• Fire
• Medical
• Pipelines & Power Lines
• Wildlife
• Buldings

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PIPELINE AND POWER LINE MONITORING

Considerations

• Infrared airborne monitoring of TAPS through outsourcing is an easy, cost-effective solution to the potentially very expensive problem of compromised pipeline operations or environmental damage.
• The public expects redundancy and technological applications to secure and safeguard their land issues vested in the pipeline corridor and North Slope region.
• Proactive measures of preventative thermography have been tested, proven, and financially supported throughout the global and petrochemical industries and military operations.
• Using Alaska businesses in support of petrochemical exploration, development, maintenance, and operations is good business for “big business.”
• Weekly to bi-weekly airborne IR patrols of the pipeline corridor would add substantial advantages to recognizing  damage, leakage, vandalism, trespass and construction material changes—before the likelihood of major failure or production shutdowns.
• Pipeline operators and managers would benefit greatly from Raven’s concurrently gathered video documentation of the pipeline and corridor, taken while IR surveys are being performed. 
• Accumulate archivable imagery and technical data sets are invaluable for research and documentation when hindsight warrants review.
• IR thermography is a quantifiable form of thermal surveying and allows for digital data trend analysis; GIS mapping, comparative graphics and integration into other scientific projects.

Advantages of Airborne IR Pipeline Surveys

• Regularly scheduled airborne surveillance of both pipeline and adjacent landscape by third-party contractors.
• Video and IR documentation of each flight’s survey for archive and review.
• GIS mapping products and radiometric digital data streams are available for research and trend analysis.
• Fixed-wing services, helicopter capabilities, media documentation, and technical monitoring all available through one company.
• Produce products, images, media releases and public education on spill prevention and response using progressive technologies and programs currently in place.
• Outsourcing advantage of professional piloting and IR thermography specialists.
• Diversified application of services and IR products that can be expanded to facilities management; operations; preventative maintenance; wildlife studies; search & rescue, and security surveillance along TAPS.

Power Line Patrols

Infrared imagery from strategic locations, in all terrains, during periods of peak power loading for the inspection and monitoring of component condition, worn or damaged parts, cracking, solarization, corrosion, arching, electrical resistance, line impacts  and tower integrity .

Pipeline Monitoring

Nondestructive thermal data collection, airborne or ground IR imaging, right-of-way (ROW) surveillance for contaminants, subsurface leakage, corrosion, anomalies, corridor security, remote access for crews, wildlife counts, video and photographic documentation, media gathering, and GIS mapping.

Oil Spill Response

IR oil imagery, day TV video, geospatial referencing of locations, GIS mapping, resource documentation, coordinative support, aerial platform, wildlife sighting, media gathering, support logistics.

Raven Technical Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 1171, 38160 Sandlin Street
Sterling, Alaska 99672
Phone: (907) 262-6547 (OK-IR)
E-mail: raventr@aol.com

Web site created May 15, 2006, by Wordsworth