Technology/R&D
Gold Shovel Standard™ Announces Foundational Members
Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal Gold Shovel Standard, a non-profit association created for the purpose of expanding the Gold Shovel Standard program, announced March 23 that PG&E, Xcel Energy, Kinder Morgan and Dominion Virginia Power have joined together as foundational members to further develo..
What’s New in Products and Services
Inline Services Inline Services’ Cutter Disc is designed for enhanced cleaning of pipelines where wax, scale or debris is present. The angled shaped edges of the disc act as cutter blades to scrape off deposits throughout the pipeline. The spaces in-between the cutter edges allow bypass of produc..
CMA Actuators Enable Shale Gas Well Compliance with EPA Mandates
Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal Rotork CMA electric control valve actuators provide an efficient and reliable process control solution that enables remote shale gas installations to operate in compliance with new U.S. government environmental legislation related to venting and greenhouse gas emis..
Hurdles Exist Using CO2 to Boost Oil Output in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Significant barriers exist in using carbon dioxide to enhance oil recovery in North Dakota but the “long-term prize” could be billions of extra barrels of oil, a consultant told lawmakers Wednesday. Curtis Smith, a geologist with Houston-based IHS Inc., told the North Dakota L..
After 7-Year Run, Sequent Tops Tenaska Among Capacity Traders
Sequent Energy Management became the first capacity trader in seven years to beat out Tenaska in Capacity Center’s annual Top 20 report, as seven companies dropped out of the 2015 rankings altogether. Houston-based Sequent, a subsidiary of AGL Resources, traded an average daily equivalent capacity ..
IEA: Canada Needs to Increase Funding For Energy R&D
The International Energy Agency says Canada needs to put more public money towards research and development in the energy sector. As noted in a National Observer article, the IEA says the funding injection is needed to make Canada’s oil and gas industry more cost-competitive and reduce its environme..
Building a Successful Diversity Contractor Program
Responding to trends in increased diversity spend targets in contracts with key customers, including LDCs, EN Engineering recently implemented a focused, nationwide Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) initiative across our entire portfolio of engineering services. This article discusses how EN E..
SwRI-Designed Computer Model Predicts Corrosion Risks
Oil and gas pipelines crisscross the nation beneath critical infrastructure, such as highways, railroads and waterways, as well as passing through population centers. Because over half of U.S. pipelines date to the 1950s and 1960s, corrosion prevention and related repairs are increasingly important ..
Improving Pipeline Corrosion Protection Systems with Computer Simulation
Computer-modeling technology has developed over a number of years and is now widely used to verify the performance of cathodic protection (CP) systems used in combination with coatings to manage the corrosion risk to underground assets. Modeling can be used to verify the protection provided by the ..
Considering Corrosion Allowances for High-Strength Steels
Due to great chemistry and metallurgical innovations of the steel industry, higher strength steels have made significant strides, in specified minimum yield strength (SMYS), wall thickness control, toughness and weight per foot. However, one significant factor in these great improvements was no con..
Ins and Outs of Pipeline Coating
The global pipeline coatings and application services market is worth about $5.5 billion a year, according to Noru Tsali at Ami Consulting. Current market conditions are stormy, owing to low oil prices that depress demand for new pipelines, terrorist activities in Libya, Nigeria and Iraq, financial ..
New Security Solutions Meet Cybersecurity Challenges
While the oil and gas industry has suffered fewer major cybersecurity breaches than other industries to date, many minor incidents have occurred and it’s only a matter of time before a major oil and gas company will appear in the headlines along with companies such as Target. Global consultancy DNV..
Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has released its 116-page catalog showcasing everything from the Millermatic® 125 Hobby MIG and Millermatic® MIG Welder systems to welder generators, welding helmets and protective eyewear. Miller can provide specifications and comparisons on MIG welders, TIG welders and tor..
Schneider Electric
Pipeline Trainer 1.0 has been released as part of Schneider Electric’s new SimSuite 7 framework. The SimSuite 7 offers three major area of improvement: Pipeline Trainer 1.0 responds to evolving technological needs of trainers by replacing the old text file method with a fully graphical, intuitive dr..
Cybersecurity Highest IT Solution Area of Investment for Utilities
Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal Today, even more than in the past, utilities are lamenting the rigidity and costs of running and maintaining their legacy IT solutions, putting CIOs in the spotlight. Utility CIOs are facing significant challenges in determining where to make the most effective bud..
