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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Gottlieb Langner, Spring, TX (US);
Ronald Marshall Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/08 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for pipeline leak detection in which a vacuum is maintained in the annulus of a pipe-in-pipe flowline with a vacuum pump having a discharge reservoir which is monitored for the appearance of water and hydrocarbon vapors. In another aspect of the invention pipeline leak detection is accomplished through maintaining a gas at a nominally constant pressure in an annulus of a pipe-in-pipe flowline and monitoring the annulus for pressure increase indicative of water or product intrusion into the annulus.