OPTISE - Optimizing gas system operation and safety

"Our R&D work is helping to guarantee the safety of the networks we operate today, and to prepare them for the new gases of tomorrow. Our aim is to identify new maintenance, monitoring and construction techniques that offer financial benefits for the same level of safety and quality" (Carine Lacroix, Program Coordinator)

Enjeux majeurs

Managing the impact of gas on the safety of people and property
Ensuring the integrity of metallic and non-metallic infrastructures
Optimize network asset management, maintenance and operation
Optimizing monitoring of our facilities and testing new materials to improve GRTgaz's competitiveness

Périmètre

Metallic and non-metallic pipes
Industrial installations, network and metering equipment, pressure-reducing stations
Pipe monitoring and detection
Work
Gas quality analysis, leak detection
Understanding, predicting and assessing the consequences of gas accidents

Leviers clés

Improve knowledge of gases transported and define specifications
Improve knowledge of hazardous phenomena, develop/reinforce external and internal inspection technologies
Control coating ageing, develop and provide protective solutions, enhance the reliability of non-destructive testing techniques
Improve the predictivity of analytical models, develop numerical simulation tools
Characterize materials in situ and develop new repair techniques
Improve knowledge of network risks in operation, develop risk models after instrumentation of structures
Identify and test new monitoring techniques
Identify new technologies to limit damage to structures during the construction phase
Develop new solutions to improve pipe detection accuracy
Identify and test new materials
Developing new construction technologies

Perspective 2030

Improve knowledge of gases transported and define specifications
Improve knowledge of hazardous phenomena, develop/reinforce external and internal inspection technologies
Control coating ageing, develop and provide protective solutions, enhance the reliability of non-destructive testing techniques
Improve the predictivity of analytical models, develop numerical simulation tools
Characterize materials in situ and develop new repair techniques
Improve knowledge of network risks in operation, develop risk models after instrumentation of structures
Identify and test new monitoring techniques
Identify new technologies to limit damage to structures during the construction phase
Develop new solutions to improve pipe detection accuracy
Identify and test new materials
Developing new construction technologies