Integrity and Encroachment Management System
Monitoring pipeline risks and encroachments using satellite imagery
Page last modified
June 17 2025
The Integrity and Encroachment Management System (IEMS) is a technology platform developed by AiDASH that helps utility companies, particularly gas utilities, monitor and manage pipeline integrity threats and encroachments using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI). IEMS leverages satellite data and pre-trained AI models to identify potential risks to pipeline systems, such as new construction, vegetation overgrowth, erosion, land displacements, and land-use changes along the pipeline right-of-way (ROW).
The system provides a comprehensive view of pipeline systems with pinpoint accuracy, enabling utilities to detect and prioritize potential integrity threats based on detailed scores and metrics. IEMS automates the identification and resolution of risks by analyzing various inputs, including historical imagery, to provide data-driven insights for decision-making.
IEMS can detect gas leaks and pipeline damage through aerial surveys, and its end-to-end pipeline encroachment management capabilities range from analysis to execution. The system helps coordinate field and operations teams more efficiently by delivering prioritized digital workflows, site history, and context to facilitate quicker response and investigation.
Overall, IEMS aims to transform reliability, accuracy, cost-efficiency, and safety of pipeline operations by providing continual, near-real-time monitoring and actionable insights, enabling utilities to mitigate risks proactively and comply with regulatory requirements effectively.
Pros & Limitations
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Identify and resolve integrity risks faster
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Analyze and mitigate pipeline integrity risks like new or illegal construction, forest clearings, vegetation overgrowth, erosion, land displacements, land use changes, easements, and more
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Use satellites and AI to pinpoint encroachments, gas leaks, and integrity risks in near real time
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Transform reliability, accuracy, cost-efficiency, and safety over conventional approaches
Specification
| Title | Description |
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| Theme/Discipline | Pipelines |
| Core Tech | Instrumentation & Measurement |
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Purpose
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Conduct satellite-based patrolling to identify and prioritize system risks, and facilitate operational improvements
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Features
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Get a comprehensive picture of pipeline systems with pinpoint accuracy, Use detailed scores and metrics to prioritize work and inspections, Identify and resolve integrity threats quickly and accurately, Analyze and mitigate pipeline integrity risks like new or illegal construction, forest clearings, vegetation overgrowth, erosion, land displacements, land use changes, easements, Use satellites and AI to pinpoint encroachments, gas leaks, and integrity risks in near real time, Analyze many inputs and image history with pre-trained AI models for data-driven decisions, Detect gas leaks and pipeline damage with aerial pipeline surveys
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Development
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Mature / Proven
