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Inside Chevron's high-tech pipeline control center

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 ...
JD Supra

Pipelines: Control room management By Chris Paul

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published final regulations on December 3, 2009, for control room management (CRM). These regulations were the result of efforts to ...
Center for Public Integrity

Could rupture of aging pipeline ignite nuclear plant’s control room?

At the Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City, anxieties often center on the potential consequences of a radiation release so close to so many people. More than 17 million, five ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Assessing the Need for New Regulatory Standards for Automatic and Remote-Control Shutoff Valves on Existing Liquid and Gas Transmission Pipelines ― New Report

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 ...
JD Supra

Pipeline Safety: PHMSA Releases New Rule on Emergency Authority

On Monday, October 3, 2016, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released an interim final rule (IFR) establishing procedures to implement new imminent hazard authority ...