Page 12 - Texas811 Magazine 2018 Issue 1

The Future of SUE Includes Deep Locating
- / ' nuwmg where ullllty hnes am located
3 , ‘- , 1. cnucal fox .1 nun1he1 of mason.
\‘_ :_ / .’ Nu developer wants to encounter .1
' ‘ ‘ I, ,1 suvpnse dunng eonslrueunn, whleh
‘ 1 1 ‘\ could ulllmalcly delay a p1u1eel.1n<l1neve.1.e
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_ , eosl. dmnnllenlh. Saicty 1s a pnmar) concern as
_ ‘ 1 _ 4; well, espenally when nncuunlcnng natural 3.1.. or
\ ,_ ‘- . k ' *9 penoleum plpehnes.
‘7 - . ‘ , .» i''\' ‘ Atmrdlng to the rlpehne and Haz.1rdnu~ Mammals
1., " ’ j . 3 fig: .' ' Safety Ael1n1n1sn.1nnn (PHMSAD, wlueh 1. .1 us
\ _\ ‘ ,1 , DepartmentofTmn~porlaI1nn ngeney, Ame-nen's
~ , I’ 'r - ' plpclml: tmn~port.1l|un svsleln now runs fox mole
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; 1 . u 1 ' ‘ , .- ., . than 2.6 mllllon nules. lnelensed p|pL‘llnL‘ ..1le:y
, *8 I; = ‘ l]? , ,_ ', , . V rcgulatlon~ lssued by lhe PHMSA wltlun lhe lnsl
' . x 4‘ 1 1 ,g, .- i year have brought forth in hclglllcnnd nw.11enes. to
J-5 ‘z ,. . bl: m tompllancc and lmpmvv: saicty,
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, = 3; ——'~ 1." "' '. . ' That lnelueles proper mapplng and havmg accurate
. ' l V '‘ ——'' * ";~i ‘ i ‘_ 1eeords.Nolnllnnl1use plpI:I|nL‘~' n><l~t un 2|»
. J ‘ i. L . ~ . " ~. blX|1ll'ECDl"d~1iIl'Id many that do are not depleled
., ‘ F V,‘ i. accurately,
2 ' 1 1 1 Lotatlng dlzcp unlules bnngs an added degree of
‘ I. ' . ‘ dlificully beenuse sxnndnlel mappmg equlpnnenl
I« 1, usually wozk~ eflucllvnly to dcplh~ of 1019 15 reel,
' ' ’ dcpcndmg un a number of menus.
((1 ‘ ‘ , ‘ l—lo1vevex, a cumbmauun nlnew Icchnolugy and
«I: ~ - ‘ tcchnl ue 1. new allowln suhsumee ullllt 1
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es)’ cnglncch to locate utlllty hnes mom than 40 feel
., \ . undcrgmund as Hnlrmssoelnles dld mtenlly lo.
I \_ _ 4 an o1l and gas ehenl. H.1m developed the High
1 * Dynamic Deep Locating (HDDL! syslcm 111.11 has
Y .. . atcuratcly deleeled 12-lnch sleel and [our-lnclu ~IL\'l
‘ plpehnes when sl.1nd.11d eleslgnnnngleel1n1ques
pmvnd mcffncuvc.
- ll HDDL Advantages
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I Consldcr mme of the heneals of Lhh new pmcms.
' ‘ ‘ . * Efficienl and cost-effective: Typlcally, there
I < wlll he a sene. of 1nulnl1znuuns for .1 utility pmjncl
. 7. _ ‘ — — sueh as tlu~. The hm would lnvulve n SUE new
7 ' , arnvlng at lhe locahun and deslgnhnng the ullllty.
I ‘ ‘ d Then a survey crew would gather data and mcurd
' mensuvemenls of Lhc pzoperty. HDDL nllnws fox
. — “ eq1upn1enl lo pczform tlu: marklng~ and survcy
3 ., L concuzmntly, eumng chm lime and erton in lmlf.
.3 ln essence, a veme.1l and honzonlal pmfilc of lhe
<\,..,_‘_ utlllry—at any lnmrval mqul:at2d—can be (mated
“* *-.~ ‘ 1n mal nn1e hee.1use of the two semees bung
_ -- puioxmcd 1n Iandcm.
_ _ 3" I ,: - Test hole reduction: The early, proven ~uccn.ss
_ —. =».~f-j;;;g:._:;;_$ . of lhls plueess hns .1lso made pnriormlng expens-1ve
r,_-__: .5; ,' ' ~,;.;«-.'::-.-fv‘ ,3 - leslhole. niLhcx unnecessary or rcducud the nncd
},~‘_~_.'_ e_- = : - {‘»_:~—‘...e;- fur «hen. flgnlficantly. Many eleep lesl-hole efforts
5"‘ -'-,. . '_1:...¢;;-‘. ‘_ ‘ n-suh 1n cltlmr hlltmg a Lhlck mckl.1yl:rlhatcan'l
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