Technology/R&D
Phillips 66, OneBridge to Develop Advanced Pipeline Integrity Management Solution
OneSoft Solutions Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, OneBridge Solutions, Inc., has entered into a technology license and joint development agreement with Phillips 66 to create a comprehensive pipeline integrity management software application, by migrating Phillips 66’s current pipeline data managemen..
Bechtel Receives Award for Pipeline Integrity Management Tool
Bechtel has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Digital Edge 50 Award in recognition of its new Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM) tool. With support from Bechtel’s Future Fund, an internal incubator which finances development of disruptive technologies, innovators from the Bechtel pipeline business ..
National Grid Rolls Out Pipeline Innovations
National Grid tests a miniature gas robotic agile pipeline inspection device.
Millennium Pipeline Defends Compressor Emissions with ‘Real-World’ Comparisons
By Jeff Awalt, Executive Editor The dramatic rise in anti-pipeline activism has been a game-changer for an industry accustomed to public decorum, but pipeline companies are learning to play by the new rules. Millennium Pipeline Company is a notable example. Millennium recognized that activists use..
Traces of Bentonite Prevent Bonding of Electrofusion Pipeline Joints
Underground pipelines are often installed using drilling techniques that minimize surface disruption. An investigation to determine the root cause of field failures in a polyethylene gas distribution line led to the discovery that a common ingredient in drilling mud could lead to ineffective bonding..
Optum Emerges as Pipeline Drag Reducer Manufacturer
Optum Energy Solutions entered the pipeline drag reducer market as a major manufacturer and full service supplier. The leadership team at Optum traces its experience with drag reducing agents (DRA) to the first commercial use of the technology for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The company offers custo..
Iraq Employs Drones To Monitor Oil Pipelines
The Iraqi government announced plans to use drones to monitor and protect its export and production pipelines in the first quarter of next year. Reuters reported on Monday that Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luiebi is looking for professional security companies that can supply Iraq with drones. The Iraqi g..
SoCalGas Breaks Ground on Innovative Fiber-Optic Installation to Monitor Pipelines in Real-Time
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced it has broken ground on a first-of-its kind, fiber optic cable installation that will allow the company to monitor the condition of its high-pressure transmission pipelines in real-time. The fiber optic technology is being installed along a new,..
Florida Regulators OK TECO Peoples Gas Innovative New Waste-to-Energy Service
The Florida Public Service Commission today unanimously approved TECO Peoples Gas’ request to provide renewable natural gas service. The new service would offer the opportunity for Peoples Gas to clean or condition a customer’s biogas and allow customers to transport their renewable natural gas usin..
McElroy, Getac Partner to Make Pipeline Technology More Accessible
McElroy has selected Getac’s ZX70 tablet to be incorporated into the company’s DataLogger 6 solution for quality assurance in the field. The ZX70 is a lightweight, 7-inch Android tablet whose fully-rugged design allows it to withstand extreme conditions. It runs on the Android 6.0 platform and inclu..
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION: Expanding with Renewable Natural Gas
Partners in the Houston-based energy private equity firm, EIV Capital LLC, obviously liked what they saw in the natural gas transportation space, and particularly renewable natural gas (RNG), or biomethane, because last summer they plunked down $47 million in equity funds in Chicago-based AMP Americ..
TransCanada to Run Inspection Device in Keystone Pipeline
TransCanada to place a pipeline inspection on the Keystone Pipeline following a Nov. 16 leak.
Clock Spring Unveils New Pipeline Corrosion Solution
Clock Spring Company, LP has launched Contour WA™, a composite solution featuring an engineered, bi-axial stitched e-glass tape impregnated with a water-activated polyurethane resin. The new product, which is designed for application on lines to 1,500 psi, repairs corrosion and mechanical damage on ..
Battelle Wins Award for PipeAssess PI Software
Battelle receives research and development award for PipeAssess PI, the company's pipeline inspection software.
SwRI Wins Two 2017 R&D 100 Awards
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) today announced its Smart Leak Detection (SLED) and High Power Impulse Plasma Source (HiPIPS) systems have each received R&D 100 Awards for being among the 100 most significant innovations in 2017. Leaks in the U.S. liquid hydrocarbon pipelines network exceeded 1..
Improving Pipeline Cybersecurity with Public-Private Partnerships
From an environmental, safety, and health perspective, pipelines are widely considered the optimal mode of transporting fossil fuel products. Release failures and loss-of-life incidents remain on a downward trend that began decades ago. But with over 2.5 million miles of pipelines moving natural ga..
Inline Isolation Provides Decommissioning Benefits
When a multinational energy services company planned to decommission an onshore gas terminal in northwest England, it needed a fast, total solution that would avoid depressurizing and blowing down a 25-mile (40-km), 36-inch pipeline. The pipeline runs from an offshore field through north and south ..
Pipeline Monitoring Systems to See Good Times Ahead
The global pipeline inspection technology market is on the rise.
China’s First Center to Test Flare Emissions
Honeywell UOP reports that its Callidus Technologies business has begun operation of China’s only facility capable of testing flare emissions for volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. The test center in Luoyang, Henan Province, aids customers trying to reduce emissions of VOCs in industrial flare sys..
Error Reduction as It Relates to Human Performance
Increasingly, gas and pipeline operations are implementing an array of safety systems and protocols, including risk, stakeholder and safety management systems, along with robust human capital management programs. However, in many cases, safety performance is still plateauing and safety metrics, inc..
IoT and the Digitalization of Oil and Gas Production
The Internet of Things (IoT) can help improve pipeline inspections. Learn how in this whitepaper courtesy of Bsquare Corporation.
Companies Release Aerial Pipeline Inspection Solution for Utilities
Black & Veatch and Aeryon Labs launch a new aerial pipeline inspection tool to help utilities better monitor their infrastructure.
International Plastic Pipe Conference Extends Deadline for Papers
The organizers of the International Plastic Pipe Conference and Exhibition today announced a two-week extension of the deadline for the submission of abstracts to Nov. 15, 2017. “We have already received some major proposals for presentations and are particularly interested to receive case referenc..
Midstream Company Solves Flow Measurement Issues
When Mike Heckl was a director of operations for Crestwood Midstream, the company established itself in the West Virginia Appalachian Basin by purchasing an area of development from a major upstream firm with a large acreage in the Ohio and West Virginia Marcellus/Utica Shale fields. They had alread..
Asset Tracking and Traceability: Field-to-GIS Solution
The industry has implemented a new materials traceability standard, ASTM F2897, that asset manufacturers are using to mark assets with standardized barcodes. In response to this standard, Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) has been working with vendor LocusView on a solution that leverages ne..
Drones – A Necessary Tool in Pipeline Development & Maintenance
Drones are helping make pipeline inspections and monitoring simpler.
Real-Time Imaging of Methane Gas Leaks Using a Single-Pixel Camera
A single-pixel camera can help identify methane leaks in real-time during pipeline inspections.
Does Residual Stress Really Matter in Pipelines?
The presence of residual stress in components should not be overlooked, even though it may not be as apparent and quantifiable as primary loads. While residual stress is often responsible for over-conservatism of a design, it can also be considered a major “unknown” contributing factor during a fail..
Enhancing Infrastructure Maintenance with IoT
The Internet of Things can help improve pipeline inspections.
GDM Pipelines and Explore Integrity Launch Complete Pipeline Integrity Solution
GDM Pipelines and Explore Integrity have joined forces to launch gX Insight, the oil and gas industry’s first and only complete pipeline integrity solution to incorporate the planning, execution and data collection for in-field integrity programs with comprehensive information management and data an..
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