The line’s structural integrity could be assessed using pipeline inspection gauges, or “pigs,” which are cleaning devices— smart pigs have sensors—that are inserted into an oversized section of pipe, ...

Since the advent of miniature cameras, plant and utility personnel have used them to assess pipe condition and troubleshoot problems. Over the years, new delivery mechanisms have emerged to carry ...

A stretch of Texas Eastern pipeline that runs below Quakertown to the New Jersey border was inspected for problems last year, but it has been eight years since the company did its in-line inspections ...

A Dec. 11, 2012, natural gas pipeline explosion in Sissonville, W.Va., shows that work still needs to be done to inspect older lines, install automatic or remotely operated shutoff valves, and improve ...

A tip led us to a storage yard holding hundreds of pipeline segments in Blanco. The segments will become the Permian Highway Pipeline. The group fighting the pipeline is concerned the anti-corrosion ...

The Pearpoint flexiprobe push rod video inspection system allows pipeline inspection professionals worldwide to locate and provide high quality video of pipeline fractures and blockages. Now available ...

This concluding article of two focuses on application of a reliability-based pipeline condition-assessment methodology to the assessment of an in-service corroded oil pipeline. Part 1, in last week's ...

Engineers are turning to bats to learn more about how to protect the thousands of miles of pipelines that cross the Earth. A team from Lancaster University, the National Physical Laboratory, and the ...

BISMARCK, N.D.—North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems—including one deemed “serious” in documents obtained by The Associated Press—with a pipeline ...

Less than two months after the poorly welded San Bruno natural gas line erupted catastrophically on Sept. 9, PG&E was putting off inspections that could spot similar defects on several of its gas ...