Pipeline Advisor is Ausenco’s digital-twin hub for pipeline operations. Transform live instrumentation, historical and GIS data into a high-fidelity virtual model that keeps your operations inside design limits, spots leak in under a minute and guides your integrity decisions.
A proven, easy-to-use customisable software solution, it continuously synchronises a physics-based hydraulic model with real-time pressure, flow, density data, as‑built construction records and risk‑based GIS layers. The software turns raw pipeline telemetry and geospatial data into clear, actionable insights.
Pipeline Advisor allows operators to:
- Validate design envelopes in operation — Automatic alerts are generated when pressure or velocity drifts toward critical limits.
- Simulate stress-test scenarios — Operators can safely run “what-if” simulations using the live model, testing factors such as valve behavior, batch changes, and increased fluid densities, all without affecting actual plant operations.
- Close the integrity loop — Incorporate pipeline inspection data, wall-thickness updates and roughness growth into the digital twin model to continuously refine and improve future predictions.
Key features
1. Leak detection system based on API 1130
- Monitors negative‑pressure waves, gradient intersections and mass balance
- <1000 m location accuracy
- Automatic e‑mail escalation and control‑room display integration
2. Pipeline Simulator™
- Run single, chained or Monte Carlo scenario sweeps, tweaking concentration, rheology, flow, choke loops, particle size and batch settings to quantify capacity variability and integrity impacts in seconds
- Results render instantly on the hydraulic grade line and operational diagram, flagging min/max limits and production frequency ranges alongside live data
3. Operational dashboard
- Shows high‑resolution plots, trend clustering and historical replays
- Density‑adjusted head‑loss curves quantify hydraulic efficiency losses in real time
4. Integrity & slack‑flow monitoring
- Shows real‑time head-loss, minimum wall thickness, and overpressure risk
- Slack‑flow engine predicts vapour‑pocket risk during low throughput
5. Batch & pig tracking
- Presents inventory and arrival predictions and movement history in one timeline
- Pig speed and location are estimated from live instrumentation when no transponder exists
6. Geospatial map with risk overlay
- Offline‑capable raster tiles for remote regions
- Layer Right of Way (RoW) crossings, hazard zones, HCAs, valve stations, live alarm pins
7. Architecture and security
- Micro‑service stack deployable on‑prem, private cloud or hybrid
- OPC UA and REST APIs; Role-based Access Control (RBAC) and full audit trails
Proven performance
Our software has been proven across diverse mining operations and long‑distance pipelines worldwide, helping to achieve stability and reliability on assets where downtime is not an option.
- 20+ live software deployments on four continents to protect iron ore, copper, nickel, water and tailings pipelines and supporting infrastructure.
- 3,000+ km of pipeline monitored every day through a single code base
- 98%+ platform uptime thanks to redundant collectors and fail‑over servers
- >95% renewal rate, demonstrating sustained client confidence and value
Ready to see your own data in a digital twin? Book a live demo or talk to one of our experts.