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Alerts and Reports
The Accidental PIO: 6 Things a Pipeline Crisis Communicator Learned about Initial Response
Terri Larson covers 6 things she learned about Initial Response during her time working in Marshall, Michigan after a Type 1 incident.
The Accidental PIO: 6 Things a Pipeline Crisis Communicator Learned about Initial Response
Definitions
API 1133: applies to new and existing hydrocarbon pipelines that transport gas and hazardous liquids. This Recommended Practice is intended to apply to onshore waterways and coastal zones that may be susceptible to hydrotechnical hazards. An onshore waterway is any man-made or natural channel through which water flows. Coastal zones extend offshore to a water depth of 15 ft and extend inland to include those areas of land influenced by tidal action, storm surge, back water flooding, and other coastal hazards.
API 1160: provides a process within a management system framework for operators to assess potential risks and make day-to-day decisions. Through effective integrity management, pipeline operators can significantly reduce the likelihood of an incident and adverse effects on the public, employees, and the environment.
API 1163: overs the use of in-line inspection (ILI) systems for onshore and offshore gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. This includes, but is not limited to, tethered, self-propelled, or free-flowing systems for detecting metal loss, cracks, mechanical damage, pipeline geometries, and pipeline location or mapping, The standard applies to both existing and developing technologies.
API 1176: enhances pipeline integrity by providing a comprehensive guide on how to predict and prevent pipeline failures due to cracking.
API 1178: provides instruction on data integration that supplements other API pipeline integrity documents, specifically API RP 1160, Managing System Integrity for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines for Integrity Management.
API 1179: provides guidelines related to hydrostatic testing as a tool for integrity management in gas and liquids pipelines. This Technical Report specifically focuses on program design and key parameters for consideration in hydrostatic test programs, as well as potential detrimental effects of hydrostatic testing.
ASME B31Q: is the Pipeline Personnel Qualification standard. Find more information on this qualification standard at ASME.org.
Compressor Station: the location where natural gas is compressed to increase its pressure, causing the gas to move through a pipeline. A compressor automation or optimization project addresses the needs of pipeline operators to improve reliability, response time, and data collection in the field.
Computational Pipeline Modeling (CPM): a digital method of mapping out a pipeline’s operational conditions and processes to track the flow of a liquid or gas through the pipeline.
CPM (Computational Pipeline Modeling): a digital method of mapping out a pipeline’s operational conditions and processes to track the flow of a liquid or gas through the pipeline.
Custody Transfer: the physical transfer of natural gas or liquid between operators. Accuracy is vital to ensure the safe and compliant transfer of a substance.
Distribution Pipelines: complete the process of delivering the substance to the desired destination. A Local Distribution Company (LDC) transports natural gas from a main delivery point to consumers through a pipe distribution system.
Gathering Pipelines: form a network of interconnected pipelines to gather a substance such as crude oil or natural gas to send to a treatment or processing facility.
High-Consequence Areas (HCAs): defined by PHMSA as a potential impact zone that contains 20 or more structures intended for human occupancy or an identified site. PHMSA identifies how pipeline operators must identify, prioritize, assess, evaluate, repair, and validate the integrity of gas transmission pipelines that could, in the event of a leak or failure, affect HCAs.
- MCA (Moderate-Consequence Areas or Medium-Consequence Areas): designated areas for gas transmission pipelines.
Inline Inspection (ILI): a method to assess the integrity and condition of a pipe by determining the existence of cracks, deformities, or other structural issues that could cause a leak.
Integrity Management: a systematic approach to operate and manage pipelines in a safe manner that complies with PHMSA regulations.
Leak Detection Systems: include external and internal methods. External methods are based on observing external factors within the pipeline to see if any product is released outside the line. Internal methods are based on measuring parameters of the hydraulics of the pipeline such as flow rate, pressure, density, or temperature. The information is placed in a computational algorithm to determine whether there is a leak.
OQ Integrity Process: is the industry program (OQIP) that strives for a universal approach to meet the PHMSA Operator Qualification Expectations, as developed and created by the industry’s OQ Integrity Coalition.
Pigging: the use of devices known as “pigs” to perform maintenance operations. This tool associated with inline pipeline inspection has now become known as a Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG).
Pipeline Operators Forum (POF): brings together pipeline inspection and integrity engineers to establish good practices to improve the quality of pipeline integrity management. POF has released specifications and requirements for inline inspection of pipelines through a set of documents.
Pipeline Pigging and Integrity Management Conference (PPIM): devoted exclusively to pigging for maintenance and inspection, as well as pipeline integrity evaluation and repair.
Pipeline Safety Management Systems (PSMS): an industry-wide focus to improve pipeline safety, driving toward zero incidents.
Pump: used in pumping stations to continue moving a substance through the pipeline.
Pumping Station: placed at strategic locations throughout a pipeline to check the pressure, continue moving the substance through the line, monitor the flow of the substance, and communicate the information to a facility.
