For our 300th episode, the Pipeliners Podcast is rebroadcasting Episode 79 – our conversation with Larry Shelton about the Bellingham Incident in Bellingham, Washington. Due to the significance of the incident, our conversation with Larry is one of the most important episodes we have produced out of the last 300, and we believe it’s one […]
Pipeline History
Episode 32: FERC’s Pipeline, LNG Project Evaluations looking at Environmental Justice with Jim Bowe
This month’s Pipeline Technology Podcast episode sponsored by Pipeline & Gas Journal features James (Jim) Bowe discussing his recent article published in the Pipeline & Gas Journal over “FERCs Pipeline, LNG Project Evaluations Looking at Environmental Justice,” and going into detail on environmental justice and its impacts on historically overburdened communities. In this month’s episode, […]
Episode 276: An Introduction to Probabilistic Risk Analysis Models with Jill Watson (Part 2)
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Jill Watson continuing her discussion about probabilistic risk analysis, how to build a probabilistic risk analysis model as a pipeliner, and the many ways a PRA model can be beneficial to the pipeline industry. If you missed last week’s episode you can listen to it HERE. In this episode, […]
Episode 275: An Introduction to Probabilistic Risk Analysis with Jill Watson (Part 1)
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Jill Watson discussing the nuclear industry and their safety management, including probabilistic risk analysis and fault tree analysis. In this episode, you will learn about how PRA is different from other approaches as well as how fault tree analysis works and why it is important, and ways to manage […]
Episode 271: Natural Gas Utility Workforce in a Decarbonizing World with Carolyn Amon and Brad Denny
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Carolyn Amon and Brad Denny of Deloitte discussing their recent whitepaper about the natural gas utility workforce in a decarbonizing world, what was included in the report, and how they collected the necessary data. In this episode, you will learn about decarbonization gaining more interest and what that means […]
Episode 269: What Pipeliners Should Know about the Press and Pipeline Incident Response with Terri Larson
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Terri Larson discussing her experience working as Public Information Officer during a pipeline incident, and the importance of correctly communicating with the media after an incident occurs. In this episode, you will learn how Terri began to work on the Marshall Incident and what it taught her. You’ll also […]
Episode 267: Pipeline Predictions for 2023 with Mark LaCour
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Mark LaCour of the Oil & Gas Global Network returning to the podcast to discuss pipeline industry predictions for 2023. In this episode, you will learn about the predictions that Mark puts together each year for the pipeline industry that are based on market research, as well as pipeline […]
Episode 256: As Low As Reasonably Practicable Risk Management with Jan Hayes
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Jan Hayes from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and author of the book “Nightmare Pipeline Failures,” who returns to talk about the regulatory approach used in Australia that focuses on an approach called as-low-as-reasonably-practicable risk management. Jan and Russel discuss that there are often external and sometimes uncontrollable factors […]
Episode 255: The Contribution of Organization Factors in Pipeline Incidents with Jan Hayes
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Jan Hayes discussing her book, Nightmare Pipeline Failures, how you must learn from both successes and difficulties, and that large incidents are not necessarily task failures, but system failures. In this episode, you will learn how sociology plays a large part in organizational accident prevention, what the term “system” […]
Episode 153: Pipeline History From 1937 to the Present with Claudia Farrell & Rebekah Taylor
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features returning guests Claudia Farrell and Rebekah Taylor of Burns & McDonnell discussing the unique history of the pipeline industry from 1937 to the present. In the second installment of this conversation, you will learn about the creation of OPEC in the Middle East, the role of eminent domain in […]