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12 Jul, 2021

The Impact of Corrosion on Pipelines

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Pipelines are the major arteries of the energy sector, transporting oil, gas and other crucial products that fuel the American economy. Keeping these arteries healthy and free of defects is critical as a failed pipeline can lead to significant property damage, injury, and death.

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29 Jun, 2021

Understanding Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) Technology

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Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) has been around since the 1960s but, thanks to technology advances, still has the lion’s share of the global intelligent pipeline pigging service market. MFL, Technology used to detect corrosion and pitting, is one of the most popular inspection tools of in-service pressurized pipelines.

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20 May, 2021

Exploring the Different Types of Pipeline Cracks

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Pipeline safety is always a crucial subject and is at the center of a dispute in the past month between the state of Michigan and a Canadian pipeline company. The Calgary-based Enbridge’s Line 5, which transports up to 540,000 barrels of natural gas liquids and crude oil, under the Great Lakes and across Michigan each day was ordered shut down on May 12 by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer due to safety concerns of the aging infrastructure.

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19 May, 2021

Completed Pipeline Projects Increase Natural Gas Capacity in U.S.

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Natural Gas Pipeline Project Tracker showed that new natural gas pipeline capacity increased by approximately 4.4. billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) with four new pipelines came into service between November 2020 and January 2021.

The four projects ranged from Michigan to Texas to West Virginia. Here is a look at the four new pipelines:

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14 Apr, 2021

The Importance of Pipeline Inspections

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Most of us take energy for granted in our daily lives until something goes wrong. We know it is important but that usually does not hit home until the power grid goes dark and the lights go out or your vehicle runs out of gas on a lonely stretch of blacktop.

Yet, from the first thing each morning when we fire up the coffee maker to the moment we turn out the nightstand light and our heads hit the pillow, our modern lives rely on the oil and natural gas industry.

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