The company’s pipeline management, leak detection and design software applications were selected as part of this pipeline project by Safir Engineering, a consulting firm responsible for automating Sonatrach’s new pipelines. Sonatrach is a new customer for ESI.

Pascal Leulier, president of Safir, said: “We are very impressed with the functionality and ESI’s technical approach to our needs.”

PipelineManager provides the functionality for real-time modeling, over/under pressure analysis, composition tracking, predictive and look-ahead modeling. PipelineStudio is an application for design and engineering.

Rene Varon, vice president of global sales for ESI, said: “Sonatrach is committed to implementing the best technology available in order to maintain its competitive advantage and to guarantee the security and safety of its operations.”