This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Ross Adams of EnerSys Corporation discussing the 2021 PHMSA Enforcement Actions pertaining to the pipeline control room and how operators can address team training requirements in the PHMSA CRM Rule. In this episode, you will learn about the lessons learned for control room managers and other control room personnel […]
Control Room Management
Episode 209: The Control Room Audit — Opportunities & Challenges with Ross Adams
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Ross Adams of EnerSys Corporation discussing the challenges and opportunities presented in a PHMSA control room audit. In this episode, you will learn about the PHMSA audit process and how to maintain a posture of audit readiness. Russel and Ross also provide specifics on what can and cannot be […]
Episode 158: Control Room Hours of Service with Ross Adams
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Ross Adams of EnerSys Corporation returning to the podcast to discuss Hours of Service considerations in the pipeline control room, especially during the holiday season. In this episode, you will learn about how to manage or support Hours of Service in the current COVID-19 environment, how to support fatigue […]
Episode 154: Analytics, Machine Learning, and Digital Twins for Pipeline Control Room Technology with Doug Fisher
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features first-time guest Doug Fisher of Rogue7 discussing the key elements of using analytics and machine learning as pipeline control room technology. In this episode, you will learn about how analytics and machine learning are applied to pipeline control room technology, how it can add value and improve your ability […]
Episode 132: Automating Tasks in the Pipeline Control Room with Vicki Knott
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features first-time guest Vicki Knott of Crux OCM discussing the advancement of innovative and cutting-edge automation capabilities in the pipeline control room. In this episode, you will learn about robotic industrial process automation, how this process can be utilized to support control room personnel, and the challenges of bringing this […]
Episode 130: Management of Change in the Control Room with Will Gage
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features one of our original guests, Will Gage, returning to the podcast to discuss Management of Change (MOC) in the pipeline control room. In this episode, you will learn about why MOC is different in the control room compared to other groups, the people that should be involved with MOC […]
Episode 103: Workload Analysis with Charles Alday
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features pipeline control room expert Charles Alday discussing the important elements of Workload Analysis and how to perform a workload assessment. In this episode, you will learn about the various methods used to analyze workload and fatigue, how to set benchmarks and use data to analyze objective and subjective factors, […]
Episode 96: Process Safety Management and Alarm Management with Stephen Swanson
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features first-time guest Stephen Swanson discussing process safety management (PSM) and pipeline alarm management with host Russel Treat. In this episode, you will learn about the opportunity to integrate process safety management and alarm management, the different needs of PSM and alarm management, the cultural challenges associated with knowledge and […]
Episode 63: Alarm Management and Emergency Response with Ross Adams
Pipeliners Podcast host Russel Treat is joined by control room expert Ross Adams of EnerSys Corporation to discuss two important facets of control room management: alarm management and emergency response. In this episode, you will learn about the importance of advancing from alarm rationalization to Alarm Management, establishing clear definitions in the control room to […]
Episode 51: The Challenge of Alarm Management with Jeremy Coleman
The Pipeliners Podcast welcomes back Jeremy Coleman of Northwest Natural to discuss the challenges of Alarm Management, dating back to the original conceptualization getting the process going. Jeremy and host Russel Treat walk through the timeline of advancing from the concept of Alarm Management to achieving compliance to optimizing Alarm Management for pipeline operations excellence. […]