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Title: PREVENTATIVE VS. REACTIVE VALVE MAINTENANCE
Author: JASON DELLOW
Source: 2019 Western Gas Measurement Short Course
Year Published: 2019
Abstract: Preventative and reactive valve maintenance plays a key role in the safe and legal operations of natural gas distribution and transmission systems. Despite the requirements of federal regulatory agencies, routine valve maintenance is often an important part of the business that becomes neglected. Reactive valve maintenance can often be defined as the maintenance performed when the reliability or usefulness of system valves have depreciated or failed. On the other hand, preventative valve maintenance suggests that we as pipeline operators take a proactive approach in mitigating valve issues before they occur. Despite the challenges in designing and executing a successful valve maintenance program, building a safe and reliable valve network is of the utmost importance. This paper will discuss the importance of a preventative valve maintenance agenda and will study ways to easily alleviate the risks of putting the operators in a vulnerable position due to a valve failure.

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