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Managing Threats That Compromise Pipeline Integrity
In general, threats that compromise pipeline integrity are categorized into three groups: time-dependent threats, time-independent threats, and stable threats. Each presents unique challenges that must be overcome in order to ensure safe and efficient transmission of...
New Study Finds $641 Billion in Midstream Infrastructure Needed Over Next Two Decades
Citing unprecedented growth from North American shale plays in recent years, the International Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) Foundation estimates that roughly $641 billion will need to be spent on midstream infrastructure over the next two decades in...
GIS Helping Operators Overcome Pipeline Routing Challenges
Between geographical limitations, geotechnical challenges, right of ways, funding, and precise coordination with local, state and federal agencies, pipeline routing has become one of the most difficult tasks facing oil and gas producers today. Sub-optimal route...
Hydraulic Modeling Helping Engineers Optimize Oil and Gas Transmission Operations
Hydraulic modeling has become a critical component in the development of oil and gas pipeline infrastructure. As more transmission lines are installed across North America in an effort to meet rising production demands, flow networks have become more complex and fully...
Pipeline Integrity Management Critical to Country’s Aging Oil and Gas Infrastructure
Currently, there are over 305,000 miles of underground natural gas pipeline systems in the United States alone, and with many of these systems damaged, outdated, and rapidly approaching the end of their useful life, pipeline integrity management in the gas...
Optimize Amine Treatment System Parameters to Maximize Profitability
Amine treatment units play a key role in the natural gas refinement process, and as a result, inefficient operation of these units can often result in excessive corrosion, increased maintenance, lower product quality and most importantly, reduced productivity. Because...
Audubon Overcoming the Challenges of Deepwater Topside Construction
Deepwater topside platform design is one of the most challenging tasks associated with offshore oil and gas exploration today. From FPSOs and TLPs to SPARS and semi-submersibles, the companies that possess the engineering capabilities, both operational and economic,...
Midstream Oil and Gas Markets Growing Across North America
With producers from the United States and Canada racing to meet rising global demand for oil and natural gas, the midstream sector is experiencing rapid growth. In fact, through 2015, nearly half of the estimated $30 billion being spent on oil and gas infrastructure...