• S S Gupta

Abstract Pipelines are an important mode of transportation of bulk hydrocarbon energy across a vast country like India. With projected growth of Indian economy more and more new pipelines are being built across the country. Safe operation of these pipelines is crucial from the point of view of protection of life and property of the citizens. While pipelines are the safest mode of transportation, accident does occur in the pipelines. A major cause of pipeline accident is damage by external forces both with ignorance and sometimes with malicious intention. A pipeline operator manages the integrity of the pipeline by deployment of a structured Maintenance & Inspection (M&I) plan. However, the effectiveness of the M&I plan depends upon threat perception. This paper suggests an approach that leads to optimization of the M&I programme of a pipeline operator from the point of view of reduction in possibility of damage to the pipeline from external forces. Optimized M&I programme also results in cost saving and proper distribution of M&I activities based on threat perception.

Pipeline, external interference, M&I, Optimization

"Reducing Failure probability of cross country pipeline from 3rd party interference through optimization of Maintenance & Inspection Programme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.212-222, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810728.pdf

"Reducing Failure probability of cross country pipeline from 3rd party interference through optimization of Maintenance & Inspection Programme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp212-222, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810728.pdf