May 2019, Vol. 246, No. 5
Features
Opinion: Sub-Standard Pipe Torpedoing Basin Projects
By: Tony Radoszewski, President, The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. The boom is on in the basin and other areas. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this year, sub-standard plastic pipe has been found in the oil and gas gathering operations of the Permian and Delaware basins in Texas and New Mexico. Specifically, this is high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe that does not comply with the relevant product industry standards. These pipelines are generally used to supply and take away water from the drilling site and move hydrocarbons when feasible. Some are not marked in accordance with the relevant product standard requirements and may not co

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