| January 2012 |
COVER STORY:
Bridging the Energy Gap
Enbridge Builds Safe Pipelines to Serve North America
Ever since the company began in 1949, Enbridge has been on a rapid path toward dominance in the North American oil and gas pipeline industry. Starting as the Interprovincial Pipe Line Co., the company changed its name to Enbridge in 1998.
The Interprovincial pipeline was originally designed to transport crude oil from Leduc, Alberta, to refineries in Regina, Saskatchewan, but over the ensuing decade the system expanded to serve markets in Ontario and Wisconsin. At more than 1,800 km, the pipeline at the time was the longest ever constructed in the world, forming the backbone of Canada’s energy transportation network.
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FEATURE:
Clearing Pipeline Rights of Way — the Right Way
Go Green Provides Turnkey, Environmentally Friendly Land-Clearing Solutions for Pipeline Installation Contractors
James Dixon and Terrell Sims had been working in the mulching business for more than a decade when an opportunity came to build their own company assisting energy contractors in clearing the way for pipeline installations. Read More »
FEATURE:
Taming the Tiger
Michels Uses Cradle Bore Machine to Speed Pipeline Project
In the southern United States, where natural resources are abundant and the domestic energy they provide is more and more important to meeting the nation’s demands for fuel, pipeline projects must be fast-tracked and online as quickly as possible to begin paying back the large investment in infrastructure. Read More »
FEATURE:
Tape it Up
Proper Installation of a Pipe Wrap and Tape
During summer 2011, Farwest Corrosion Control supplied a field-applied tape coating system for a pipeline relocation project in Southern California. Read More »
FEATURE:
Site-seeing by Video
Immersive Video Solutions Uses Aerial Cameras to Capture Pipeline Data
Wouldn’t it be great if pipelines were built and operated right outside the office window so that any time we had a question we could just grab our coffee cup, call up everyone with questions and head out the door? Read More »
FEATURE:
Baseline Integrity Management
I’ve had a number of discussions over the course of 2011 related to determining the accuracy of pipeline position. The basic question of “How accurate is my pipe centerline?” persists. My background is deep rooted in navigation and positioning, and all the survey systems and methods that wrap around the technology to provide accurate position information for a feature, structure or events. Read More »
Plus...
MARKET WATCH:
U.S. Petroleum Exports Rise to Meet Global Market Integration
EIA Reports Pennsylvania Leads Northeast in Natural Gas Production
Total U.S. exports of finished petroleum products have increased more than 60 percent since 2007, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which credits worldwide market integration for the rise. This trend is driven primarily by finished motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil, which are increasingly exported to Latin America. Annual U.S. exports of gasoline and distillate increased by 133 percent and 144 percent, respectively, from 2007 to 2010. Read More »
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