The
Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) and the National Association of Pipeline Safety
Representatives are holding this event to gather and disseminate information on
the state of the art of crack detection in hazardous liquid and natural gas
pipelines. Perspectives on the challenges involved with detecting and
characterizing crack like defects, including environmentally assisted cracks
and cracks with corrosion, will be provided from operators and regulators. This
event will provide an update on technology developments via research, the
success rate in deploying such technology for detection and a discussion on the
level of and types of data collected in support of engineering assessments. It
will also discuss other information in support of criteria for determining when
a probable crack defect in a pipeline segment must be excavated, the time
limits for completing those excavations and in support of models for
determining crack growth rates.
Online registration, hotel information and a draft agenda can be found on PHMSA’s
website.
In This Issue
- In Memory of John T. Schmidt Vice President, RCP Integrity Services
- NPMS New Operator Standards Submission Guide
- May Newsletter Correction
- API Forum for Emergency Responders
- Pipeline Safety Management System Public Workshop August 5, 2014 – Rosemont, IL
- Managing Pipeline Cracking Challenges Workshop August 5, 2014 – Rosemont, IL
- Government/Industry Pipeline R&D Forum August 6 & 7, 2014 – Rosemont, IL
- Summer / Fall Conference Schedule
- Pipeline Regulations for iPhone
- Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of Pipeline Samples, yearning to breathe free.
- New RCP Pipeline Pressure Testing Workshop August 26 & 27