Learnings
Outcomes
The project value tracking is listed below:
· Maturity
o TRL2-7. Variety of projects covering multiple TRLs.
· Opportunity
o Variety of projects covering multiple assets.
· Deployment Costs
o Not possible to define deployment cost across large number of projects and TRLs.
· Innovation Cost
o £. 860,825. Annual contribution.
· Financial Saving
o Not possible to define savings across large number of projects.
· Safety
o Not possible to define safety improvements across large number of projects.
· Environmental
o Not possible to define environmental savings across large number of projects
· Compliance
o Not possible to define compliance benefits across large number of projects.
· Skills & Competencies
o Projects could benefit whole business
· Future Proof
o Projects include future topics such as hydrogen and CCUS
The project is funded on a non-default basis and so full project reports cannot be released into the public domain. However, a lot of material is published on-line via the PRCI site and at pipeline conferences. The PRCI structures its work packages along well-defined themes.
The following projects were voted on by National Gas during 2022/23:
· Technology Development Center – TDC-1-1A
· Analysis of Pipeline Operator and Prior R&D Data – MD-2-5
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP GHG: Regulatory Support for GHG Emission Reductions – CPS-11-09
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP GHG: Reciprocating Engine Exhaust Methane Slip Reduction – CPS-17-08
o Status: Proposal Accepted
· SRP GHG: Low Cost Instruments to Detect/Quantify Leaking Seals, Packing, or Dump Valves – MEAS-9-02
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP GHG: High Flow Sampler Replacement – MEAS-9-03
o Status: Proposal Accepted
· SRP GHG: Assessment of Temp Repair Methods – MATR-3-15A
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP MD: Improvement to Mechanical Damage Engineering Assessment Tools – MD-2-4
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP MD: Validate In-Line Inspection (ILI) Capabilities to Detect/Characterize Mechanical Damage (PHMSA Submittal 813) – NDE-4-18
o Status: Final Report Under Review
· SRP GHG: Fuel Reforming and Segregation as an Alternative for Compressor Fuel – CPS-14-07
o Status: Completed
· SRP CM: Continuous Improvement of ILI Capabilities – NDE-4-12
o Status: Contract Executed
· Material Capability Assessment for the Safe Transportation of Hydrogen via Pipeline – MAT-9-2
o Status: Contract Executed
· Database of All Burst Tests for Corrosion, Cracking, Dent, and Interacting Defects – EC-02-11
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP GHG: Evaluate In Situ Valve Repair Techniques – CPS-17-09
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Pipeline Material Property Database Enhancement – NDE-4-17A
o Status: Contract Executed
· Development of guidance document for performing ECA in accordance with Megarule (192.712 (c)) MD-5-03
o Status: Contract Executed
· Verification of screening tools for classification of ILI reported dents with metal loss features – MD-5-04
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Crack Dormancy and Prevention of Crack Growth for SCC – SCC-02-15
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Guidelines for When to Perform a Crack Detection ILI Survey – NDE-4-22
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Response to Corrosion Intersecting the Longitudinal Seam in Liquid Pipelines – EC-02-13
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Evaluation of Selective Seam Weld Corrosion Susceptibility – EC-02-12
o Status: Contract Executed
· Tools and Methods to Assess Pipe Material Properties from Inside the Pipeline – NDE-4-23
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Recent Pipeline Failure Where Hydrogen was Identified as a Contributor – MAT-8-3B
o Status: Completed
· SRP CM: Hard Spot Susceptibility Review - Pipe Manufacturers, Pipe Type, Vintage – MAT-7-2
o Status: Contract Executed
· SRP CM: Circumferential Crack Management Framework – NDE-4-24
o Status: Proposal Development & Solicitation Underway
The following projects of interest to National Gas will run through 2023:
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: Development of Comprehensive Metal Loss Assessment Methodologies
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: Developing Corrosion Control Monitoring Technology for Hazardous Liquid Breakout Tanks
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: Monitoring the Long-Term Compatibility of VCI and CP and Associated Components
