Special reports

Kristof Verwaest and Bart Wauterickx, The Sniffers, Belgium, consider some of the challenges that extreme environments have on pipeline inspection operations.

When a challenging multi-diameter buried pipeline in a populous area required inspection, Quest Integrity built a unique custom tool that successfully inspected the pipeline and provided critical insight on the pipeline’s condition.

Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd, established in 1883, has been at the forefront of cost-effective, long-term, corrosion prevention, weatherproofing and sealing technology for over 80 years.

Dawn Rivera, PipeLine Machinery International, USA, discusses safety’s impact on a successful pipeline project.

Creaform reports on the latest developments in 3D technology and what this means for integrity assessment in the industry.

Nicholas J. Clough and James McGinty, Orbital Gas Systems, USA, introduce an alternative way of measuring pipeline gas properties.

Håkan Hansson, Axis Communications, Sweden, explains how security guard callouts can be reduced by adding network audio to video surveillance.

Pipeline coating failures can jeopardise pipeline integrity, resulting in leaks and, in some cases, ruptures caused by metal loss and stress corrosion cracking. Jim Banach, Specialty Polymer Coatings,  Inc., Canada, discusses how to ensure pipeline integrity with high performance coatings.

Add these books to your technical library to learn how to protect your pipelines from corrosion.

Vermeer Manufacturing Co. discusses the growing role reclaimers are having on the HDD industry.

The US Energy Information Administration has estimated the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ net oil export in 2016.

Applied Graphene Materials explains how the addition of graphene nano-platelets in epoxy coating systems can substantially improve the corrosion mitigation of these coatings.

While western Canada may see a supply increase of nearly 1 million bbls of crude by 2020 due to current pipeline projects, this could put pressure on its already constrained pipeline system.

BASF offers Elastoshore® GS, for functional and safe thermal insulation of pipelines.

Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd. provides an update on its offshore oil and gas pipeline projects and activities from the past year.