Value-Engineering Program Results in Improved Applied Oil Technology Efficacy and Efficiency
QS Energy, Inc., a developer of integrated technology solutions for the energy industry, recently completed a value-engineering program designed to improve the efficacy and efficiency of its AOT™ (Applied Oil Technology) crude oil viscosity reduction hardware. The program began mid-2015 with analys..
McElroy
McElroy has released the SmartFab™ 125, its first benchtop machine which offers a way to socket fuse pipe and fittings for polypropylene piping systems. The machine is portable and can be positioned on any flat surface for precise prefabrication on large assemblies. Features include inserts which ca..
Greene’s Energy Group, LLC
Greene’s Energy Group, LLC was awarded a U.S. patent for its Closed Loop Separator, designed for high solids applications through reduced fluids velocity. This third-generation system is designed to increase safety by preventing the release of gas on location during well completion and intervention ..
ENR General Machining Co.
The Model E2460 Tapping Machine from ENR General Machining Co. (ENR) provides a tapping size range of 24-60 inches with a Boring Bar Travel of 72, 120 and 140 inches. The machine has 6-inch 900# RTJ mounting flange as standard and is also available with a 600# RTJ front flange. The machine is hydrau..
DEWALT
DEWALT launched its 4½-inch, small Angle Grinders (DWE4222N, DWE4222, DWE4224). They are designed for applications in tight spaces such as grinding and beveling steel, grinding welds, cutting pipe and steel plate and concrete surface prep. Improvements include the Lanyard Ready™ Connection, brake sy..
Rotork
Rotork GO (gas-over-oil) actuators have been upgraded to provide a more compact and highly reliable solution for automating heavy-duty valve applications found in the gathering, pipeline transmission, compression, and storage of gas. The new generation of GO actuators is designed for service in hars..
Lincoln Electric
Lincoln Electric is offering the Flextec® 350X welder and LN-25X wire feeder that uses a proprietary communications protocol to transfer operator voltage adjustments at the feeder to the power source hundreds of feet away using a common copper weld cable. No additional control cable is required. The..
Inline Services
Inline Services has new tracking equipment that can be used to monitor a pig’s location or movement throughout a pipeline. The pig-tracking equipment consists of receivers, geophones and transmitters. Receivers are used to reveal distinctive pulsing patterns of passing pigs. Geophones detect low sou..
Technical Toolboxes
Technical Toolboxes has released RSTRENG+, a cloud-based program. Benefits of this version are real-time updates that will be constant vs. the desktop version that is once or twice a year. This will be based on your IT group’s procedures, company polices and agreements. Highlights of RSTRENG+ inclu..
What’s New in Products and Services
Inline Services Inline Services’ Pit Cleaning Pig® is built for heavy-duty cleaning. The steel body is encompassed by steel wire pencil brushes and polyurethane discs that scrape along the pipeline and make for an aggressive circumferential cleaning. This mandrel-bodied pig is extremely efficient..
Heat Exchangers Certified for Pipeline Components Cooling
Owners and operators of fuel and other energy pipelines are well aware of the changed regulatory environment in the wake of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As the public’s fears escalated because of the environmental damage and loss of life that followed the rig blowo..
Importance of Management of Change in Alarm Modifications
For process plants and gas pipeline networks, it is essential to manage change when making modifications to alarms and alarm systems. Management of change (MoC) should, therefore, be a fundamental process within the alarm management lifecycle. It is widely recognized throughout the process industri..
Top 10 Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities for Oil and Gas
With the exploitation of new cost-effective operational concepts, use of digital technologies and increased dependence on cyber structures, the oil and gas industry is exposed to new sets of vulnerabilities and threats. Cyberattacks have grown in stature and sophistication, making them more difficul..
Measuring Methane Emissions: Part of Gas Pipelines’ Future
When examining the growing cottage industry of methane emissions control, it is clear upfront that it is one of the toughest sub-specialties in the emerging conglomerate that makes up the national response to climate change impacts. Researchers, engineers and public-policy wonks must start with the ..
Honeywell to Supply System for Texas-Based LNG Project
Texas LNG, a Houston-based energy company, has selected Honeywell’s UOP Amine Guard™ FS process to remove contaminants from natural gas in preparation for liquefaction and export. The company’s two-phase project, located on the north shore of the Port of Brownsville’s deep-water ship channel, will p..
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