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Demonstrating in-line inspection (ILI) to monitor cracks assuring compatibility for operation with hydrogen in new and re-purposed offshore natural gas pipelines

Funds research that demonstrates in-line inspection tools for detecting cracks in offshore pipelines repurposed to carry hydrogen.

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Beyond the inspection technology itself, the consortium has to include at least one In-Line-Inspection tool provider and one gas transport grid operator, not just a research team. Although the topic is about offshore pipelines, the validation testing itself doesn't have to happen offshore: it has to run in a hydrogen environment but may take place onshore, using high-pressure pipeline test rigs. P…

This call funds demonstration of in-line inspection tools that monitor cracks and confirm compatibility with hydrogen in new and repurposed offshore natural gas pipelines. Proposals should address the harder maintenance access, higher operating pressure and larger diameter of offshore pipelines compared with onshore infrastructure, where fatigue and cracking pose a bigger risk to the pipeline's business case.

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