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Equipment & safety

 
 

The key to leak detection

Pedro Barbosa, Fotech, UK, explains why focusing on pipeline integrity is more important than ever, and how operators can use advanced technologies to improve pipeline safety.

 
 
 
 
 
 

NTSB opens public docket for rupture investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board opens public docket as part of its ongoing investigation of the fatal natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and fire in Arizona, USA.

 

What led to the Enbridge pipeline rupture

The NTSB have said that the rupturing of a 30 in. natural gas pipeline and a subsequent fire caused the 2019 death of one person and the destruction of five homes.

 
 

Capturing emissions

This emissions recovery system exceeds expectations for pipeline depressurisation, says Adam Murray, Vice President of Performance Products, WeldFit, USA.

 

Steel repair sleeves: a closer look

Allan ‘Chip’ Edwards IV, President, Allan Edwards Inc., USA, explores the absence of a universal sleeve manufacturing specification, and its industry implications.

 

Pipeline machinery review

World Pipelines’ quarterly pipeline machinery focus, featuring American Augers.