Case Study: a multinational oil and gas company reduces offshore pipeline surge pressures with Datacor Impulse

a multinational oil and gas company reduces offshore surge pressures by 75% with Datacor

The customer, a multinational oil and gas company, faced a challenge with surge pressures and transient forces on a new offshore production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. They engaged vendor Datacor, whose product Impulse was used by engineering firm Wood to conduct a required hydraulic transient analysis of the crude-oil export system.

Using Datacor's Impulse software, Wood modeled the complex platform piping system. The solution utilized features like Infinite Pipe and control logic loops to simulate various operational scenarios. This analysis led to recommendations that reduced pressure pulsations by 75% in some areas and achieved a similar significant decrease in the magnitude of damaging transient forces.