The Pipeline Research Council International held its 7th annual Research Exchange meeting on February 5 – 7, 2013 in Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas) with nearly 300 attendees from around the world, including PRCI member company representatives, key researchers and stakeholders in the pipeline industry.

Results from the past year from over 50 PRCI research projects that focused on improving pipeline safety and integrity were reviewed. Sessions highlighting research challenges and results in several areas of interest to hazardous liquids and natural gas pipelines included: damage prevention, emergency response, stress corrosion cracking, leak detection, mechanical damage assessment, materials and welding, NDE methods and ILI technologies. Important results from the first phase of work on using ILI for discrepancy analysis on pipelines for verifying MOP and MAOP should become available within the next month.

Additional information can be found on the PRCI website.