Blogs

Turning your pipeline data into intelligent information

Pipelines companies would benefit from policies to manage the integrity, availability, usability of data and could use it to meet the PHMSA requirements and to improve the efficiency of their operations.

Keystone XL Pipeline: TransCanada to sue over rejection

The pipeline, designed to carry oil from Canada to refineries in the US, was rejected by US President Barack Obama in November 2016.

Training pipeline controllers for the unexpected

Training your controllers so that they respond calmly and correctly to abnormal operating condition could make the difference between an emergency and a catastrophe.

Train crash reinforces need for more pipelines

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.

Tracking batches accurately in a long pipeline with large elevation changes and prominent slack

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.