Case Study: Hatch achieves $9.8M in capital savings with Datacor Fathom

Hatch saves $9.8M in capital expenses with Datacor

The customer, Hatch, faced the challenge of designing a complex brine injection system for a potash mine, which required careful hydraulic modeling to minimize costs while ensuring safe operating pressures to avoid well fracturing. The vendor, Datacor, provided its Fathom pipe flow modeling software to help Hatch engineer Caitlin Roos develop an accurate model of the extensive 45.5 km piping network serving 750 injection wells.

Datacor's solution enabled Hatch to test numerous scenarios and optimize pipe and pump sizing, leading to a unique design featuring modular, reusable piping. This approach, verified using Datacor's Fathom software, allowed materials to be repurposed throughout the mine's life and resulted in a significant reduction of capital expenses by $9.8 million for the project.

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