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Finger on the pulse
Digital and innovative

GASCADE employee with tablet at work
GASCADE employee with tablet at work

Digitalisation is accompanying NEL Gastransport
into a modern and sustainable future

Transporting gas safely and reliably requires a modern and dynamic company that is efficient in the existing processes and can respond quickly to changes. Digitalisation supports these challenges by using modern technologies, agile methods and an open corporate culture.

Innovative person with light bulb in hand

Innovations

Alongside optimising existing processes we actively promote the exploratory testing of new technologies and methods. Central idea management ensures creative input and the inclusion of the full potential of our employees. An addition innovation budget is available specifically for digitalisation. It enables digital solutions, such as the development of a prototype, to be tried out quickly and easily.

Modern workplace

In today’s working world, having to opportunity to work flexibly in terms of where and when is an essential aspect of digitalisation and a factor in employee satisfaction.
In addition to modern office workspaces and conference rooms, mobile working is supported by state-of-the-art workplace equipment and updated software and hardware architectures. In choosing software, attention is already paid to ensuring that is can be used for mobile working.

We questions processes and constantly look for ways to become better, placing a special emphasis on developing customised apps for specific use cases. We thus simplify, speed up and standardise our work.

Innovative projects and technologies

Working together with innovative startups, established research institutes and leading technology companies, we continuously develop new applications and innovative processes with which we break new ground and that make our work easier.

Drone flies over lawns

AirDetec

Can modern drones replace the conventional surveillance flights of our pipeline network by helicopter? We are exploring this environmentally friendly alternative in our “AirDetec” pilot project. A drone developed specifically for this purpose has already begun test flights, allowing valuable experience to be gained along a selected 18-kilometre-long section of our pipelines. Initially still with a pilot on site, but also increasingly in autonomous flight mode. In the coming year, we will switch to regular flight operations lasting 12 months – monitored solely by a pilot at our headquarters in Kassel. Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to evaluate the recorded images and is able to identify relevant differences in images. In the next step, hazards should be identified and reported independently.

If it is possible to monitor our pipelines with a drone, would that then also be possible at the same time with five drones or even 15? We will explore this and many other exciting questions in depth. 

Employee with VR glasses on his head

Virtual Reality

In the world of technology and innovation, the way in which projects are planned and implemented is also subject to constant change. VR plays a decisive role in this context. VR technology can be used to carry out project discussions and inspections of 3D models in real time. That enables not only a more efficient way of working but also saves a considerable amount of time. To keep its finger on the pulse, we continuously experimenting with new technologies like these to ensure that projects are implemented efficiently and precisely both now and in the future.

Remote Support

Remote support is becoming increasingly important in the operating environment. Using modern hardware such as data glasses, expert knowledge can be integrated directly into operational processes without time-consuming and cost-intensive trips. That leads to considerably shortened response times and increased work efficiency. Remote support is thus revolutionising the way in which problems are solved and maintenance work is carried out.

Employee scanning QR code of a pipe

Digital pipe book data

With digital pipe book data management, we developed an app and used it for the first time in the industry in the construction of the European Gas Pipeline Link (EUGAL). Each of the 46,000 pipes laid was labelled with an individual QR code. These codes can be used to scan all the information about the pipe such as mechanical and chemical properties, wall thickness and its position in the pipeline string with mobile scanners and manage it digitally. 

Contact

Do you have any questions or interest in cooperation?

Tom Brückmann

Applications and digitization

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