GII
Geographic Information Infrastructure
Pipeline benefits by integrating Geographic Information Systems
06/07/2004
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[Goals of gas – utility - industry ]
« The European pipeline industry sector is incurring unnecessary costs, losing revenue and competitive advantage and exposing the EC to risk due to the significant difficulties in introducing new Risk Based design, inspection and maintenance process and moving to a collaborative « goal » setting environment. This is due, in large part, to the difficulty in locating, accessing and exchanging data. »
Robert Stirling THALES GEOSOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED http://www.ispdm.org
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[Goals of gas – utility - industry ] Present problems in gas industry Unnecessary costs ; Losing revenue and competitive advantage.
Goals Pipeline integrity ; Risk assessment ; Facility management ; Operation & Maintenance.
Solution Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) ; Geographic Information System (GIS). 06/07/2004
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[Asset management]
Context Operation and Maintenance Keeping the pipeline operational with periodic inspections, lubes and repairs, is not enough ; Simple maintenance has evolved into an increasingly sophisticated business process supported by a variety of complementary advanced technologies.
Return on investment Pipeline operators are charged with achieving greater return on their assets and ensuring full-capacity production, despite an aging and limited infrastructure as well as rising operating costs.
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[Asset management] Solution : Enterprise Asset Management An Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution, tightly integrated with GIS, form the core of a powerful and cohesive asset management strategy ; An effective EAM implementation integrated with GIS is designed to support the full pipeline life cycle : • • • • • • •
Capture of field data for new construction ; Base map development and GPS ; Integration of field and operation data ; Spatial data and GIS for pipeline integrity ; Risk assessment ; Overall facility management ; Maintenance and replacement strategies.
A comprehensive , fully integrated asset management solution is necessary to increase reliability, minimize downtime, increase productivity, minimize incident rates and realize cost savings ; With optimized maintenance and work processes, planning and scheduling is improved. 06/07/2004
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[Asset management]
Results of Enterprise Asset Management implementation The GIS serves as a central repository that eliminates data redundancy and reduces errors, increases the completeness and accuracy of the data ; The increase in productivity resulting from utilising this tightly integrated technology results in : • Substantial cost savings ; • Greater productivity ; • Reduced maintenance backlogs. Studies have shown that by implementing a comprehensive EAM solution, a company can typically : • Increase workforce productivity by a minimum of 30% ; • Expand capacity by 17% ; • Reduce overall costs by 25%. 06/07/2004
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[Standardization]
European standards A challenge has been how to integrate a range of technology solutions to appease a variety of end users who have differing business needs and processes ; Industry standards such as ISPDM promoting data integration are solving many of incompatibility issues ; The Industry Standard Pipeline Data Management project (ISPDM) is a European Commission funded project with the goal to create a non-proprietary, open standards based, data management environment for the efficient and effective use and exchange of pipeline information ; ISPDM allows geospatial information to be shared and processed between multiple gas industry operators in an environment that is transparent to the end user ; This promote flexibility to adapt to emerging technologies and new software solutions. 06/07/2004
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[Internationalization]
With consolidation and deregulation, pipeline companies are more inclined to expand operations across international borders ; GIS implementations become more complex with issues such as : • • • • • • • •
Handling different governmental regulations ; Managing different projection systems ; Supporting a multilingual user interface ; Dealing with data and readouts in different units ; International data transfers ; Data security ; Handling regional sensitive data ; Providing access to data across a global enterprise.
A GIS solution that addresses these issues is a necessity for companies considering internationalization.
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[Regulatory environment] European gas directive The European gas industry has seen widespread restructuring as a result of the European Gas Directive of 1998, as well as liberalization and deregulation that has resulted in more complex and competitive energy markets ;
Access management Pipeline operators are relying on geospatial asset management and related technology initiatives in support of energy trading, cross-border system interconnectivity, reliability of supply, environmental management, risk management, and safety.
Make the information available Pipeline 85/337/EEC on environmental Assessment ensures that the member states make information on proposed activities available to the public. 06/07/2004
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[Management issues] Working together with other actors Natural gas suppliers, pipelines and local distribution companies are working closer together to ensure security of supply, responding to accounting reform demands, and addressing stockholders concerns ; A compatible technology can facilitate the communication between the actors.
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[Aim of the LGII] Official Geographic Information source The main aim of this project is to develop an official Geographic Information source system or Infrastructure and Information Environment allowing the free incorporation of Geographic Information into almost any Public and most of Private Sector Information Services ;
Interoperability and accessibility Interoperability and accessibility via Internet of national reference data (existing and developing) harmonised with other geo-located data is the ultimate goal of GII ;
Component of “Information Society” The project sets the long-term outlines for the development, maintenance and access to the harmonised national Geographic Information data with interactions among “e-Government” and “Information Society”.
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[Integrating into LGII] Benefits Reference base map GII allows all professionals requiring Geographic Information to obtain an up-todate, optimal and precise reference base map for planning projects such as rerouting ;
Communication This National Spatial Data Infrastructure will constitute the base of the geospatial data communication between all the actors of the society ;
Exchange GII is based on European data model standards and ensure the connectivity with the industry standards of data.
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[Participating in the GII] The participation of all the actors of the society will : Federate all the data in order to describe as much as possible the reality of the geographic space (including underground) ; Generate information useful for making decisions ; Pipeline infrastructure - public interest ; Make the infrastructure visible (for other actors and neighbouring citizens).
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[Participating in the GII]
Risk Assessment
Society’s data federated in an unique system Financial data Agricultural data Roads data
GII
Energy data Base map
Administrative data
Knowledge-based society
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Data Information
Facility Management
Pipeline operator
Operation & Maintenance
Pipeline Integrity
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