thus ultimately reduce OPEX throughout pipeline remaining lifecycle.