I recently had the opportunity to join Russell Treat on the Pipeliners Podcast for a conversation about a topic we both feel strongly about: the challenge of responding to pipeline leak alarms. Russell and I have enjoyed talking about leak detection and pipeline operations in the past, so I appreciated the chance to dig more...Continue Reading

Flowstate co-founder and CEO Jerad Stack recently joined host Russell Treat on the Pipeliners Podcast for Episode 451, “Leak Detection is Not Just One Problem,” to explore how pipeline operators can think differently about computational pipeline monitoring (CPM) and the growing role of machine learning in leak detection. During the conversation, Jerad and Russell discuss...Continue Reading

A system may perform well in simulation or under idealized steady-state assumptions, but its practical value is determined by how it behaves when exposed to real pipeline dynamics, measurement uncertainty, transient operations, and controlled loss events. That’s why we recently put our gas leak detection model to the test at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), on...Continue Reading

Flowstate’s Background Digital Leak Simulator How do you know the leak detection system you implemented months – or years – ago is still working? Does it still have the same sensitivity it did when it was commissioned? Initial testing is conducted to verify that a system achieves it expected performance. A number of tests may...Continue Reading

The following article is the second of a two-part series discussing machine learning and how we at Flowstate are using it to tackle leak detection in hazardous liquid pipelines. The first part discussed some common questions that arise when discussing the application of machine learning in pipeline leak detection, such as how it is used,...Continue Reading

We use machine learning every day – often without even thinking about it. We’ve grown accustomed to Netflix or Amazon offering suggestions on what we want to buy or watch next and almost expect Google to be able to finish our thoughts as we type our search. Beyond shopping and internet browsing, Machine Learning and...Continue Reading