By utilizing a risk-based leakage survey method, SP AusNet, an Australian natural gas transmission and distribution company, has been able to reduce the cost of conducting leakage survey and leak repair operations.

Gas companies worldwide have, for some time, supplemented the traditional “reactive” locate and repair of public reported gas escapes with a more proactive leakage survey approach. SP AusNet’s objective was to find optimum balance between proactive leak management (leakage survey) and reactive leak management (public reported leaks).

By utilizing a risk based leakage survey, SP AusNet has been ...