A method of augmenting the mechanical properties of a pipeline section comprises the steps of (1) identifying a pipeline section which requires verifiable data and analysis to calculate a safe operating pressure; (2) wrapping the external surface of the identified pipeline section with two or more convolutions of homogeneous isotropic thin steel augmentation bands; (3) adhering the convolutions together via a structural adhesive; and (4) determining the pressure-containing ability of the resultant augmented pipeline section, while simultaneously creating the inputs to determine at least one additional useful engineering design input parameter of the augmented pipeline section, required to calculate and validate a safe operating pressure.

A method for treating surfaces of equipment comprising applying a Self Assembled Monolayer of a moiety to at least one surface of the equipment, wherein the equipment is selected from the group consisting of level sensors, sucker rods, turbine meters, Coriolis meters, magnetic flow meters, down hole pumps, check valves, valves, cables, drill bits, wire lines, and pigs, and the moiety may be present in di or tri headed form or as a bis, gem-bis or tris headed form, and is a phosphonate, and equipment having at least one surface comprising such a treated surface.

A method for treating surfaces of equipment comprising applying a Self Assembled Monolayer of a moiety to at least one surface of the equipment, wherein the equipment is selected from the group consisting of level sensors, sucker rods, turbine meters, Coriolis meters, magnetic flow meters, down hole pumps, check valves, valves, cables, drill bits, wire lines, and pigs, and the moiety may be present in di or tri headed form or as a bis, gem-bis or tris headed form, and is a phosphonate, and equipment having at least one surface comprising such a treated surface.

The invention relates to an apparatus for applying a coating to a pipe. The apparatus includes a mounting means for mounting the apparatus to the pipe, an applicator for applying the coating to the pipe and a moving means for moving the applicator relative to the mounting means and around the pipe.

The invention relates to an apparatus for applying a coating to a pipe. The apparatus includes a mounting means for mounting the apparatus to the pipe, an applicator for applying the coating to the pipe and a moving means for moving the applicator relative to the mounting means and around the pipe.

Processes and systems for preparing sections of pipeline pipe for machine processing to form pin and box ends for assembly into pipelines using mechanical press-fit pipe joints. The prepared pipe sections are prepared to be fully measured and documented during both manufacturing and assembly. Installed pipelines include pipeline data monitoring systems coupled to a pipeline data management center for receiving, archiving, and analysis of the data records to aid in administration, operation and management, and troubleshooting of pipelines.

Processes and systems for preparing sections of pipeline pipe for machine processing to form pin and box ends for assembly into pipelines using mechanical press-fit pipe joints. The prepared pipe sections are prepared to be fully measured and documented during both manufacturing and assembly. Installed pipelines include pipeline data monitoring systems coupled to a pipeline data management center for receiving, archiving, and analysis of the data records to aid in administration, operation and management, and troubleshooting of pipelines.

A method of automated pipeline chemical batch treatment includes receiving treatment information at a control system of a pipeline. If the treatment information includes an instruction to activate a pump system, the method includes transmitting an activation signal from the control system to the pump system in accordance with the treatment information. The activation signal causes the pump system to pump one or more chemicals from a chemical feed system into the pipeline. If the treatment information includes an instruction to deactivate the pump system, the method includes transmitting a deactivation signal from the control system to the pump system in accordance with the treatment information, wherein the deactivation signal causes the pump system to stop pumping one or more chemicals from the chemical feed system into the pipeline.

A helically wound tubular structure is disclosed. The tubular structure has a first sheet metal helically wound about a longitudinal axis, a second sheet metal having voids disposed therein helically wound about the longitudinal axis and coaxially about the first sheet metal, and a third sheet metal helically wound about the longitudinal axis and coaxially about the first sheet metal and the second sheet metal.

Apparatus and method for cleaning the inner surface of a pipeline from deposits and for forming a protective coating are disclosed. The apparatus includes a cleaning tool which is caused to move in the interior of the pipeline by a flow of a fluid, the cleaning tool comprising a plurality of guide discs engaging the pipeline surface and mounted along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning tool, an anode positioned inside the cleaning tool, and an impressed current source electrically connected to the anode and the interior of the pipeline, the interior of the pipeline acting as a cathode when current is applied from the current source so that ions flow from the anode, through the fluid, to the interior of the pipeline.