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Here's the video from our Enbridge tour showcasing the operation of midstream pipelines. This working model transported two different streams of water (red and blue) with effective pig traps and provers. The video displays water from the red storage tank moving across the desk. #Engineering #Pipelines

Sometimes it can be hard to visualize what's going on beneath the surface, so hopefully this image can give you an example. The multicolored lines in this image show the sheer number of underground utilities buried within a single block of a midwestern suburb. In this location there is one storm drain and FOUR refined petroleum product pipelines, not to mention a railroad with two sets of tracks and an overpass. In this particular instance a client wanted me to put together a preliminary design and quote for a potential pipeline relocation, and to say that such a project would be complicated is an understatement ... This is exactly why it's critical to place your #811 tickets and do your due diligence to work safely in close proximity to underground utilities located within your project area. A single misstep or shortcut could lead to disaster, not just for the contractors working onsite but for the passersby and general public who are just going about their day. Remember to Call Before You Dig and stay safe out there!

Check out Farwest's construction team installing an AC mitigation system in southern Utah. This project showcases our ability to handle challenging environments, with our team expertly navigating the rocky terrain. Using a large bulldozer to "rip" the ground and prepare a trench, followed by plowing a bare copper cable into the pre-ripped trench with a second tractor, we’re helping to ensure the pipeline is well-protected into the future. AC mitigation is crucial for transmission pipelines. When pipelines are installed near high-voltage power lines, they can experience induced AC voltage, which poses serious safety risks and accelerates corrosion. By installing an AC mitigation system, these risks are reduced, enhancing the longevity and safety of the pipeline. At Farwest, our skilled crews, equipped with the right tools, products and expertise, are capable of executing such complex installations efficiently. #FarwestCorrosionControl #ACMitigation #CathodicProtection

Can anybody buy into the idea that UPRR started building this Hump Station at Mumford - biggest in the world (if you disqualify UPRR Bailey at the foot of the Rockies because it reassembles trains to observe the limitations of weight and clearance as trains enter the Rockies on track going through tunnels (Clearance Problems) and around mountains on trestles (excessive weight) and starting constructions January 2018 and scrapping the project March 2019???? Abandoning the biggest capital project in UPRR's history at $550MM 15 months later????? Doesn't make any sense especially since the Pipeline Transmission system for Buda does not have a single high volume 42" or 48" pipe for oil just Natural Gas and NGL. Absent big pipe, 88 MMBO/D Oil must move by rail. The idea this Mumford Hump Station (biggest in the world if you disqualify UPRR Bailey) is not essential to the Buda Takeaway Infrastructure is laughable. Hell there are 4 30" lines with 3.36 MMBO/D of capacity laid along OSR Road immediately east of UPRR Mumford. This press release is pure misdirection. The field has to have a major rail leg to move 88 MMBO/D. The Gulf Coast refineries already have added major rail facilities at Houston Ship Channel and Beaumont/Port Arthur and VLCC Loading facilities for export have to be in the plan for the takeaway system otherwise the Gulf Coast will drown in oil.

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One of example of negative consequences of absence of proper Risk Assessment and application of Management of Change (MoC) process within the organization. Let’s learn from history

Saturday 1st of June 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster. Whilst not the first serious accident to occur in the process industries, it represented a watershed moment in the development of Process Safety and brought about improvements and practices which are still relevant 50 years later.  Perhaps the practice most closely associated with the learnings arising from Flixborough is Management of Change (MoC).  The hydrocarbon release which caused the massive explosion was the result of the failure of some temporary piping connecting Reactors 4 and 6 in the Caprolactam plant.  Famously, no engineering drawing of the pipe was done, just a chalk outline on the workshop floor to help the fabricators.  Because this action is readily dismissed as grossly inconceivable in our modern era - and it would have been inconceivable in most chemical plants even in 1974 - it has always been difficult to inspire people to improve their MoC systems using Flixborough as an example.  They simply cannot believe such a thing could happen at their plant. But there was another major MoC failure that led up to the Flixborough disaster, a more subtle one, the type I’ve encountered in many facilities and will likely see again, unfortunately.  In November 1973, several months prior to the explosion, a leak developed in the top-mounted agitator gland on Reactor 5, causing hot cyclohexane vapour to leak out.  A temporary deluge ring was mounted above the reactor to spray plant cooling water to condense the vapours, and this water soaked the reactor insulation.  This water contained sufficient levels of nitrates to induce stress corrosion cracking (SCC) on the hot external surface of the reactor.  A crack propagated vertically to more than 2 m in length and eventually penetrated the internal reactor cladding, leading to a small leak of cyclohexane in March 1974.  The leak was detected, the reactor removed from its plinth, and the rest is history.  The lack of MoC meant that no one realised that the water-soaked reactor insulation introduced a corrosion hazard.  Writing about this water spray situation some years after, Trevor Kletz noted that “the more innocuous a modification appears to be, the further its influence seems to extend”.  Recognising subtle change will always be a challenge, but with the right Loss Prevention mindset and systems it is perfectly possible to manage every change, every time. Fíréanta #flixborough #processsafety #lossprevention

The core recovery and Rock quality designation is one of the important parameters in investigation process.The rock core from borehole investigation for the chimney construction @ mettur thermal power plant.

Spillover talk is surfacing, but a shift has yet to materialize at Port Houston while oil and gas-related steel demand is on the downswing as rig counts drop. Learn more: https://okt.to/DnPaMG

This week, a section of the MVP ruptured during pressure testing. The project will pass through 11 counties in West Virginia and six in Virginia, creating an ever-present risk of dangerous pipeline explosions for nearby communities. This is another example of why we need to stop investing in risky methane gas infrastructure. #ClimateChange #MethaneGas