Platte Pipe Line's use of a new inspection tool to identify seam-weld defects revealed that the transverse field inspection (TFL) tool had less impact on pipeline operations and provided greater ...
In preparation for the hydro-test, construction began in June 2024 and is expected to be completed in October 2024 barring bad weather or other factors, SoCalGas spokesperson Denise Campos told the ...
MENLO PARK (CBS SF) -- Pacific Gas & Electric will be venting natural gas from a pipeline in the Menlo Park area Monday at 10 a.m. in preparation for hydrostatic pressure testing, county officials ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A new report says a manufacturer’s defect caused a section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to fail during hydrostatic testing earlier this year. (See the report below or download ...
Manufacturing defects, blamed for a March 29 pipeline rupture in Mayflower, also accounted for a total of 12 seam failures in the same crude-oil pipeline during a series of pressure tests Exxon Mobil ...
How safe are all the old oil and gas pipelines that crisscross the U.S., and does it make sense to pressure-test most of them? The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration is ...
Enbridge's successful high-pressure water test of one of its twin oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac indicates "the underwater pipe appears to be robust," according to an independent pipeline ...
TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:CELP) (“Cypress”) today announced the acquisition of a 51% controlling interest in Brown Integrity LLC (“Brown”), which owns Pipeline ...
The value of a particular hold time during a hydrotest cannot be determined in terms of pipeline integrity because the consequences of holding cannot be measured, making any specified hold time of the ...
PG&E has rescheduled hydrostatic testing of portions of its natural gas lines along San Carlos’ Brittan Avenue. The testing, which was initially supposed to start today, is now tentatively scheduled ...
Pennsylvania’s general permit for discharges from hydrostatic testing of tanks and pipelines expired on December 20, 2014. Companies who have not previously obtained a general permit and are planning ...