New Director of Pipeline Programs In July 2012, Mark Piazza has been promoted to the position of Director of Pipeline Programs. He has earned this promotion through his leadership role in developing the industry's pipeline integrity roadmap, his implementation of non-traditional, high-impact research initiatives, and his ... AuthorPRCI Read More
Welcoming New Members to PRCI PRCI is pleased to announce that Kinder Morgan and Energy Transfer are now Pipeline Operating Members of PRCI. Also new to PRCI in 2012 is Mears Group, Inc. who joined as a Technical Program Associate Member in the Corrosion Technical ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Continues to Advance R&D Roadmap, Sponsors Third R&D Summit As communicated in prior editions of PRCI’s electronic newsletter Throughput , PRCI has been leading the industry in an effort to unify and promote convergence of the pipeline integrity R&D agenda. Through a series of R&D summits, PRCI is bringing together the leaders in the ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Expands & Accelerates Comprehensive ILI Research Program PRCI recently expanded and accelerated its comprehensive research and development program aimed at enhancing current in-line inspection (ILI) tools and developing the next generation of technology to ensure pipeline safety, integrity, and reliability. The PRCI ILI Research Program is ... AuthorPRCI Read More
NDE-2-3 NDE & Inspection Techniques Applied to Composite Wrap Repairs For the past several years, PRCI’s Design, Materials, and Construction (DMC) Technical Committee has been engaged in a number of studies on the performance of composite materials for pipeline repair and reinforcement. To complement this work, PRCI’s Operations & Integrity ... Read More
MEAS-5-13 Ultrasonic Meter Accuracy Shifts Resulting From Grime on the Meter Body and Acoustic Transducers In some applications where ultrasonic flow meters have been inspected and/or removed from service, evidence of a significant buildup of material on the piping and/or meter itself has been observed. This buildup consists of material that has accumulated on the interior surface of the pipe and ... Read More
MATR-3-5 Evaluating the Use of Composite Materials in Reinforcing Mechanically-damaged Pipelines Composite materials continue to gain wider acceptance in the pipeline industry for repairing a range of pipeline anomalies. This is due in part to the contribution of comprehensive research programs including projects such as this. This is the second project sponsored by PRCI focused on ... Read More
MATI-8-1 State-of-the-Art Report on Improving Weld Quality by Use of Commercially Available Real Time Welding Monitors PRCI recently published the report of its work on commercially available real time welding monitors. The objective of this project was to create a concise listing of commercial off the shelf (COTS), real-time quality monitoring (RTQM) systems and their pros and cons with respect to pipeline ... Read More
EC-1-9 Corrections to Consequence Modeling in RBDA: Reliability Targets, Acceptable Risk, Updated Consequence Analysis A Reliability-Based Design and Assessment (RBDA) framework for pipelines was developed and published in 2004 and 2005. It has since been adopted in the Canadian Standard as a non-mandatory Annex O and is currently under consideration by the ASME B31.8 committee. However, a few items of concern ... Read More
NDE Open House Draws Hundreds On June 28, 2012, PRCI sponsored an Open House at its NDE Repository and pipe test sample warehouse Houston, TX, with attendance of more than 100 representatives of PRCI member companies and several of our R&D partners and contractors. The Open House was organized to provide awareness of the ... Read More
Aerial Inspection Technology Field Test Trials for RAM Program Completed For the past several years, PRCI has been leading a research and development (R&D) program that is directed at automating the monitoring and surveillance of gas and oil pipeline right of way (ROW) corridors. The program is referred to as the Right of Way Automated Monitoring Program, or ... Read More
Technical Committees Meet to Prepare 2013 Research Program Ballot In the Spring of 2012, the PRCI Technical Committees met to review research ideas for projects that will form the 2013 R&D research program ballot to be released at the end of July 2012. During the balloting process, Members weill allocate funds directly to programs and projects of importance ... Read More