Case Study: Major Oil Pipeline Operator reduces unnecessary shutdowns with Seeq Corporation

Major Oil Pipeline Operator - Customer Case Study

Major Oil Pipeline Operator partnered with Seeq Corporation to address a challenging lockout pressure optimization problem. The operator needed to avoid unnecessary shutdowns caused by transient low-pressure events while still protecting the environment from potential pipeline ruptures. Running with an arbitrary low discharge lockout pressure was leading to suboptimal operations, extra startup costs, and reduced production uptime.

Using Seeq software, the team analyzed six months of pipeline data, filtered out startup and shutdown periods, and applied percentile logic to determine the true low-pressure threshold for steady-state operations. Seeq Corporation helped reduce the lockout pressure from 400 psi to 308 psi, cutting unnecessary shutdowns by more than 30 hours per quarter and delivering an estimated $1.5 million in savings per event through avoided lost production and startup time.