November 2019, Vol. 246, No. 11
Features
How to Readily Access Accurate Data in Pipeline Integrity Management
By Randall Stremmel, Senior Advisor for Asset Integrity, Metegrity Pipelines are among the most complex and critical assets to manage in the world. As evidenced by a recent study into pipeline incidents over the past nine years, the stakes with pipeline failure are high: on average each day in the U.S. alone, 1.7 incidents are reported, requiring nine people to be evacuated and causing almost $1.3 billion in property damage. Accurate data, available on site, continues to increase in importance. In fact, a pipeline catches fire every four days and results in an explosion every 11 days – resulting in injury every five days on average, a
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