[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0203] The Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) will meet via teleconference on Thursday, August 19, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST. The purpose of the meeting is to keep the members updated on current safety concerns, proposed rules, and future…
April 2014
Class Location Studies
The RCP Class Location Model is an advanced geospatial model with easy-to-use results, making it ideal for all sizes and lengths of natural gas pipelines. RCP is capable of providing an efficient, repeatable, and thoroughly documented class location study. The RCP Class Location Model works equally well with five or five thousand miles of pipe,…
Join RCP’s MS150 Team from Houston to Austin April 12 – 13
RCP hosts a small but enthusiastic team of riders in MS150 bike rides, including the upcoming BP MS150 on April 12-13 from Houston to Austin. Your humble newsletter editor is happy to suffer a bit for a good cause, but he has his limits. The RCP team rents a ranch outside LaGrange for the overnight…
Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of Pipeline Samples, yearning to breathe free.
Is your pipeline company merging? Divesting? Moving? Are old hands retiring, and clearing out their offices? No matter the reason, if you have interesting pipeline samples that need a new home, please let us know. We do training frequently, and would like to have physical pipe samples of corrosion, cracking, welding defects, seam defects, etc.…
PHMSA Class Location Methodology Public Workshop – April 16 Hilton Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is holding a public workshop along with the National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives to present perspectives and seek comment on whether applying the gas pipeline integrity management requirements beyond high consequence areas would mitigate the need for class location requirements. This event is just one action…
ASME Training Week – Denver April 14 – 18
Check out the pipeline training programs offered by ASME in Denver the week of April 14-18, 2014. Subject Matter Experts from RCP will provide training on the first day regarding pipeline pressure testing. Other courses are offered on ASME B31.4 (liquid transmission) and ASME B31.8 (gas transmission), as well as Composite Repairs, Defect Assessment, Inline…
RCP Pipeline Pressure Testing Workshop August 26 & 27
For the first time, RCP is offering a 2-day workshop on Pipeline Pressure Testing. RCP personnel have established themselves as industry experts, designing, implementing and validating pressure test programs for various operators. Recent PHMSA advisories and pending regulations will soon mandate pressure tests for operating gas and liquid pipelines that have not previously been subjected…
Spring/Summer Conference Schedule
Have you registered and confirmed your reservations for these upcoming conferences? RCP and RCP Integrity Services will be attending. We hope to see you there! AGA Operations Conference 2014 May 20 -23, 2014 Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA The annual AGA Operations Conference is the natural gas industry’s premier gathering of natural gas utility and…
Safety Management Systems Meeting
PHMSA hosted a workshop on the pending API Recommended Practice 1173 on Pipeline Safety Management System Requirements. The agenda and presentations from the workshop are available here. The draft document can be accessed here. Public comments on the draft will be accepted until April 11, 2014. Comments must be submitted online at http://ballots.api.org/login.aspx. The ballot…
RCP Receives 3 Patents for MAOP Software
RCP has received 3 patents (#8,548,756; #8,548,757; and #8,548,758) for our industry-leading MaxOp* software. RCP is the unquestioned market leader providing MAOP Validation Services, including over 100,000 miles of gas and liquid pipeline analysis and support. Not only does RCP bring a wealth of experienced professional engineers and support staff, we have brought the most…
TRRC Chapter 18, Underground Pipeline Damage Prevention
The Railroad Commission of Texas (TRRC) has posted the informal comments received by the TRRC concerning draft amendments to various rules in Chapter 18 to make some changes to clarify the intent of the rules, simplify some of the requirements, and streamline the process to the extent possible. You can find the comments by clicking…
PHMSA Revisions to OPID Assignment Request & Operator Registry Notification
[Docket No. PHMSA-2014-0018] The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) invites comments on its intention to revise two forms, PHMSA F 1000.1-OPID Assignment Request and PHMSA F 1000.2-Operator Registry Notification, and its intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for revised information collection burdens. The information collected from OPID…
PHMSA Updates Gas Transmission IMP Enforcement Guidance
On February 12, 2014, the Department of Transportation/Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) updated its Gas Transmission Integrity Management Enforcement Guidance for Sections 192.901 through 192.951. The document is intended for internal use by the PHMSA pipeline safety enforcement staff – but is also available to the public and pipeline operators. This guidance document describes…