

Editor's Notebook
A Little Help for Our Friends?
With oil and gas industry workers being especially hard hit by fallout from the coronavirus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers set out a few months ago to secure assistance for those in the sector who need it.
Features
U.S. Northeast: Taking a Fresh Look at an Old Region
PGJ explores how the Northeast region could play a big part in making sure the U.S. global energy dominance continues after the pandemic.
Boost Comes for Egypt’s Crude Pipeline Market
Egypt is in the race to achieve its ambitious yet much needed revamped crude oil and natural gas pipeline network.
Canada’s LNG Prospects: Real Need, Real Limits
A recent report from the Conference Board of Canada, funded by the Canadian LNG Alliance, suggests that the country could be exporting as much as 56 mtpa of LNG worth $8.36 billion (C$11 billion) by 2034.
Kentucky Utility Benefits from New PHMSA Mega Rule
A high-pressure gas pipeline completed by Henderson Municipal Gas (HMG) in Kentucky utilized pipe made from polyamide 12 (PA 12), which is now approved for use under the new the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Mega Rule.
Can Implementing AI Make a Smart Pig Smarter?
A windfall may be looming for pipeline operators who've taken advantage of cheap digital storage to save data from their SCADA systems, smart pigs, smart balls and maintenance.
Evolution of Effective Design for Alarm Management Applications
Specialized applications have become the norm for high-performance data analysis in today’s market, and these applications have continued to evolve as technology trends push big data analytics to the forefront of the automation industry.
Molecular Plasma Coating Process for Mitigating Deposit Adhesion
The deposition of solids, such as asphaltenes, scale and wax, in production systems can cause challenges to oil and gas producers.
Transforming Pipeline Monitoring with AI, Drone Technology
The oil and gas industry, pipeline monitoring in particular, is deriving great benefit from the implementation of both drone technology and AI.
Despite Recent Setbacks, Midstream Shows Confidence
The cancellation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the court order to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline will have a lasting impact on the midstream sector, signaling ongoing legal and regulatory challenges and making it harder to raise capital for large projects, a Pipeline & Gas Journal survey indicates.
How to Repair Large Pipes at Break Point Using FRP Laminates
The new version of SuperLaminate under development will enable installing the system through bends, so that point repairs can be performed utilizing launch pads, without causing any damage to the existing pipe.
Majors Win Distinguished Pipeline Safety Awards
Citgo, Colonial and Marathon were the big winners of the American Petroleum Institute (API) 2019 Distinguished Pipeline Safety Awards.
Pipelines of the Future Through Digitalization
Many consulting groups note that the 2020s will be the decade of IIoT adoption across all industries, including the midstream oil and gas industry.
Support for DRA-Treated Liquid Pipelines Using No-Code Digital Twins
The challenge for liquid pipeline operators is to balance DRA selection, effectiveness and costs against the benefits of reduced pumping energy requirements and the ability to increase pipeline capacity while maintaining the same energy use.
Government
EPA Ends Methane Limits Constraint for Pipelines
The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule freeing interstate pipelines from Obama-era rules that set volatile organic chemical (VOC) and methane emission restrictions is headed for a federal court date.
Army Corps Proposes New Pipeline Permit
With a federal court in Montana having thrown a monkey wrench in pipeline use of an Army Corps of Engineers wetlands permit, the Corps is now moving to make changes in its Nationwide Permit 12.
Tech Notes
Overcoming Challenges of Pigging the “Unpiggable”
Accurate measurement and evaluation of the physical condition of oil and gas pipelines is critical to effective integrity management, as well as to the assurance of sustained pipeline safety.
ROSEN Group Headed for Hydrogen
With more than 30 years of experience in pipeline integrity management, the ROSEN Group is investing in a new challenge to support operators in the transition toward a low-carbon future.
Projects
Germany Pressed to Rethink Nord Stream 2 Pipeline after Poisoning
Pressure has mounted for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to reconsider the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will take gas from Russia to Germany, after she said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a Soviet-style nerve agent.
Michels Corporation Selected by TC Energy to Build Facilities on Keystone XL
Michels Corporation has been awarded a contract from TC Energy to construct pipeline facilities on the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Global News
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Jill Campbell
Georgia Power has elected Jill Campbell to the company’s board of directors.
Dale Anderson
Miller Pipeline appointed Dale Anderson as president and CEO, a new role that combines the formerly separate positions.
Peter Grönholm
Peter Grönholm is the new managing director at ALLU Finland.