Evaluation Of Pipeline, Pump, And Valve Failure During Oil Transmission (A Study Of Shell Petroleum Development Company)

ABSTRACT

The research work titled Evaluation of pipeline, pumps and valves failure during oil transmission (A Study of Shell Transmission line) was carried cut to determine the major reasons for pipeline and equipment failure during oil transmission in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Data was collected on crude oil and product trunk transportation pipeline network of Shell Petroleum Develop incur Company (SPDC) in six Niger Delta states (Akwa ibom, Bayelsa Cross Riven Delta. Edo and Rivers) between 2005 and 20)1. The data showed that Bayelsa, Rivers and Delia which are the main hub of oil and gas exploration in Nigeria have higher pipeline failure rates as compared to Akwa ibom, Edo and Cross River states A ranking methodology was used to determine the likelihood, of failure of pipeline in each of the states studied. The results obtained showed that the most significant failure criterion for the pipelines is external interference followed by Structural defect, with relative likelihood of failure of 0.326 and 0.242 respectively. It was also seen that pipeline network across Delta state would be most likely to fail, compared with the other five states