Regulations & standards

API and AOPL have released the 2019 Pipeline Safety Excellence Performance Report.

The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an update on adjudicative processes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The DOE and DOT drafted a report to Congress investigating crude oil characterisation, following the high-profile accidents in 2013 - 2014 involving movement of crude by rail.

PHMSA issues Notice of Enforcement Discretion for gas pipeline operators.

API welcomes Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to maintain existing air quality standards.

Danly was sworn in as a member of the FERC on 31 March 2020 by Judge Danny J. Boggs, of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

API has issued standards to improve safety of natural gas gathering pipelines.

The API has issued a new standard for pipeline inspectors to enhance safety and sustainability during pipeline construction.

The PHMSA and the Transportation Security Administration have executed an updated annex to a 2004 MoU on pipeline safety.

The pipe manufacturer held a product familiarisation day to help increase awareness of the processes which must be adhered to in order to create safer material supply into the gas industry.

US Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced a critical safety proposal for energy pipelines.

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approves the Line 3RP revised FEIS, and reaffirms its certificate of need and routing permits.

Richard Norsworthy of Lone Star Corrosion Services addresses training in the pipeline industry.

API has published a significantly updated version of Recommended Practice 75.

The SAFER Pipelines act will bring about new environmental and public safety benefits.