Equipment & safety

Spectra Energy Corp shut down the Platte Pipeline as a precaution due to flooding on the Mississippi river.

WFS Technologies drives down the cost of subsea corrosion monitoring with new Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion Monitor.

A former firefighter and US coastguard, Richard Edwards, has joined OPITO International’s Houston office to help drive the adoption of common global safety training standards across the Americas.

A recap of the most popular US pipeline news stories in 2015, focusing on the debate of rail vs pipelines.

The pipeline was knocked offline by a landslide in the southern city of Shenzhen.

Columbia Gas Transmission LLC will extend its long term pipeline modernisation programme.

New technology for seabed mapping.

New signal processing techniques could be a breakthrough in wideband sonar.

Greater connectivity in Flowrox automation equipment.

Siemens offers new core engines for legacy TB model industrial gas turbines.

The proposed acquisition would be too risky and expensive.

Main gas pipeline condition control system wins first Science and Technology Prize of Gazprom in 2015.

“Seatronics is excited to collaborate with Inuktun on the development of our Predator Elite ROV system.” Similarly, Inuktun is “looking forward to working with Seatronics on new options for their ROV system.”

Harding has announced it has been awarded contracts to deliver innovative lifeboats, tender vessels and davits to a major cruise line.

Stirling Group has partnered with the EU Iraq Energy Centre (EUIEC) to provide risk management training to the Iraqi oil and gas industry in order to help build a highly skilled and competent workforce.