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Pipeline IMR

Ef? cient: part of the mass digital compilation of pipeline ? aws made possible by hyperspectral imaging. and de? ned automatically. No need for a team of pipeline experts every time. Fill fail is ? ll fail.

Back onshore, the client is handed a detailed report based on a post-process- ing of UHI visual data that yields high-

Credit: RBB vs hyperspectral pipeline study snapshot quality analysis.

Algorithmic appeal the notation that happens before an on-

A topside control system — Ecotone’s line report is generated automatically. A best practice trademark Immersion SW for UHI con- The alternative is pipeline inspection One way to satisfy all stakeholders trol — provides a live view from the as it’s largely done today: by visual in- on pipeline safety is to generate reports camera and real-time con? guration of spection using HD cameras mounted on quickly, and they are needed regularly: the data being captured and stored. ROVs, with the results gone over by a by pipeline operators and owners; by

The processing of survey results is a team of experts. “This is both time con- classi? cation societies; by suppliers and major Ecotone strength and key to event suming and exposed to human error and by regulatory enforcement.

detection, description and codi? ca- subjectivity,” Ecotone marketing mate- One common area of concern is pipe- tion. Apart from the resulting library of rials insist. By using the UHI, anomalies line joint failures that could lead to known materials, algorithms automate invisible to the human eye are detected hydrocarbon leaks or prevent such op-

RGB versus spectral: the trained image on the right is codi? ed and archived and forms the basis of report-generation.

Credit: Ecotone

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