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Episode 462: NYSEARCH Pipeline R&D with Mark Gunsalus

In this episode, Russel Treat speaks with Mark Gunsalus of NYSEARCH about how a member-driven research consortium moves gas industry technology from raw idea to field deployment. The conversation covers how projects are born, funded, and shared across utilities, highlights several active projects in robotics, plastic pipe inspection, pipe location, and paving, and looks at […] LISTEN NOW >

Episode 461: API RP 1192 – Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline with Mike Cloward

In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, Russel Treat welcomes Mike Cloward of ExxonMobil, co-chair of the committee behind API RP 1192, the new recommended practice for the transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline. The conversation covers why the industry developed the standard, what makes CO2 unique as a pipeline fluid, and how the recommended […] LISTEN NOW >

Episode 460: Leak Detection in Compressible Fluids with Jerad Stack

Jerad Stack of Flowstate returns to the Pipeliners Podcast to discuss what changes when computational leak detection moves from liquids to compressible fluids such as natural gas, CO2, and ethylene. Russel Treat and Jerad talk through why changes in line inventory make these systems harder to monitor, how physics and machine learning work together in […] LISTEN NOW >

Episode 459: Underground Methane Leak Detection with Kathleen Smits

In this episode, Russel Treat talks with Kathleen Smits of Southern Methodist University about how natural gas moves underground after a pipeline leak begins and why that matters for detection, quantification, and repair. The conversation covers how soil moisture, surface conditions, pressure, and gas composition shape what operators measure at the surface. Kathleen also discusses […] LISTEN NOW >