· Continuing Project: Improved GHG Fugitives Leak Detection
· New Multi-Year Project: Review Mechanical Seal Technology for Liquid Pipelines in Batched and Dedicated Services [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· SRP GHG Continuing Project: Monitoring and Diagnostics for Efficiency
· SRP GHG: Industry Best Practices for Making Temporary Repairs Permanent
· Guidelines for Selecting Trenchless Installation Methods [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: A New Definition of Resistance to Ductile Fracture Propagation
· PRCI Guidance Document for the Twenty-second Edition of API 1104 [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· SRP CM: Understanding Why Crack Fail - Results Sharing
· Technology Transfer Fitness-for-Service Standard API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· Comprehensive Review and Categorization of Threats to Pipelines and Pipeline Facilities [4/12/23 to achieve 75%, 4/26/23 to achieve 100%]
· Continuing Project: Pragmatic Application of MegaRule RIN 1 - 192.712 Toughness Values
· SRP CM: In-Line Inspection Performance on Tight Cracks
· New Multi-Year Project: Hard Spot Detection [4/5/23 to achieve 75%, 4/19/23 to achieve 100%]
· SRP CM: Comprehensive Review of SSWC Assessment
· Hydrogen Cracking Integrity Management Evaluation [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· SRP CM: Protocol for Testing New Technologies at the TDC
· SRP CM: Protocol for PRCI Pipe Sample Evaluation and Documentation
· Continuing Project: In Ditch Material Verification for Fittings and Seamless Pipe
· Continuing Project: Comprehensive evaluation of pipeline flaws using XRCT for use as reference standards
· Continuing Project: Review and Evaluation of Pipe Stress Inspection Techniques for Onshore Pipeline
· Fast/Accurate Feedback from Site Investigation for Continuous Improvement of Crack ILI [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· New Multi-Year Project: Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation of Defects using Ultrasonic Mode Imaging [4/5/23 to achieve 75%, 4/19/23 to achieve 100%]
· Continuing Multi-Year PHMSA Project: Innovative Leak Detection Methods for Gas Pipelines
· SRP GHG Continuing Project: High Flow Sampler Phase 2 - Field Trial
· New Multi-Year Project: In-Situ Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meter Flow Verification [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· Literature Review of USM OEM Diagnostics and Evaluate Certain Abnormal Flow Conditions [3/29/23 to achieve 75%, 4/12/23 to achieve 100%]
· SRP LD New Multi-Year Project: Improve Leak Detection Technology Performance Through Retrofittable Sensors
· SRP LD New Multi-Year Project: Liquid Pipeline Leak Event Primary Data Repository
· SRP LD New Multi-Year Project: Technical Best Practice for Computational Pipeline Monitoring on Liquid Pipelines
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: Facility Pipe Integrity Using Multi-Sensing Inspection Ball
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: Using CP for real-time detection of mechanical impact and illegal tapping
· New Multi-Year Project: Appalachia Landslide Activity Characterization and Warning [4/5/23 to achieve 75%, 4/19/23 to achieve 100%]
· Operating Range of Strain Gauges for Pipeline Geohazard Monitoring [4/5/23 to achieve 75%, 4/19/23 to achieve 100%]
· Continuing Multi-Year Project: Common River Assessment and Information Sharing Platform
· Continuing Project: (PHMSA) Advancement of Through-Tubing Casing Inspection for Underground Storage Wells
· Continuing Project: Brine String Dynamics Phase V
Lessons Learnt
Over the last few years, PRCI membership has seen a greater diversification of membership. Where in previous years’ participation was predominantly from North American industry, there has been an increase in non-American participation from European countries and China. The uptake in wider global membership feeds into a wider range of research and areas of exploration that promotes a broader application globally. This benefits National Gas Transmission and Cadent by delivering an even wider breadth of research than ever before, and an increase in the leverage available with greater uptake in membership. Following feedback from the business the innovation team will focus on ways that the results and progress of the PRCI projects can be better disseminated to the wider business. This will allow the benefits of the research carried out by PRCI to be leveraged fully.