System and method for managing pipeline equipment

A system for managing pipeline systems comprising:

• a pipeline system connected to a network,
• wherein a plurality of sensors connected to pipeline equipment of said pipeline system collect equipment data,
• a processor operably connected to said pipeline system,
• wherein said processor is configured to receive said equipment data via said network,
• a computing device operably connected to said processor and having a user interface,
• wherein said user interface allows a user to choose pipeline equipment within a geographic information system (GIS) of said user interface, and
• wherein said user interface is presented to said user via a display operably connected to said computing device,
• a database operably connected to said processor,
• wherein said database contains rules and regulation data, and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to said processor,
• wherein said non-transitory computer-readable medium contains instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving said equipment data from said pipeline system,
• receiving input entered into said user interface by an employee via an input device,
• receiving at least one of inspection data, compliance data, and
• geolocation data of said pipeline equipment from said database,
• receiving employee data from said database,
• retrieving said rules and regulation data from said database,
• comparing said equipment data to said rules and regulation data in order to determine if said pipeline equipment is noncompliant pipeline equipment,
• generating an inspection report for said noncompliant pipeline equipment, and
• sending a computer readable signal to alert a user that said pipeline equipment is said noncompliant pipeline equipment,
• creating a modified inspection report using said inspection report and said input,
• saving said modified inspection report on said non-transitory computer-readable medium,
• modifying said equipment data based on said input entered into said user interface by said employee,
• checking said employee data to determine that said employee is qualified to inspect said pipeline equipment, and
• sending a computer readable signal to said computing device upon a determination that said employee is qualified to inspect said pipeline equipment,
• determining similar pipeline equipment using said equipment data,
• wherein said similar pipeline equipment is a same equipment type as said pipeline equipment within said equipment data,
• receiving at least one of inspection data, compliance data, and geolocation data of said similar pipeline equipment from said database,
• determining a pass likelihood that said pipeline equipment will pass an inspection by comparing said inspection data and at least one of said compliance data and said geolocation data of said pipeline equipment to said inspection by comparing said inspection data and at least one of said compliance data and said geolocation data of said similar pipeline equipment.