Valve Maintenance: An Open and Shut Case?
Effective valve maintenance is critical to preventing leaks, reducing downtime and extending asset life across pipeline and industrial systems, especially in harsh and remote operating environments.
Effective valve maintenance is critical to preventing leaks, reducing downtime and extending asset life across pipeline and industrial systems, especially in harsh and remote operating environments.
Nigeria’s NNPC has contained a leak on the critical Escravos–Lagos gas pipeline following last week’s explosion and has isolated the affected sections, with joint inspections now underway. The 2.2 Bcf/d system is a vital supply corridor for power plants and industrial users across southwest Nigeria.
The deal expands Wood’s LNG portfolio and will create more than 100 local jobs while supporting safe, reliable operations at one of the Gulf Coast’s largest new LNG projects.
BP has restored part of the Olympic Pipeline System after a refined products release east of Everett, Washington, while the affected segment remains shut pending investigation. The 400-mile system supplies gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel across the Pacific Northwest.
A major outage on France’s Rhone gas pipeline will restrict LNG import capacity through the winter, reducing supplies by an estimated 43.5 TWh — about 11 days of national gas demand — as ongoing strikes continue to disrupt terminal operations.
Gas flows rose to 0.9 Bcf/d, signaling full operational return at the 0.8 Bcf/d facility, which supplies LNG under long-term contracts with GAIL and Sumitomo.
ONEOK contained a fire at its MB-4 fractionator in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The blaze was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported, and other plant operations are expected to resume following safety reviews.
Libya’s Waha Oil Company has resumed crude flows through the Zaggut–Sidra pipeline after repairing a leak that caused a brief shutdown. The line transports oil from Waha-operated fields to the Es Sider export terminal, with production now restored to normal levels.
Cameron LNG cut gas intake for short-term maintenance, but the Louisiana export facility said cargoes remain unaffected. U.S. LNG feedgas demand rebounded despite lower flows at Cameron, Sabine Pass, and Freeport.
Freeport LNG’s Texas export plant is on track to return to full capacity after a brief outage on one of its liquefaction trains, with gas intake expected to reach 2 Bcf/d, according to LSEG data and company filings.
Pipeline work on Cheniere’s 4.5 Bcf/d Sabine Pass terminal finished June 20, and feed-gas deliveries are already rebounding to 4.2 Bcf/d, LSEG data show. The uptick suggests the three-week maintenance slowdown is ending, lifting U.S. LNG plant intake to a three-week high near 15 Bcf/d nationwide.
Nigeria’s Renaissance Africa Energy has halted oil production after a spill on the Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline, with initial reports citing possible vandalism in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
TC Energy is responding to a third-party line strike that damaged a section of its ANR Pipeline System near Fennville, Michigan, on Wednesday afternoon, causing a gas outage in the area.
Phillips 66 has expanded its partnership with Bridger Photonics to deploy aerial methane detection across its entire midstream network. Using advanced Gas Mapping LiDAR technology, the company will conduct biannual scans to enhance emissions monitoring and mitigation efforts.
(P&GJ) — Pipelines can accumulate deposits and debris, with fouling influenced by fluid composition, contaminants like hydrogen sulfide and heavy metals, and operating conditions such as temperature, pressure, and flow.
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