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At present, the construction of long-distance pipelines has shown a trend toward large-scale, systematic, and networked developments. With the continuous expansion of the pipeline construction scale, the traditional pipeline construction management concepts, means and methods are increasingly unable to meet the needs for today’s pipeline construction and operation management.
The idea of Digital Oil and Gas Pipeline (hereinafter referred to as, Digital Pipeline) is derived from the concept of Digital Earth. According to the definition of Digital Earth, Digital Pipeline can be defined as “a virtual representation of the pipeline that can collect natural and human information of the pipeline, and enable people to explore and interact with it”. The goal of Digital Pipeline construction is to adopt modern, scientific, and digital management of the pipeline design, construction, and operation, with high-tech means throughout the life cycle of the pipeline. The introduction to the concept of the Digital Pipeline provides new means, methods, and ideas for the construction and management of long-distance pipelines.
Presents the latest research on core technologies of the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline.
Provides numerous practical, innovative strategies of implementing the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline.
Provides examples and a practical roadmap for constructing the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline.
This monograph, which is the first book focusing on "Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline", introduces the author’s long-term research and practice on this topic. It introduces the latest research on the core technologies of the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline, such as WebGIS (Web Geographic Information System), GIS Web Services, pipeline supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), OLE for Process Control, networked virtual reality, and Extensible 3D. The keys to the Digital Oil & Gas Pipeline, including pipeline spatial data model, pipeline WebGIS, integrity of pipeline SCADA and pipeline GIS, pipeline networked virtual reality system, are also elaborated. The knowledge and experience delivered by this monograph will provide a useful reference for readers from the industries in Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation, pipeline automation, GIS, Virtual Reality, and related fields