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The many merits of Atmos Data Manager

Atmos Data Manager is a powerful system interfacing and data logging/validation facility, which can provide both pipeline and process industries with a hassle-free interface for existing and new pipeline application and control systems such as SCADA/DCS. It is a flexible tool for integrating both process and management information across an entire enterprise.

Local Conditions Make It Hard to Assess Extent of Emulsion Pipeline Leaks Near Fox Creek

Calgary-based Trilogy Energy Corp. discovered a leak Thursday at its Kaybob project, about 15 kilometers northeast of Fox Creek (about 260 km northwest of Edmonton). The Alberta Energy Regulator reported oil emulsion, leaked into a flowing marsh area

LNG Cargo Diverted After Pipeline Fire

CNOOC, China’s state-owned energy company, diverted two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after a pipeline fire in Tianjin, Northern China. The natural gas pipeline was closed after a pipeline rupture that then caught fire.

Leak detection system failed to alert Husky Energy to a spill in Kananaskis Country last Thursday

A Husky operator discovered crude oil beside a pipeline route at Cox Hill Creek on Thursday. Alberta's Energy Regulator (AER) spokeswoman Monica says Husky Energy of Calgary reported the spill at Cox Hill Creek, southwestern Alberta, on Thursday around 3 p.m.

Leak detection is now a requirement for hazardous liquid pipelines - PHSMA

Federal regulators published a new set of rules on Friday, Recommendation GAO–12–388, dated March 22, 2012, to strengthen the safety of pipelines carrying hazardous liquids such as crude oil and the natural gas liquids that include the requirement for a leak detection system.