Ecopetrol has halted operations on a pipeline transporting oil from the Cira Infantas field in Colombia after an explosive attack caused an oil spill. While no injuries were reported, the incident has resulted in environmental damage, highlighting the ongoing threats to oil operations in the region.
The funding, part of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support 60 projects aimed at enhancing safety, reducing environmental harm, and lowering energy costs by replacing leak-prone pipelines.
The pursuit of building a better mousetrap can often pay off in big ways in terms of efficiencies. Such a productivity payout was the goal for finding a better solution for coating pipeline girth welds in the field – a solution that would speed up the coating process per weld.
NDT Global has launched a new 56-inch ultrasonic inline inspection tool, developed in partnership with Aramco, to meet the specific inspection needs of large-diameter pipelines.
Risk models are prominent pipeline integrity management (PIM) tools used to make data-driven decisions. As computing power has increased and data acquisition methods have proliferated, risk models have become more complex.
A natural gas pipeline operated by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline was struck by a construction crew in Missouri’s Cass County on Sept.6
T.D. Williamson’s innovative recovery tool and SmartPlug technology successfully resolved a stalled pig issue in an offshore pipeline, restoring normal operations and avoiding costly disruptions.
The production train at the plant in Darwin, Australia, was halted on Aug. 20 and is the plant's second train outage in the past month.
Oil major Shell on Monday said it plans to shut-in different portions of its Zydeco pipeline system for maintenance for three to four days starting Sept 24.
Venture Global LNG received a vessel loaded with imported LNG this week and an authorization from a federal regulator to use nitrogen at its Plaquemines facility in Louisiana, signs of preparations for a test-mode start up.
Innovative new technology used to isolate gas pipelines in need of repair or maintenance has shown to prevent gas leakages and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 95% compared with venting pipeline contents to atmosphere – the equivalent of switching off 1,760 gas boilers for a year or taking 1,000 cars off the road
Black powder (BP) is an industry name for the abrasive, reactive particulate contamination present in all gas and hydrocarbon fluid transmission lines. Black powder ranges from light brown to black, and the mineral makeup varies per production field around the world.
Poland received a European arrest warrant issued by Berlin in connection with the 2022 attack on Nord Stream pipelines, but the suspect, a Ukrainian man named as Volodymyr Z, has already left Poland, Polish prosecutors told Reuters.
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The pipeline-pigging service market is projected by Nestor to reach $12 billion by year-end 2036, thriving at a CAGR of 6% during the forecast period. The industry size of pipeline pigging garnered $9 billion in the year 2023.
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