Equipment & safety

A credential verification service has stated that energy and pipeline workers can now view safety rules on a smartphone by scanning an ID card.

A public hearing has been scheduled to discuss the construction permits necessary for the Bayou Bridge pipeline.

The National Energy Board has finalised an order for companies to post emergency management programme information online.

Roxtec Services AB approved for pipe and cable transit inspection and maintenance by Lloyd’s Register audit.

ITF and Crondall Energy invite participants to join the Anchoring Pipeline Technology joint industry project to reduce the risk of pipeline walking and associated installation costs.

McElroy has recently partnered with Netafim to grow its HDPE equipment business.

Victrex invests in Magma to facilitate adoption of the pioneering m-pipe technology. Both companies will be attending an upcoming webinar to explain the basis for reliable use in extreme subsea environments.

Alliance Pipeline has welcomes two new initiatives to help those living and working near its pipeline.

Alliance Pipeline has put safety first with its two new community investment initiatives.

200 000 litres of oil have spilt onto First Nations land near Stoughton in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

After FERC issued a third delay for the PennEast pipeline, the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association and the Eastern Environmental Law Centre believe that the pipeline project is in trouble.

An update of the Niger Delta area: a decrease in oil sales from pipeline militants has resulted in ongoing negotiations, regarding the benefits from oil production that the groups believe Niger Delta should receive.

API has stated that despite improvements of PHMSA’s pipeline safety rule, it still threatens to weaken pipeline safety.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is looking for information on crude oil volatility through an advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

PHMSA has completed its rulemaking package, which boosts safety requirements to strengthen the operation, maintenance and inspection of the USA's hazardous liquid pipelines.