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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Gonzalo Leal Diaz, Piedecuesta, CO;
Juan Diego Ruiz Escobar, Piedecuesta, CO;
Jorge Alberto Toscano Rodriguez, Piedecuesta, CO;
Guillermo Latorre Cortes, Piedecuesta, CO;
Gonzalo Leal Diaz, Piedecuesta, CO;
Juan Diego Ruiz Escobar, Piedecuesta, CO;
Jorge Alberto Toscano Rodriguez, Piedecuesta, CO;
Guillermo Latorre Cortes, Piedecuesta, CO;
ECOPETROL S.A., , CO;
Abstract
The present application relates to a tool for detecting perforations in hydrocarbon pipelines based on the sensing system thereof. The function of said tool is to pass longitudinally through a pipeline of specific diameter, monitoring the thickness thereof and detecting any hole over the path followed and, in accordance with the data obtained, establishing the distance at which the holes are located, calculated from the starting point, the time at the instant of detection and also the circumferential position and size thereof, all the aforesaid as part of an online process implemented as the tool progresses through the target pipeline. At the end of the run, the information may be downloaded to a computer where it is available for use and for the corresponding decisions concerning integrity.