Williams Gas Pipeline Rupture

[SJones]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/us-natgas-williams-transco-idUSKBN0OR1R720150611

The PHMSA people must be getting a little overworked just now. The pipeline incidents per km-year figure looks to be taking a bit of a hit in the US.

Steve Jones
Corrosion Management Consultant

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/83b/b04

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[BigInch]

Higher flows for air conditioning loads?

PHMSA Overworked. Yes I'd say so and that they've been overworked for years.
Averages work out to only 1 inspector for every 5,000 miles of pipe and 15 pipeline companies.

All of those 3 parallel ex Transco pipelines are getting rather old now.