Abstract
Periodic inspections are required for oil and gas pipelines equipped with cathodic protection systems (CPS) to prevent corrosion. This inspection takes time and requires money, mobilisation of specialised staff, and accessibility of pipeline right of way which is often hindered by security issues, and bad terrain. A novel virtual reality-enabled remote monitoring device, developed using the NACE SP0169 standard, which measures the pipe-to-soil potential (PSP) reading, transmits the measured data to an IoT server, and a virtual environment for analysis and feedback while providing an immersive experience to the user, all in real-time, is presented. The hardware and software components are developed using Sensors, Arduino Mega 2560 board, AWS Sumerian 1.2.0 software, ThingSpeak IoT server, Blender modelling software and AutoCAD. When implemented on real test posts of oil and gas facilities and compared with the traditional methodology, the system showed consistency of data measurement and analysis, with real-time feedback to users, and a Spearman rank’s correlation coefficient of 0.998944. The study is significant as it provides the oil industry with an expert, easy-to-understand tool which helps to reduce the rate of oil spillage and losses through corrosion.
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