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China’s Use of New Software for Natural Gas Pipeline Management Recognized on International Stage

January 5, 2018 - in Energy, Pipelines

CATONSVILLE, MD – INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research and analytics, has selected six finalists for the 47th annual Franz Edelman Award for Achievements in Operations Research and Management Science,…

How to Locate Pipelines: National Pipeline Mapping System

March 1, 2017 - in Pipelines

Whether they are emergency responders, city planners, pipeline operators, homeowners, students or just curious neighbors, it’s important for community…

Exprodat Offers ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing Implementation Services

February 16, 2017 - in Energy, Oil & Gas, Pipelines

Exprodat, the oil and gas ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold Partner and Getech group company, has extended the services it provides to energy companies…

Key Plastics Pipe Industry Resource Launches New Website

November 3, 2016 - in Energy, News, Pipelines

IRVING, Texas  - The Hydrostatic Stress Board (HSB), an independent, technical-based group of voluntary industry experts, operating under the auspices of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), today announced that its website section has been reconstructed…

PHMSA Issues Interim Final Rule To Implement Expanded Authority to Issue Emergency Orders, Improve Pipeline Safety

October 6, 2016 - in Energy, Pipelines

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued an Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) to implement the agency’s expanded authority to address unsafe pipeline conditions…

PHMSA Awards $900,000 to Higher Educational Institutions to Support Pipeline Safety Research

October 6, 2016 - in Energy, Pipelines

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it is providing a total of $900K to three educational institutions as part of its Competitive Academic Agreement Program…

Improving Pipeline Information Sharing

May 8, 2014 - in Column, Energy, Maintenance, Pipelines

On September 9, 2010, a section of natural gas pipeline in San Bruno, California, exploded leading to significant property damage and the death of 9 people.  The cause of the explosion was ultimately traced to defective welds and a decision to increase the…