PLEXOS International,
has completed integration of its Data Layer Plugin (DLP) and Integrity Risk
Assessment technologies within Transredes. Transredes operates a network of nearly
6,000 kilometers of pipelines transporting natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons
(crude petroleum, LPG, surplus refinery products, and condensates). The gas and
oil pipeline system passes through 7 departments, more than 80 municipal
districts and approximately 450 communities reaching the export markets of
Transredes evaluated the Plexus technologies against all other
known Risk Analysis packages and selected Plexus based on the functionality and
robustness of the system. With the ability of the Data Layer Plugin to access
data “where it lives”, the system is able to tap into multiple data sources
across network connections without the need for importing or converting data.
The flexibility of the system to build complex risk equations from scratch
allowed for customized equations to meet the requirements of their risk analysis
expert, W. Kent Muhlbauer. As part of the integration effort, a representative
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