Industry Articles

07/27/2007
El Paso agrees to fine, settling explosion case / Company also pledges pipeline changes in wake of 2000 accident
El Paso Corp. will pay a $15.5 million fine as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice and pipeline safety regulators related to a 2000 natural gas pipeline explosion in Carlsbad, N.M., that killed 12 people.

05/25/2007
Regulator sees `isolated' incident
Corrosion may have caused a water leak from a 12-inch pipe that prompted BP to shut a quarter of its Alaska Prudhoe Bay oil field earlier this week, according to a regulator.

05/22/2007
Water leak forces BP to curb flow
WASHINGTON - BP was forced to shut in nearly a quarter of its oil production from Alaska's giant Prudhoe Bay field Monday, after piping used to carry water separated out from crude produced in the field sprang a leak.

11/21/2006
Moneymakers / FIVE QUESTIONS WITH RUSSELL KANE / Finding corrosion in real time
Russell Kane, director of corrosion services for Honeywell Process Solutions, says his company is marketing a new technology to help pipeline operators track pipe corrosion in real time rather than after the fact.

11/19/2006
Rust top cause of pipeline spills / Harris County leads nation in accidents caused by corrosion
Corrosion has become the leading cause of hazardous-liquid pipeline accidents, causing a quarter of all reported spills in the past six years, and the shutdown earlier this year of one of the nation's largest oil fields, a review by the Houston Chronicle and industry groups shows.

03/24/2006
17 years after ship's spill, aging pipelines a threat
JUNEAU, ALASKA - Since the Exxon Valdez caused the worst oil spill in the nation's history, tankers that ship Alaska's crude oil to the West Coast have become stronger, with double hulls and redundant operating systems for safety.

11/16/2002
Texas, industry applaud pipe safety bill's passage / Measure includes more inspections, greater state role
TEXAS will have more leverage on pipeline safety issues with the U.S. Department of Transportation as a result of the pipeline safety bill that passed Congress on Friday.