California senators introduced a new bill on pipeline safety – The Strengthening Pipeline Safety and Enforcement Act of 2011. A few key elements in the proposed legislature
NTSB has issued seven safety recommendations following the September, 2010 San Bruno incident in California. #1. To PHMSA: Inform pipeline operators about circumstances leading up-to and
Natural gas pipelines have caused incidents leading to fatalities, injuries, and property damages. To be precise, there have been an average of 50 serious gas
The major cause of natural gas pipeline rupture is not corrosion or material defect but external damage. External damage is the damage to pipeline during
Following the release of natural gas, it can be ignited resulting in fire which in turn can potentially result in an explosion. So how likely
A few weeks ago I met with Cesar de Leon who is a pipeline safety expert (http://www.pipelinesafetyconsultant.com) – he worked at the DOT Office of
I recently came across a report from European Gas Pipeline Incident Data Group (EGIG) titled “Safety Performance Determines The Acceptability of Cross Country Gas Transmission
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku – is an ancient Japanese text compiled in 901. It talks about an earthquake and Tsunami that occurred in 869: “Then
