About Us
Introduction
(Services,
Experience)
Unfortunately we can’t see into
the pipeline to see what is happening to the pigs and fluids within.
Therefore, we need indirect ways of assessing the efficiency of the
pigging operation, the safe passage of pigs through pipelines, the
status of the pipeline integrity and any deposits that may be present
in the line. There are various ways in which this is being tackled...
Such software aims to complement the others and provide design
tools for pigs in general. This is the aim and goal of Pipeline
Research Limited and is being implemented in the Piglab software,
Software.
Piglab can be viewed as a "test facility" to allow an optimal pig to
be designed up front, hence reducing need for actual testing. It can
also be used in the analysis of data from such tests and possibly from
Data Loggers...Data Loggers measure, where as Piglab is used to
predict. Finally, the insight gained from such modelling can and has
been used to generate new product ideas.
Services
(Top of page, Experience)
Pipeline Research Limited is an independent Consultancy in the
Pipeline and Pigging Industry, and offers the following services: -
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Design of seals, specialist pigs and general pig development;
Data analysis and pig test analysis;
Design reviews of pigs for applications to avoid problems and maximise efficiency;
Avoiding getting pigs stuck;
Pig motion and dynamic simulation;
Appraisals, investigations and feasibility studies;
Routine pigging issues, procedures, pipeline design, hydraulics and pneumatics;
Physical modelling and software design; Project Management.
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Experience
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Aidan O’Donoghue has a wealth of experience on many diverse development projects
in the Oil and Gas industry, with R&D, Pipeline Design, Product Development and now
Consultancy.
He joined Caltec/BHRGroup in 1989. Here he worked on a variety of R&D type
pigging projects from the basic research (an investigation into
cleaning for example) to applied projects such as the development of
a bypass pig for Texaco Erskine pipeline. During his time at Caltec,
Aidan gained a PhD for his research into sliding seals over rough
surfaces which was applied to the pigging problem. Indeed the first
software to estimate wear, lubrication and leakage effects in pig
seals came from this work
In 1997, Aidan joined JPKenny in Aberdeen. This was a good
exposure to pipeline design and in particular to Pipeline Upheaval
buckling and the use of ANSYS finite element techniques.
In September 1998, Statoil requested Aidan to lead the development of
the Åsgard RFO pig for waterfill and dewatering of the Åsgard
Transport 42" x 28" pipeline. This is currently the largest step
change ever achieved by a pig whilst still maintaining a good seal,
and a number of innovations resulted from this work including FTL’s
linked wheel suspension system and the Buckle Inducer disc which where
influenced heavily by the previous work at JPKennys on Upheaval
Buckling (See Projects)
In January 2000, he set up Pipeline Research Limited with the view
to continuing the more scientific approach to pigging adopted at
Statoil, see Software. Such methods have since been used in other
Projects.
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