Real-Time Transient Model (RTTM): simulates the behavior of a pipeline using computational algorithms. The model, which is driven by the field instrumentation, monitors discrepancies between the measured and calculated values potential caused by a leak. RTTM uses flow, pressure, temperature, and density among many other variables.
- Enhanced RTTM: an advanced version of the real-time transient model uses advanced data collection capabilities to reduce the occurrences of false alarms in a system.
Telemetry: an automated communications process. During this process, measurements and other data are collected at remote locations and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring and data analysis.
Transmission Pipelines: consist of a long series of pipes that move substances across large areas. Compressor stations and pump stations are placed along the pipeline to continue moving the substance through the line.
Podcasts
Episode 283: Advances in Composite Repair with Dr. Chris Alexander
Episode 282: Alarm Management Knowledge Guide with Russel Treat
Episode 270: Pipeline Integrity Implications of Blending Hydrogen into Natural Gas with Bob Franco
Episode 263: Leak Detection Walkthrough – A Complete Guide
Episode 258: An Introduction to the Liquid Energy Pipeline with Andy Black
Episode 247: Managing External Force Threats with Sam Acheson and John Lynk
Episode 246: Applying the Rupture Mitigation and Valve Rule with Faye Cradit
Episode 24: Leak Detection and API Revisions to 1130 and 1175 with Jason Dalton
Episode 241: MAOP Reconfirmation, The Mega Rule, & a Different View on Pipeline Integrity with Scott Glaeser
Episode 23: A 27-Day ILI Run; A Case Study of a Low-Pressure, Low Flow Line with Denise Earles
Episode 238: API RP 1188 Pipeline Facility Integrity Management with Mark Piazza
Episode 221: Data, Dashboard & Risk Management with Sheila Howard
Episode 215: Digitizing Aerial Patrol for Real-Time Reporting with David Yoel
Episode 211: Soil Mechanics for Pipeline Stress Analysis with Jim Oswell
Episode 16: Using Isolation Plugs in Remote Area Pipeline Rerouting with Stephen Rawlinson and Wes Gardner
Episode 206: Digitizing Public Awareness to Support Pipeline SMS with Sheila Howard
Episode 15: Halliburton Develops Non-Intrusive Pipeline Inspection Method for Unpiggable Lines with Stephen Newman
Episode 201: The Pipeline Integrity Management Process with Matt Brown, PE, PMP
Episode 14: Reassessing Value Placed on System Pressure Tests with Harald Wathne and Olivier Royet
Episode 199: Industry Collaboration and Data Sharing in Integrity Management with Michael Stackhouse
Episode 198: GIS and Data Science for Pipeline Integrity with Jackie Smith
Episode 194: Using ECA For MAOP Re-Confirmation with Mark Wright
Episode 190: Materials Properties Verification Used in Integrity Management with Simon Slater
Episode 188: Managing Pipeline Geohazards with Rhett Dotson
Episode 8: Choosing & Using Composite Repair Systems with Casey Whalen
Episode 170: Process Management Applied to Pipeline Safety Management with Sheila Howard
Episode 169: API 1169 (Pipeline Construction Inspection) with Ritch Rappel and Andri Orphanides
Episode 6: When Pipelines Strain Assessment Exceeds Capacity with Inessa Yablonskikh
Episode 5: Pipeline Challenge Limits of Leak-Tight Pipeline Isolation with Angus Bowie
Episode 160: Common Ground Alliance and Damage Prevention with Sarah Magruder Lyle
Episode 155: Controlling External Corrosion with Coatings with Bob Franco
Episode 3: Installation, Operating Considerations for Pipeline Composite Repair with Colton Sheets
Episode 150: Pipeline Construction Planning with Denys Stavnychyi
Episode 2: Evolution of ILI and Metal Loss Detection with Thomas Meinzer
Episode 146: Designing Metering & Regulation Stations with David Slavin
Episode 144: Pipeline Horizontal Directional Drilling with Lalit Chilana
Episode 143: Using Dig Feedback to Improve Pipeline Integrity with Tod Barker
Episode 142: Pipeline Routing, Permitting, and Pre-Construction Planning with Claudia Farrell
Episode 141: A Lifetime in Pipeline Leak Detection with Jun Zhang
Episode 139: Lessons Learned From Gas Utility Incidents with John Erickson
Episode 136: Geotechnical Hazards in Pipelining with Jen Holmstadt
Episode 134: Public Awareness & New API RP 1162 with John Erickson
Episode 131: Pipeline Operator Qualification & Training with Geoff Isbell & Mayra Maese
Episode 128: Distribution Integrity Management with John Erickson
Episode 127: Contractors and Pipeline SMS with Steve Allen
Episode 126: A Conversation With PHMSA Administrator Skip Elliott
Episode 125: Satellite Imagery for Leak Detection for An Entire Basin with Sean Donegan and Allan Adams
Episode 124: Pipeline Crack Management with Michael Stackhouse
Episode 122: History of Pipeline Inspection with KC Yost
Episode 121: An Introduction to Pipeline Corrosion with Bob Franco
Episode 120: Risk Management — How to Start with Justin Shannon
Episode 119: iPIPE — Future Technology Today with Jay Almlie
Episode 118: Introduction to Operator Qualification with Michael Comstock
Episode 117: iPIPE — A High Tide Floats All Boats with Jay Almlie
