n essential component in ensuring the success of a company's mission is the availability of reliable and adequate information, and the tools to process the information in an integrated way for all phases of the Pipeline Management process.

Whether it concerns the design of maintenance schemes and inspection strategies, or decisions regarding investment for repairs or replacement, or demonstrating the integrity of the grid, IT systems are necessary for formulating an integrated approach and achieving auditable results.

Potentially, there can be a degeneration of pipeline coatings, a decreasing of pipe wall thickness caused by corrosion and an increase in mechanical damage due to external interference by third parties. These issues demand a sophisticated approach to the inspection, calculation, analysis and verification of information in order to keep risks within the specific limits dictated by the regulations covering safety and safety distances.

Associated Technology Pipeline Limited has developed and is offering an off-the-shelf Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMSlider®) - as the tool for managing the technical condition and integrity of a pipeline network.

Click the image to see ATP at the Middle East Pipeline Management Summit, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the 19th Annual Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management Conference & Exhibition - Houston, Texas, February 2007 and the International Pipeline Exposition, Calgary, Canada, September 2006