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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2021
Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Kirk Spencer Francis, Richmond, TX (US);
Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques for implementing and/or operating a pipeline system including a pipe segment, in which the pipe segment includes tubing that defines a pipe bore and fluid conduits in a tubing annulus, a pipe fitting secured to the pipe segment, in which the pipe fitting includes a vent port connected to the fluid conduits in the tubing annulus, and a testing apparatus. The testing apparatus includes a fluid valve connected to the vent port, an upstream sensor fluidly connected between the vent port and the fluid valve, in which the upstream sensor determines a fluid parameter associated with fluid within the fluid conduits in the tubing annulus, and a downstream sensor connected between the fluid valve and external environmental conditions, in which the downstream sensor determines another fluid parameter associated with fluid released from the fluid conduits in the tubing annulus while the fluid valve is in an opened state.