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Senators push feds to raise liability stakes on Mackinac pipeline

Michigan's two Democratic senators want the Department of Transportation to change the way it regulates oil pipelines crossing underneath the Great Lakes in order to raise the liability stakes should they break and cause a spill.

SCADA, advanced applications and control room management applications – heart, brain & soul of your control room!

It is critical to ensure that your control room team has the right tools to face all the challenges encountered when operating pipelines. How can you ensure that the controllers then use these tools at their highest potential?

Recent leaks remind the importance of specific pipeline leak detection systems for HCA

A leak on January 8th in Saint John, Canada, resulted in the evacuation of around eighty-four homes and several businesses.

Real leaks detected by Atmos systems between October and November 2016

Atmos systems continue to detect a record number of leaks this year. Here are a few examples for the past five weeks

Real leaks detected by Atmos systems in the past few months

We now see more pipeline leaks than ever before around the world, and leak detection systems are being tested in anger. The Atmos systems have detected several real leaks and ruptures in 2016.