Formed as a subsidiary of Savcor Art in January 2004, Savcor Products’ main aim is to specialise in bringing the latest technology solutions to the pipeline industry. Whilst contractors and asset owners can deal directly with Savcor Products, the same technology and materials are also easily available through Savcor Art for clients who require supply and installation packages.

Detecting Costly Sand Erosion

The oil and gas industry have been consistently looking for a way to measure sand content when extracting oil and gas. Sand can cause rapid erosion and wear of valuable top-side equipment such as chokes, valves and flow-lines. Rapid detection and remediation of sand producing erosion episodes is necessary to prevent short-term failure.

Savcor Products offers the RCS Quicksand, a range of metal loss sensors and instrumentation, designed specifically to detect sand erosion at speeds approaching real time.

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Sensing elements can be made from almost any commercially made alloy, less corrosion resistant materials such as carbon steel will show the combined effects of corrosion and erosion. On the other hand, more resistant alloys, such as duplex stainless steel or Hastelloy will show erosion effects exclusively. The Quicksand probes and the instruments can be fully integrated with other digital loop transmitters manufactured by RCS, such as linear polarisation (Corrater) or high resolution electrical resistance (Microcor), to provide a comprehensive corrosion and erosion monitoring solution within a single digital communication and data handling system. Savcor Products is RCS’ exclusive distributor within Australia.

Pipeline Integrity Maintenance Made Easy

Savcor Art has a specialised team which specifically deals in pipeline integrity for asset owners, currently maintaining over 600 km of pipelines up and down the east coast of Australia including oil, gas and fuel pipelines.

Different packages are available depending on the pipeline location, from simple pipeline patrols and grass cutting right through to technical maintenance of cathodic protection systems and remedial coating repairs.

Statutory regulations covering transmission lines also require clients to conduct DCVG testing, data logging, third party maintenance, interference testing at specific intervals and annual reports. All of these can be carried out and conducted by Savcor Art.

Talking to Savcor Art about your specific needs will not only allow your company to meet statutory requirements, but allow you to out-source external pipeline integrity maintenance requirements, leaving you to concentrate more on production related issues and productivity.