GE’s UltraScan™ Duo is the first liquid pipeline inspection tool to utilize Phased Array Ultrasound Technology, an automated sensor system adapted by GE to perform comprehensive metal loss, crack, and corrosion detection inspections in a single run. The system can therefore reduce operating costs, decrease the risk of pipeline failures and help operators more proactively mitigate the impact of a leak into the environment relative to other inspection technologies.
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Environmental Benefits
GE's UltraScan™ Duo liquid pipeline inspection tool, enhanced with Phased Array Sensor technology, can detect cracks as short as 25mm, a 17% accuracy improvement over GE's previous UltraScan Crack Detection (CD) technology, enabling better-informed operating and environmental risk assessments.
Operating Benefits
Compared with hydrostatic testing, GE's UltraScan™ Duo liquid pipeline inspection tool, enhanced with Phased Array Sensor Technology, can be used to improve pipeline integrity and reduce production losses while providing operating savings. By using GE’s UltraScan Duo liquid pipeline inspection tool in place of hydrostatic testing, an operator of a 70km oil pipeline in North America could potentially reduce pipeline downtime for testing by almost 100%, yielding projected savings of $9 million over the 20-year lifetime of the pipeline.
