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, […]
Pipeline Safety
Episode 274: API 1162 and the New API Public Awareness Website with Terri Larson
On this week’s episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, Terri Larson returns to the show to discuss the third edition of API RP 1162 and the new Public Awareness website – intended to help operators navigate key changes in the revision. Listen to the episode now to learn more about navigating the guidance website, changes in […]
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 266: Using Technology to Liaison with Emergency Responders with Lindsay Sander and David Bullard
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Lindsay Sander and David Bullard discussing historical emergency response liaison efforts and and how they are deploying new technology to bring pipeliners, utility operators, and first responders closer together, ultimately improving communications and capabilities, strengthening relationships and improving the overall safety of the communities in which the industry operates. […]
Episode 265: Pipeline Safety Training for Pipeliners & First Responders with Laura Hoehne and Justin Maloney
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Laura Hoehne and Justin Maloney discussing the difference between pipeline safety and security, the importance of adequate pipeline safety training for first responders, and the difference in training between the rural and metropolitan areas. In this episode, you will learn about classes offered through the All Hazards Training Center, […]
Episode 262: Streamlining Compliance and Safety Program Management with Mallory Gill
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Mallory Gill discussing program management and its common challenges, what ComplyMgr is, its benefits, and where the industry is headed as far as control room auditing. In this episode, you will learn about the challenging aspects of fitting into compliance, why it is important to be careful when doing […]
Episode 257: Pipeline Incidents from an Inspector’s Perspective with Chris Hoidal
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features Chris Hoidal of Babst Calland discussing his experiences dealing with a multitude of different pipeline incidents and how it shaped the way he and his staff conducted inspections as well as the importance of communication with the public and media and properly handling public outrage. In this episode, you […]
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 247: Managing External Force Threats with Sam Acheson and John Lynk
This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features John Lynk and Sam Acheson discussing what exactly is a natural force threat, how to prepare for upcoming threats, and the 2022 reissue of the PHMSA advisory bulletin that came out in 2019. In this episode, you will learn about how to manage geotechnical threats, utilize all data rather […]