HOUSTON — The Deer Park natural gas pipeline fire last September was sparked when a driver intentionally crashed into an above-ground valve, igniting a fire that burned for approximately 80 hours. The ...
More than a half million miles of pipelines are used to transport natural gas, crude oil, liquid carbon dioxide, refined petroleum products, and an array of other flammable, toxic, or corrosive gases ...
Like much of the nation’s infrastructure, more than half of its 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines were built in the 1950s and 1960s. This aging network has become more difficult to maintain ...
New research has improved control of slack line flow in steep slope liquids pipelines, whether during commissioning, steady operations, or in the wake of an accident. New research has improved control ...
Utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric is being accused of falsifying gas pipeline safety records by California regulators in the aftermath of a pipeline explosion that killed eight people in 2010.