Field Cases

Oilfield gathering station — crude oil line

Field Reality

A crude oil line at an oilfield gathering station had a perforation leak. A clamp and plastic pad had already been fitted as a temporary measure and had begun leaking again quickly. The Field that DendroSeal was asked to look at was therefore not a bare pipe: it was a pipe with a failed prior repair still on it, and dark liquid running from underneath it.

Dark liquid leaking from a clamp and plastic-pad arrangement on a vertical steel pipe.
Active leakage from beneath the prior clamp and pad.
Wider view of the prior metal clamp arrangement on the DN100 line.
The wider existing condition: the prior clamp arrangement in place on the line.

Key verified and reported Field facts

Medium
Crude oil operator-reported service
Pressure
10 bar operator-reported
Asset
DN100 steel pipe at a gathering station operator-reported
Geometry
Vertical run carrying a previously fitted clamp and plastic pad observed in the Field record
Field condition
Perforation leak; the prior clamp and plastic pad re-leaked quickly operator-reported and visible in the Field record
Dominant hazard / constraint
Continuing crude oil release from beneath a failed temporary repair observed in the Field record

Resulting ISB

No completed-state record is published for this Field. The Field Reality above is what the source record supports; no outcome has been added to make the sequence look finished.

Case boundary

This Case records one unique Field Reality. It is neither a construction instruction nor a template. A solution developed for one Field must not be copied to another without renewed understanding of that Field.