Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
ESRI User’s Conference 2003 Sidney Pereira dos Santos Business Consultant Petrobras Gas Business Unit
Gilberto Luis Sanches Hernandes GIS Specialist Petrobras Gas Business Unit
Alessandro de Souza Diniz GIS Analyst Imagem
Renato Cabral GIS Analyst Imagem
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
Objective To Present GIS Implementation at Petrobras/GBU Ø Scenario Ø Challenges Ø GIS Solution Adopted Ø Interface Ø Data Management Ø Data Sharing - WEB Ø Final Considerations
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
Scenario BR Gas Market & Pipeline Network Expansion 45.0
Gasbol –Southern Section DN 16 a 24” 1100 km (684 miles)
Total Supply ~ 100 MMm3/d (2.8 MMCFD)
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
Investment in Expansion Projects US$ 1.3 billion in Expansion New Gas Pipelines: 3000 km (1865 miles) New Comp. Stations: over 10 New city-gates: over 30
Existing Pipelines Gas pipelines: 7962 km (4948 miles) Oil/Products: 6300 km (3915 miles)
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
Why implementing a GIS? • Management of existing and new gas pipeline projects • Cover a wide geographic area (~3000 km (1865 miles) new ppl.) • Assure information integrity and security (ArcSDE + workflow) • Capability to manage and share spatial info.
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
Implementation Guideline • Addressed the following points: •Overall status of existing data •Data Workflow definition •Data Standardization (in-out) •Data Management & Publishing •Reliability of System Architecture •Scalability (stand alone to enterprise)
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
GIS Architecture User InterfaceCatalog Gas Pipeline GPC WEB
GPC
ArcGIS
Plug-In Plug-In
TCP/IP
ArcPad
ArcGIS
Plug-In Plug-In
Notification of any data editing from GPC to be inserted into APDM
Browser
ArcIMS ArcSDE
APDM
Files
Catalog
APDM
Disconnected Edit
Using GIS as a Helping Tool in Gas Pipeline Design
Why APDM? • UML approach (Unified Modeling Language) • Easy communication among team members • Implements the best of ISAT and PODS • Customizable – Allows user to incorporate their specific needs. • Spatially enabled
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