System to Facilitate Pipeline Management, Program Product, and Related Methods

A tangible computer readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the following operations:

• determining a rupture exposure radius coverage area of a pipeline rupture responsive to receiving the indication of a location of the pipeline rupture to thereby identify an area affected by the pipeline rupture;
• identifying at least one immediate upstream valve located upstream of the location of the pipeline rupture and at least one immediate downstream valve located downstream of the location of the pipeline rupture responsive to one or more of the following:
• receiving an indication of a location of the pipeline rupture and determining a rupture exposure radius coverage area of the pipeline rupture, to thereby identify pipeline valves potentially needing to be closed;
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• providing data to display on a graphical user interface of a user computer, critical engineering data and drawings for one or more of the following:
• the ruptured pipeline, the at least one identified immediate upstream valve, and the at least one identified immediate downstream valve.

A computer-assisted method of analyzing a pipeline rupture, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying at least one immediate upstream valve located upstream of the location of the pipeline rupture and at least one immediate downstream valve located downstream of the location of the pipeline rupture responsive to receiving an indication of a location of the pipeline rupture to thereby identify pipeline valves potentially needing to be closed, the step of identifying performed by a computer;
• and
• displaying on a graphical user interface of a user computer, critical engineering data for at least one of the following on a computer display responsive to user selection thereof on a computer graphical user interface:
• the ruptured pipeline, the at least one identified immediate upstream valve, and the at least one identified immediate downstream valve.

A computer-assisted method of analyzing a pipeline rupture, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving an indication of a location of a pipeline rupture;
• identifying an immediate upstream valve located upstream of the location of the pipeline rupture and an immediate downstream valve located downstream of the location of the pipeline rupture responsive to receiving the indication of a location of the pipeline rupture to thereby identify pipeline valves potentially needing to be closed, the step of identifying performed by a computer;
• calculating an amount of pipeline segment volume inventory between the identified immediate upstream valve and the identified immediate downstream valve by the computer responsive to the identification of the immediate upstream valve and the immediate downstream valve and responsive to one or more pipeline attributes to thereby determine potential lost inventory from the pipeline rupture and to forecast a potential environmental impact of the pipeline rupture;
• identifying a rupture exposure radius coverage area of the pipeline rupture by the computer responsive to the location of the pipeline rupture to thereby identify an area affected by the pipeline rupture and to thereby provide information about selected pipeline equipment within the rupture exposure radius coverage area;
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• displaying on a graphical user interface of a user computer, an indication of the rupture exposure radius coverage area and critical engineering data for one or more of the following:
• the ruptured pipeline, the identified immediate upstream valve, and the identified immediate downstream valve.

A computer-assisted method of analyzing a pipeline rupture, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving an indication of a location of a pipeline rupture;
• identifying an immediate upstream valve located upstream of the location of the pipeline rupture and an immediate downstream valve located downstream of the location of the pipeline rupture responsive to receiving the indication of a location of the pipeline rupture to thereby identify pipeline valves potentially needing to be closed, the step of identifying performed by a computer;
• and
• calculating an amount of pipeline segment volume inventory between the identified immediate upstream valve and the identified immediate downstream valve by the computer responsive to the identification of the immediate upstream valve and the immediate downstream valve and responsive to one or more pipeline attributes and a pipeline product attribute to thereby determine potential lost inventory from the pipeline rupture and to forecast a potential environmental impact of the pipeline rupture.

A computer-assisted method of analyzing a pipeline rupture, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining a rupture exposure radius coverage area of a pipeline rupture responsive to receiving the indication of a location of the pipeline rupture to thereby identify an area affected by the pipeline rupture;
• identifying at least one immediate upstream valve located upstream of the location of the pipeline rupture and at least one immediate downstream valve located downstream of the location of the pipeline rupture responsive to one or more of the following:
• receiving an indication of a location of the pipeline rupture and determining a rupture exposure radius coverage area of the pipeline rupture, to thereby identify pipeline valves potentially needing to be closed;
• and
• displaying on a graphical user interface of a user computer, critical engineering data and drawings for one or more of the following:
• the ruptured pipeline, the at least one identified immediate upstream valve, and the at least one identified immediate downstream valve.