PRCI Membership We are pleased to announce that Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. , a steel manufacturer based in Japan, has joined PRCI as a Technical Program Associate Member in two of the Pipeline Program Technical Committees: Corrosion and Design, Materials & Construction. Also joining ... AuthorPRCI Read More
External Meetings & Presentations Common Ground Alliance Research & Development Committee Meeting PRCI was invited to provide the CGA R&D Committee with an overview of the current and recently completed research projects that address the issues related to pipeline Damage Prevention and Right of Way (ROW) ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Chairman Named 2009 Allard Chair in Business On February 5, 2009 PRCI Chairman Art Meyer received the 2009 Allard Chair in Business from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. As part of the ceremony awarding Art this well-deserved honor, he spoke about the challenges of the current economic crisis on the oil sands industry in ... AuthorPRCI Read More
INGAA Presentation: The Long-term Challenges for the Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline Industry During the PRCI Board of Directors meeting in Miami on March 9, 2009, Don Santa, President & CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association (INGAA) made a presentation as part of the long-term planning phase of the meeting. Speaking on The Long-term Challenges for the Natural Gas ... AuthorPRCI Read More
The Facilities Technical Committees On January 27-29, 2009 the PRCI Compressor and Pump Station Technical Committee met in San Diego, CA, hosted by Solar Turbines. The meeting provided technical updates on all of the Committee's ongoing projects and the status of the newly-approved 2009 projects. The liquids pipeline CAPSTC ... AuthorPRCI Read More
Report from the 2009 Pipeline Program Research Exchange Meeting The PRCI Pipeline Program hosted a Research Exchange Meeting on February 3-5, 2009 at the Georgia Tech University Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary goal of the meeting was to provide a forum for the deployment and exchange of important research results. These results were from ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PHMSA-Sponsored Government & Industry Pipeline Research & Development Forum The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced its next joint government-industry forum on pipeline Research and Development (R&D), which is scheduled for June 24 & 25, 2009, in Washington DC. As with the previous R&D Forums, the meeting is being ... Read More
Compressor and Pump Station Carbon Footprint Reduction Methods Pipelines will be directly affected by the sweep of regulations accompanying the implementation of any Greenhouse Gas control programs. In particular, compressor stations are both a large consumer of fuel and a potential source of fugitive methane emissions from the variety of equipment that is ... Read More
Assessment of Orifice Meter Flow Measurements with Low Differential Pressures Natural gas meters sometimes operate with differential pressures (DPs) at the minimum acceptable level for proper measurement. In production applications and at production receipt points, depleted reservoirs can produce low DPs across custody transfer orifice meters, resulting in increased ... Read More
Quantification of the Effect of Dirty Upstream Pipe on Ultrasonic Meter Performance It is not uncommon for pipelines that transport clean, dry, natural gas to also carry some level of compressor oil, glycols, black powder, and other potential contaminants. The presence of these contaminants at a metering station can affect the measurement accuracy of any of the commonly-used ... Read More
PRCI RAM Program Update - Request for Information (RFI) to be Distributed PRCI is continuing to advance its research on the Right of Way Automated Monitoring (RAM) Program with its research partners, NASA Ames Research Center and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The RAM program was initiated in ... Read More
PHMSA Requests Full Proposal for SCC-4-5 Ethanol Project In November 2008, PRCI submitted a white paper proposal for SCC-4-5 Determine New Design and Construction Techniques for the Transportation of Ethanol and Ethanol / Gasoline Blends in New Pipelines. In early March PHMSA requested a final proposal for the project that will be submitted by ... Read More
PHMSA Approves ABD-1 Contract Modification PRCI submitted an increased cost and schedule modification request to PHMSA for ABD-1 DOT Project DTPH56-06-T000014 “Consolidated Research & Development Program on Validation & Documentation of Tensile Strain Limit Design Models for Pipelines.” PHMSA approved the request in ... Read More