Inspection
Company Unveils New Gas Leak Detector
Fluke Corp. has released a new gas leak detector designed to make pipeline inspections easier and more efficient.
Rooting Out Trouble Before It Happens
Smart pig helps PSE&G better conduct pipeline inspections.
Nord Stream Pipeline Inspection Contract Awarded
MMT Sweden has received a three-year contract from Nord Stream AG to inspect both lines of the Nord Stream Pipeline running through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. The external inspection of the pipeline will be executed by the joint venture between MMT Sweden and Reach Subsea. The scope of ..
Atlas Expands Pipeline Training Courses
Atlas API now offers more pipeline inspection training courses.
Pipeline Inspections Ordered in Colorado After Fatal Blast
Colorado orders pipeline inspections in response to fatal home explosion.
Reducing Deepwater Pipeline Inspection Costs
Inspecting a pipeline is a complex operation. It is often fraught with complications due to the varying dimensions that the pipeline exhibits in order to operate in a deepwater environment. Designing the line with future inspections in mind is the exception, not the rule. As a result, a deepwater l..
Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline To Go Offline For Three Days For Maintenance
Required maintenance on oil pipelines connecting the Kurdistan region in Iraq to Turkey will bring the facilities offline for three days, according to a Turkish official. “The export of oil from Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Region has been halted upon a request from the Turkish side due to maintenance ..
Lloyd's Register Wins Pipeline Inspection Contract
Lloyd’s Register has received a pipeline inspection contract from Bumi Armada Berhad for the Armada Olombendo FPSO. Under the terms of the agreement, Bumi Armada receives access to Lloyd’s Register’s risk-based inspection services and technical software which will help to develop quantifiable risk ..
Enbridge, NDT Hope to Create Innovative Pipeline Inspection Technology
Enbridge and NDT Global agree to work together to design technology that will improve inline pipeline inspections.
NACE International Jazzes Up Annual Corrosion Conference
NACE kicked off its annual Corrosion Conference & Expo on March 26 with President Sandy Williamson wielding the larger-than-life scissors at the 2017 ceremonial ribbon-cutting. Visitors on opening night were greeted by a New Orleans jazz band as they entered the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. ..
Applications of Relative Calibration of Crack and Corrosion ILI Data
How relative calibration of crack and corrosion inline pipeline inspection data can be used by pipeline operators and ILI vendors.
End-to-End Monitoring, Data Collection Increases Pipeline Safety
Pipeline inspections conducted end to end help increase safety.
Using Inline CP Tools in Multiple Pipeline Corridors
Inline cathodic protection tools can help improve pipeline inspection of multiple corridors.
Report: Pipeline Pigging Systems Market to Increase Through 2021
Report says rising demand for pipeline construction projects to boost the pigging systems market worldwide.
Company Offers Pipeline Inspection Training Course
Pipeline inspection training course offered online and on-site by Atlas API Training | Pipeline Contractors
Hackers Drawn to Energy Sector’s Lack of Sensors, Controls
HOUSTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies, including some of the most celebrated industry names in the Houston area, are facing increasingly sophisticated hackers seeking to steal trade secrets and disrupt operations, according to a newspaper investigation. A stretch of the Gulf Coast near Houston featu..
Automated Pigging Systems Are a Tool Whose Time has Come
Pipeline inspections can be improved through the use of automated pigging systems.
Pure Technologies Wins Inspection Contracts
Pure Technologies Ltd. wins pipeline inspection contracts.
Well-Devised Inspection Plans Can Save Millions
Well-crafted pipeline inspection plans can save companies millions of dollars.
SoCalGas to Use Fiber Optic Technology for Real-Time Pipeline Inspections
The Southern California Gas Company will use fiber optic cable to conduct real-time pipeline inspections.
Intelligent Pigging Services Market to Grow Through 2025
Future Market Insights has released key insights on the global intelligent pigging services market in its latest report titled, “Intelligent Pigging Services Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2015 – 2025.” According to the report, the global intelligent pigging services ma..
Inline Inspection with Non-Destructive Evaluation Provides Verifiable, Complete Records
Inline pipeline inspection with non-destructive evaluation helps produce complete records.
ILI Metal Loss Growth Analysis: Pipe Joint vs. Anomaly to Anomaly
Automated tools and techniques are being developed that are impacting how inline pipeline inspections are performed.
Drones Soaring as Oil & Gas Monitoring, Safety Tool
Drones are helping make pipeline inspections more cost-effective.
Hardness Tester Targets Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines
The Northeast Gas Association (NGA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have joined forces to co-fund development of a hardness tester module for integration on the Explorer series of robotic platforms, developed for inspection of unpiggable natural gas pipelines. The resulting hardness..
Oil Spill Management Market Expected to Reach $125 Billion by 2022
According to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc., the global oil spill management market size is expected to reach $125.62 billion by 2022, Increasing oil spill incidents since the past five years coupled with stringent safety and environmental regulations are expected to remain key driving f..
Massive 2013 Oil Spill in North Dakota Still Not Cleaned Up
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn’t fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn’t even set a date for completion. Though crews have been working around the clock to deal with the Tesoro Corp. pipeline break, which happened in ..
Whitepaper: Reducing Deepwater Pipeline Inspection Costs
In a whitepaper titled "Reducing Deepwater Pipeline Inspection Costs," NDT Global examines how technology can help create a cost-effective solution.
Pipeline Leak Detection Expected to See Muted Growth Through 2020
With new pipeline construction projects happening worldwide, the global leak detection equipment market is expected to experience steady growth.
New ILI Service Introduced at IPC
New ILI service from the ROSEN Group helps make pipeline inspection easier.
- Trump Aims to Revive 1,200-Mile Keystone XL Pipeline Despite Major Challenges
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- ConocoPhillips Eyes Sale of $1 Billion Permian Assets Amid Marathon Acquisition
- ONEOK Agrees to Sell Interstate Gas Pipelines to DT Midstream for $1.2 Billion
- Energy Transfer Reaches FID on $2.7 Billion, 2.2 Bcf/d Permian Pipeline
- U.S. LNG Export Growth Faces Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariff Proposal Looms, Analysts Say
- Tullow Oil on Track to Deliver $600 Million Free Cash Flow Over Next 2 Years
- Energy Transfer Reaches FID on $2.7 Billion, 2.2 Bcf/d Permian Pipeline
- GOP Lawmakers Slam New York for Blocking $500 Million Pipeline Project
- Texas Oil Company Challenges $250 Million Insurance Collateral Demand for Pipeline, Offshore Operations
