5 Things you should know about Leak Detection Systems.

• Upset Processing - Many leak detection systems are unable process upset or transient conditions and tend to either "temporarily shutdown" or generate false alarms until the pipeline stabilizes.
  
• False Alarms - A system that generates too many false alarms might as well be turned off. *
  
• Batch Tracking - For accurate leak detection the API makeup of the pipeline is required.
  
• Instrumentation - Many systems, especially model based systems require extensive and highly calibrated instrumentation to function accurately.
  
• Maintenance - The more complex and sophisticated a system is the more maintenance is required, generally by a trained engineer or consultant.

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From a Petroleum News Vol. 11, No.20:
"It was a false alarm," Johnson said. "What we thought then and what we think now … is that that was a process upset." Numerous previous false alarms caused by process upsets lulled the operators into ignoring the several alarms during the North Slope spill of 2006.

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