Direct Assessment (ECDA, ICDA and SCCDA)

Benefits of AE’S DA Program

Proactive and designed to prevent lapses in pipeline integrity: It can locate and predict susceptible areas where defects could form in the future as opposed to only areas with existing defects.
Non-intrusive: No product interruption required. No cost required for preparing to enable the usage of this technique. Pipeline need not be put out of service. No downtime.
Root cause analysis: Mandatory to determine and report the corrosion mechanism.
Mitigation plan: Delivers a ‘go forward’ plan for the operator.

Refines and enhances the predictability of potential integrity concerns and their locations along a pipeline. Can be customized for a mature DA program.
Defect modeling can be developed from the DA process which can be used for forecasting and “what if.. Scenarios” to optimize production with existing threats.
Provides input for prioritizing and planning remedial integrity activities.
When possible, complimentary to ILI and Hydrostatic testing for greater data accumulation, data verification etc.