Regulations & standards

Data from the 2023 Infringement Report shows the utilities industry and their contractors were the second biggest risk to UK pipelines last year.

Stronger for longer: Oil demand to grow in the mid-term, future trajectory depends on clean tech and policy.

Sames testified before Congress to highlight that critical policy needs to improve pipeline safety in the upcoming reauthorisation of the PHMSA.

API’s new industry guidelines for pipeline companies are intended to smooth relations with landowners.

Decom’s IP passes strength test.

OPITO launches new global standard to address offshore safety zone incidents.

Strohm has completed an extensive hydrogen testing programme on its TCP at Tüv-Süd in Germany.

USDOT opens applications for US$18 million in funding opportunities to support hazardous materials transportation and pipeline safety activities.

ROSEN commissions report to identify current knowledge gaps regarding repurposing natural gas infrastructure for hydrogen.

USDOT proposes updates to gas distribution pipeline regulations, bolstering safety requirements and strengthening community protections.

AGA joint comments recommend improvements to PHMSA proposed rule.

Steve Weiler, Dorsey & Whitney, comments on the new lawsuit against the Mountain Valley pipeline.

Guidelines developed with input from National Association of State Fire Marshals.

Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) files leak detection comments with the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

Baker Hughes Flexible Pipeline System has been certified as part of an ongoing Type Approval scheme; the unbonded flexible pipe products first received LR Type Approval in 1992.