October 2019, Vol. 246, No. 10
Integrity Management
Separating Pipeline Integrity Management’s Wheat from Its Chaff
Natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline operators have been accumulating mass volumes of data for several years. But what to do with all this data? This is a question many natural gas pipeline operators are asking in advance of the highly anticipated Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) proposed gas and gathering pipeline mega-rule. For hazardous liquids pipeline operators, pending rules are driving the need for more robust data. Placing a greater emphasis on data and risk is where our industry is moving, so an effective process to manage this data is becoming an industry necessity. Expected in phases, beginning later this year, the “Safety of Gas Transmiss
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