SmartBall Case Study

October 15th 2008

CLH Loeches to Villaverde Pipeline, Spain

CLH is the leading company on the Spanish
market for the transportation and storage of
oil products. They have chosen to use
SmartBall under license from Pure
Technologies Ltd as a critical element in their
pipeline leak detection program.
A test inspection was performed in October
2008 to demonstrate the capability of
SmartBall to detect leaks in an operational
pipeline. Artificial leaks were created in the
10-inch gasoline pipeline. A leak of 1.9l/min
was made known to Pure Technologies, a
smaller leak of 1.1l/min was used as a blind
test.

Acoustic Log of 1.89l/min Leak

Both artificial leaks were detected and located to within 3m of their true
location over a total inspection length of 28km. This was despite the fact that
the valve, that was opened slightly to represent the leak, was some distance
from the pipeline. No natural leaks were present in the line. Leak rate
estimation is an approximation based on calibration leaks and was found to be
within 15% of the measured rate at the
test sites.
CLH accepted the trail as successful proof
of the tools capabilities and confirmed
SmartBall as their preferred method of
leak detection.

Pure Technologies Ltd

705 11th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0E3, Canada
Tel: 1 800 537 2806 / (403) 266 6794
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