Welcoming New Members to PRCI PRCI is pleased to welcome Hoerbiger Kompressortechnik Holding Gmbh and Quest Integrity Group, LLC as Technical Program Associate Members. We are pleased to welcome Hoerbiger who joined PRCI in January 2014 as a Technical Program ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Holds Annual Research Exchange Meeting for Energy Pipeline Research Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) hosted its eighth annual Research Exchange Meeting in February 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.This year’s meeting was the most highly attended Research Exchange with over 300 attendees from around the world including PRCI member company ... AuthorPRCI Read More
PRCI Technology Development Center Utilization Update In recent months the PRCI Technology Development Center (TDC) based in Houston, has received numerous joints of line pipe that have been removed from service and which contain a variety of anomalies and defects. Work is underway to fully characterize these samples and prepare them as test ... AuthorPRCI Read More
DOT Co-Funded Satellite Program Kicks Off The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OASRT), formerly DOT Research in Innovation and Technology Association (RITA), awarded PRCI, as part of a team with California Polytechnic (CalPoly) State University, a contract and research ... AuthorPRCI Read More
A Fond Farewell to Eric Thomas On April 1, 2014, Eric Thomas retired from PRCI. He has been involved in pipeline industry research for over 30 years, which includes participating in organizations such as the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT), and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of ... AuthorPRCI Read More
Alternatives to Current Leak Detection Approaches for Hydrotesting (PL-1-3) Hydrotesting is a key component of pipeline integrity management as one of the primary methods used by pipeline operators during the commissioning process of a line segment, serving to validate the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of existing pipelines. One element of this test is to ... Read More
DOT Co-Funded Satellite Program Kicks Off The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OASRT), formerly DOT Research in Innovation and Technology Association (RITA), awarded PRCI, as part of a team with California Polytechnic (CalPoly) State University, a contract and research ... Read More
Development of Improved Crack Depth Measurement Techniques (NDE-2-1) The year four effort will complete the work under NDE 2-1 on surface breaking crack depth estimation, including an added focus on tight OD surface initiated cracks and internal diameter (ID) initiated crack detection and depth estimation from outside the pipeline. This ... Read More
ILI Tool Calibration on In-ditch Measurement with Related Uncertainty (EC-4-2) The pipeline industry is moving toward the implementation of reliability-based integrity management approaches, which account explicitly for the uncertainties associated with ILI data, material properties, and failure pressure modeling. The uncertainty associated with defect sizing has been shown ... Read More
Internal Corrosion Sample Collections Guidelines (IC-1-6) Pipeline liquid and solid samples collected as a part of internal corrosion monitoring and other assessment activities are vulnerable to compositional changes resulting from sample handling procedures. These compositional changes can affect subsequent test results and the usefulness/accuracy of ... Read More
Facilities Technical Committees Update Compressor and Pump Station Technical Committee The Compressor and Pump Station Technical Committee continues with its execution of 2014 projects with eight of the 15 projects under contract, one project in the contracting phase, three projects actively seeking proposals, and four that need ... Read More
AERMOD The Compressor and Pump Station Technical Committee has a project underway to enhance ambient emission modeling for nitrous dioxide. Recent changes in requirements by FERC and local air enforcement agencies have made permitting new or modified facilities more difficult. As such, a ... Read More
Field Validation of Surface Loading Stress Calculations for Buried Pipelines (ENV-6-1) The objective for this two phase project is to validate surface loading criterion for pipelines with shallow burial. This is the report of the first phase of this project which focused on field measurements of the stress in shallow buried pipe while it is being crossed by heavy equipment. ... Read More
Review of Compressive Strain Capacity Assessment Methods (ABD-1-2) Buried pipelines subjected to non-continuous ground movement such as frost heave, thaw settlement, slope instability and seismic movement experience high compressive strains that can cause local buckling (or wrinkling), in which the pipe wall buckles like a thin cylindrical shell in axial ... Read More
Leak Prevention in CO2 Pipeline Valves and Launchers by Correct Seal Material Selection (ALT-1-3) Research was completed to develop guidelines for pipeline valve stem seals in CO2 rich applications such as for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS). In particular, guidance was needed to ascertain when standard O-rings may be used, when a switch to rapid gas ... Read More