Online Training Done Right! Check out our online training introduction video. Our online training has been built from the ground up to make the most use of the virtual learning environment. We’ve re-organized our training material into 5-10 minute* bite-sized topics, and made them all available in a format that allows students to take them in…
November 2020
In Memory
It is with sadness that we share the news that Larry Decker passed away last month. Larry spent 40 years in the pipeline industry providing engineering, design, and construction management for many high profile pipeline projects in the U.S., Algeria, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Africa, including the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. His friends and associates…
PHMSA NPRM Class Location Change Requirements
[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0151] On October 14, 2020, PHMSA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to address the requirements for gas transmission pipeline segments that experience a change in class location. Public comments are due by December 14, 2020, and may be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Include Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0151. Under the existing…
PHMSA Posts Draft FAQ’s for Midstream Processing Facility Jurisdiction
PHMSA posted a draft set of FAQ’s requesting comment as to the federal jurisdictional delineation points for gas processing facilities to which there may be overlapping authority between PHMSA and OSHA. The two agencies agreed to delineate where they each would perform regulatory oversight activities for midstream processing facilities based on the predominate use of…
Oklahoma Underground Gas Storage Regulations
As of October 1, 2020, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has added 165:20-6-1 to Title 165, Chapter 20 – Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety, to adopt all of the provisions of 49 CFR Parts 191 and 192, as such exist on January 1, 2020, pertaining to Intrastate Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities.
Underwater Inspection Procedures & Inspection Interval Risk Model Updates
2020 has been a hurricane season we all can agree we wish had never happened. For many operators with assets in the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets subject to 49 CFR 192.612 and 195.413, there has been not only a named storm, but several named storms that crossed those assets. You did your initial…
RCP’s 2021 Workshop Schedule
The virtual format for this is unlike anything you have experienced before. Attendees will receive links to workshop materials two weeks prior to live stream Q&A sessions with the trainers and other attendees. Registration is now open for the February workshop. For more info visit our events page.