PRCI Membership We are pleased to announce that Welspun Tubular LLC , a owned subsidiary of Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd. will join PRCI in 2010 as a Technical Program Associate Member in the Design, Materials & Construction Technical Committee. Welspun owns a state-of-the-art facility ... AuthorPRCI Read More
External Meetings & Presentations Rio Pipeline Conference & Exposition 2009 The biennial conference and exposition for pipeline technology sponsored by the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP) and ASME was hold in Rio de Janeiro on September 22-24, 2009. PRCI was represented at the conference by Eric Thomas, Chief ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Recognitions A feature of the Board dinner at the Banff meeting on September 14, 2009 was the presentation of awards to two very deserving contributors to PRCI’s success over the last several years: Maher Nessim & PRCI President George Tenley ... AuthorPRCI Read More
2010 Pipeline Program Research Exchange Meeting PRCI's Pipeline Program will be hosting a Research Exchange Meeting on February 9-11, 2010 at the Georgia Tech University Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary goal of the meeting is to provide a forum that facilitates the deployment and exchange of important research ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Elects New Chair & Executive Committee The Board of Directors of Pipeline Research Council International, Inc., (PRCI), elected Paul F. MacGregor , Vice President, Operations and Project Services, with TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd., as Chair at its Annual Meeting on September 15, 2009. He replaces Art Meyer, Senior Vice President, ... AuthorPRCI Read More
The Development of Criteria/Guidelines for Welding onto In-Service Chemical Pipelines PRCI has sponsored significant research to support maintenance and in-service repair welding, including hot-tap welding. The knowledge gained in this research provided the point of departure for the application of this time and cost saving approach to the chemical pipeline industry. Safe and ... Read More
PRCI Completes PHMSA Project on ILI Performance Capabilities Evaluation for Mechanical Damage PRCI and our research partners Blade Energy Partners and PHMSA recently completed a comprehensive assessment of the performance capabilities of current in-line inspection (ILI) technologies to detect and characterize Mechanical Damage to operating pipeline systems. The project provided a ... Read More
Exhaust NO2/NOx Ratios from Lean-Burn Natural Gas Engines Of the many obscure phenomena that can affect compressor station operators, one of the least examined is the NO 2 /NOx ratio from reciprocating engines. This matters because of the manner in which NOx emissions are determined by conventional emissions testing equipment, and because of ... Read More
Commercial Introduction of Turbocharger Monitoring System – “TurboShield” Exterran Holdings, owner of the largest fleet of compression equipment in North America, has announced the availability of TURBOSHIELD™, a turbocharger management system for pipeline and gathering system engines. TURBOSHIELD™ is the result of a 2006 PRCI project conducted by Kansas ... Read More