Internal inspection of pipelines is not always economic, prompting development of methods for assessing a pipeline’s current condition based on historic operating and process conditions. Modeling the ...

Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge would no longer have to conduct internal inspections of certain kinds of cracks in its nearly 70-year-old, twin underwater oil and natural gas pipelines in the ...

This concluding article of two focuses on application of a reliability-based pipeline condition-assessment methodology to the assessment of an in-service corroded oil pipeline. Part 1, in last week's ...

The line’s structural integrity could be assessed using pipeline inspection gauges, or “pigs,” which are cleaning devices— smart pigs have sensors—that are inserted into an oversized section of pipe, ...

The maintenance and integrity of pipeline networks are critical to global energy infrastructure. Pipeline inspection and pigging operations employ specialised devices – commonly known as PIGs ...

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) in pipeline maintenance is used to detect, size, and characterize metal loss, cracks, geometry defects, and coating/lamination issues without interrupting service or ...

Years ago, employees at PG&E decided not to classify a certain natural gas pipeline as “high-risk.” The pipeline in question was one of the oldest pipelines still in use and ran directly under a ...

In July 2011, a TransCanada natural-gas pipeline in Wyoming exploded. The Canadian Broadcasting Company found internal company documents explaining how it happened: negligence. “We are in trouble on ...

A tip led us to a storage yard holding hundreds of pipeline segments in Blanco. The segments will become the Permian Highway Pipeline. The group fighting the pipeline is concerned the anti-corrosion ...

While buildup in a pipeline can cause transmittal slows or even plugging of the pipeline, cracks or flaws in the line can be disastrous. A form of flow assurance for oil and gas pipelines and ...