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Back to basics – the benefits of cathodic protection
The response to cathodic protection (CP) varies from company to company and manager to manager. Some understand its importance and give it the time and funding it requires to be effective, but others don’t see much value in it at all.
Read the ArticleHow to manage fugitive emissions by reducing potential leak points
Our world is facing a growing need to reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. As a result, the pipeline sector is facing increasing regulatory and public pressure to reduce its impacts through unplanned or fugitive emissions. Some pipeline operators also feel regulatory pressure to manage emissions to maintain their air quality permits, which are based partly on the number and type of fittings in a facility.
Read the ArticleWhat if your burst pressure calculation results don’t make sense?
It was supposed to be an uneventful second-round in-line inspection tool run through a liquids pipeline about 100 miles long. But it stopped being ordinary when analysis of the tool run data found 1,800 crack-like features that met burst pressure remediation criteria and were potentially hazardous to the integrity of the line.
Read the ArticleFive steps to get ready for that upcoming in-line inspection tool run
ILI inspections are essential for meeting regulatory guidelines, and are also essential for an operator to be able to understand threats that may have been previously unknown.
Read the ArticleFive key learnings about pipeline integrity from PPIM
Industry events like the recent Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management (PPIM) conference in Houston are great places to identify trends and understand what the industry will be focusing on in the near future. HT Engineering sent a delegation to and hosted a trade show booth at PPIM 2022.
Read the ArticleLeveraging Two Kinds of Wisdom to Support Asset Integrity
Read our latest article that was featured in the Pipeline & Gas Journal November issue.
Read the ArticleFive Principles for Maintaining Accurate and Complete Integrity Records
If PHMSA notified your company of a pending audit for integrity records, would you be filled with confidence or anxiety? How did your company’s last audit go? Do your records tell the story for each feature from tool-out date through inspection and repair?
Read the ArticleTurning asset integrity programs upside down
You need your asset integrity software to work in tandem with human intelligence and observations from the workers whose are boots on the right-of-way every day. This involves changes to your program, your cultural and your training.
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