Episode 115: iPIPE — A Vendor’s Perspective with John van Pol and Sean Donegan
Episode 113: iPIPE — An Operator’s Perspective with Brian Epperson and Greg Tilley
Episode 112: The New Data Acquisition in SCADA with Dan Nagala
Episode 108: State Regulator Pipeline Safety Perspective with Steve Allen
Episode 105: PODS for Integrity and Risk Management — A Continuing Conversation with Sam Acheson
Episode 104: GPAC & LPAC Committee Meeting Update with Russel Treat
Episode 102: PODS for Integrity Management with Jackie Smith and Sam Acheson
Episode 101: Situation Management with Doug Rothenberg
Episode 97: New PHMSA Pipeline Safety Rules with Keith Coyle
Episode 96: Process Safety Management and Alarm Management with Stephen Swanson
Episode 94: Data Analytics and Edge Technologies with Scott Williams
Episode 91: The Public Awareness Rule with Bill DeFoor
Episode 90: The Audit as Quality Management with Dan Scarberry
Episode 83: PHMSA GPAC Meeting Update & the Mega Rule
Episode 81: Ground Movement and Pipeline Integrity with Bryan Crowe
Episode 79: Bellingham Incident 20-Year Anniversary – Personal Story with Larry Shelton
Episode 78: Risk Management in Pipeline Operations with Justin Shannon
Episode 77: Determining Batch Arrival Time in Slack Line Operations with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 73: Hydraulic Design for Business Development Professionals with Dan Sensel, Jason Dalton & Kyle Miller
Episode 71: Pipeline Safety Act Reauthorization with Keith Coyle
Episode 70: Fundamentals of Industrial Joint Integrity with Jon Naylor
Episode 69: Instrumentation Issues in Leak Detection Systems with Dan Sensel, Jason Dalton & Kyle Miller
Episode 65: NTSB “Most Wanted List” for Pipeline Integrity with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 64: New Gas Gathering Rule with Russel Treat
Episode 63: Alarm Management and Emergency Response with Ross Adams
Episode 62: NTSB “Most Wanted List” for Pipeline Safety with Russel Treat
Episode 61: Relief Valves in Liquid Pipelining with Dan Sensel, Jason Dalton & Kyle Miller
Episode 58: From Whence We Come … A Brief Pipeliners History with KC Yost
Episode 57: Managing Liquid Pipeline Slack Line with with Dan Sensel, Jason Dalton & Kyle Miller
Episode 53: Leak Detection Program Management with Dan Sensel, Jason Dalton & Kyle Miller
Episode 47: Fundamentals of Coating with Sindee Lee Gillespie
Episode 46: Tightly Integrated & Loosely Coupled OT with William Gage
Episode 45: IT/OT Convergence and Risk Management with Clint Bodungen
Episode 40: New Technology for Inline Inspection with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 39: ILI Data Integration with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 35: Geometry and Mapping Tools for ILI with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 34: Ultrasonic for Inline Inspection with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 33: BLM Onshore Order Impact on Pipeliners with Ardis Bartle
Episode 32: Simulators for Pipeline Training with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 29: MFL for Inline Inspection with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 28: Leak Alarm Response with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 27: Rupture Detection with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 26: Negative Pressure Wave Technology for Leak Detection with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 25: Statistical Volume Balance Model for Leak Detection with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 24: Real-Time Transient Model for Leak Detection with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 21: Team Training with Charles Alday
Episode 17: Fundamentals of Meter Proving with Jane Williams
Episode 16: Cybersecurity Threats and Awareness with Daniel Nagala
Episode 14: Fundamentals of Pipeline Leak Detection with Giancarlo Milano
Episode 13: Measurement Standard Operating Procedures with Ardis Bartle
Episode 12: Measurement Analytics with Bruce Wallace
Episode 10: Inline Pipeline Inspection with Marc Lamontagne
Episode 9: DOT-Compliant Pipeline Control Room with Matt McClure
Whitepapers & eBooks
PIC Whitepaper- Pipeline SMS as a P&M Program for Transmission Pipelines
Preventive and Mitigative (P&M) regulations such as 49 CFR 192.935 for Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity Management have traditionally focused on physical risks and threats to pipeline assets.
Learn how transmission operators can use Pipeline SMS (PSMS / API 1173) as a method to root out organizational failure as part of their P&M program.
ROSEN Challenging Pipeline Diagnostics Solutions
Pipelines are a valuable asset and need to be protected. In order to achieve this, a modern pipeline integrity management program should include regular inspections followed by integrity assessment, and if required repair and rehabilitation measures.
Access this resource from ROSEN to learn more about why pipeline operators need a well-proven method for the inspection of pipelines, especially high-pressure transmission pipelines, through the use of automated inspection tools that can survey pipelines from within.