The pipeline, designed to carry oil from Canada to refineries in the US, was rejected by US President Barack Obama in November 2016.
Training your controllers so that they respond calmly and correctly to abnormal operating condition could make the difference between an emergency and a catastrophe.
Over 30 cars of a freight train derailed near Hyndman, about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. One car was carrying liquefied petroleum gas and additional cars carried other hazardous materials. If the liquefied petroleum gas had been carried in pipelines, the accident might not have occurred.
It is relatively easy to track multiple batches in a pipeline with no elevation changes, and a fixed internal diameter. However, it is far more complex to track multiple batches in a pipeline with drastic elevation changes and many different sizes in diameter.
Thieves do not rest, not even during the holidays. At 18:34 on 6 December 2016 our client, who operates a 60 km long crude oil pipeline that runs through a remote area, received a leak alarm from their Atmos Wave (rarefaction-wave-based) leak detection system.
