Oil/Gas Pipelines
Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Sue North Dakota Protesters
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline sued in federal court Monday to stop protesters near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota to stop interfering with the project, alleging the safety of workers and law enforcement are at risk. Dakota Access LLC fil..
Iowa Landowners Request Immediate Halt to Dakota Access Pipeline Construction
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa landowners are asking a judge to stop construction on the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline until their constitutional challenges are heard. A dozen landowners asked a state court in documents filed Tuesday in Des Moines to immediately hear the motion and keep the T..
Trenchless Point Repair Fixes Sewer Pipe With Structural Defects
Infrastructure Repair Systems Inc. provides a wide variety of trenchless point repair products to fix sewer pipes that have structural defects. At the top of the line is the Super HD Liner. Designed and engineered to stop I & I, this liner has a thickness that is required for extreme depths and exc..
Governor Pushes For Bigger Role In Alaska LNG Megaproject
Big oil producers are expressing serious doubts about moving forward with a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export project in Alaska at a time when world energy markets are flooded with fuel and natural gas prices are half of what they were two years ago. But that isn’t stopping Alaska Go..
Pipeline Construction Equipment Damage is Suspected Arson
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa was found extensively damaged by fire Monday in what the company building the pipeline called a shameful act. There’s little doubt the fires were intentionally set along the Dakota Access pipeline, sa..
Gear up for Annual Fall Grout Boot Camp
The tradition continues as Aries, Avanti and Logiball join forces to produce the Annual Fall Group Boot Camp in Lithia Springs, GA, Sept. 14-15. Designed to enhance understanding of how and why injection grouting stops water infiltration in collection systems, the two-day boot camp caters to those ..
Pipeline Safety Bill Becomes Law; New Proposed Regs Become More Significant
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring transmission pipelines to plug methane leaks at compressor stations includes some softening of earlier-proposed requirements, but will still impose substantial costs as companies move to repair leaks at new or modified compressors and co..
Environmentalists Take Aim at TransCanada Pipeline Project
BOSTON (AP) — Environmentalists are again taking aim at the company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline — this time for another of its projects they fear would send hundreds of supertankers laden with crude oil down the Atlantic coast to refineries in Texas and Louisiana. TransCanada is behind t..
RS Technik, Source One Environmental Settle Legal Dispute
RS Technik and Source One Environmental have come to a mutual agreement regarding a lawsuit filed by Source 1 Environmental in 2015. According to the terms of the agreement, Source One Environmental will continue offering a “kitted” sectional pipe repair system under the brand PipePatch®. Similarl..
Canada to Ban Rail Cars Involved in Fiery Crash
MONTREAL (AP) – Canada’s transport minister says the rail car model involved in a fiery crash that killed 47 people in Quebec three years ago will no longer be allowed to transport oil in Canada as of Nov. 1. Marc Garneau said Monday that older tankers, called DOT-111 cars, and a version jacketed w..
Dakota Access Pipeline Receives Federal Permit Approvals in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A crude oil pipeline that will cut across Iowa has received the final federal permit approvals needed to proceed with construction. Documents posted by the Iowa Utilities Board Tuesday show the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved 60 river crossings in Iowa, a decision pipe..
p-CAT Quickly Tests Thousands Of Feet Of Pipe To Identify Hot Spots
Hydromax USA and Detection Services have come together to deliver p-CAT, a low-cost, non-invasive, non-destructive, reliable and safe solution for pipe condition assessment, while the system is in operation. Often described as a pipe screening tool, p-CAT can quickly test thousands of feet of pipe ..
Enbridge to Pay $61M Penalty for 2010 Michigan Oil Spill
Enbridge Energy Partners will pay a $61 million penalty for the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history — a pipeline rupture in southwestern Michigan that polluted a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River, federal officials said Wednesday. The settlement between U.S. government agencies a..
NASSCO Standard Bearers: Andy Drinkwater
EDITOR’S NOTE: NASSCO just completed its 40th anniversary and continues to set standards for the assessment and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure. As the association continues its phenomenal growth, this series profiles those who have made significant contributions and impacted the cont..
Rehabilitation Technology Business News
Rehabilitation Technology Business News, July 2016 Aegion Wins $8 Million Contract Aegion Corp. has been awarded an $8 million contract from the city of Montgomery, AL, for its Infrastructure Solutions platform. This project is the second and final phase of a wastewater pipeline rehabilitation pro..
LMK Technologies Executive Named To MSTT Board of Directors
Rick Gage, vice president of sales at LMK Technologies, has been named to the board of directors for the Midwest Society for Trenchless Technology (MSTT). The non-profit organization was established in 1998, as a regional chapter of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology, to promote tr..
Aegion Awarded $12.4 Million Contract from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Aegion Corporation has been awarded a $12.4 million contract by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to its Infrastructure Solutions platform for the rehabilitation of wastewater pipelines in the Village of Tinley Park, the Village of Oak Forest, Cook County Forest Reserve ..
Innovative Design Leads To Trenchless Solutions
An “Impossible” Project Completed On-Budget, Ahead Of Schedule Many sewer line replacement and rehabilitation projects could be classified “routine” because they are relatively straightforward with few complications. Even so, no two projects are exactly alike, and most have challenges and issues t..
Michigan Infrastructure Commission Wants Public Input Through Website
LANSING, MICH. (AP) – A state commission responsible for identifying ways to update Michigan’s infrastructure has created a website to receive public input. The 21st Century Infrastructure Commission’s website is www.miinfrastructurecommission.com. It allows residents to participate in online discu..
SAK Construction Begins Multiple Baltimore/D.C. Projects
SAK Construction (SAK), a national pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor, is beginning work on $21.7 million of contracts won throughout the Baltimore, MD, and Washington DC regions. SAK is repairing the sewer and pipeline infrastructure in these metropolitan areas by utilizing s..
Companies Will Study Risks, Changes to Underwater Pipeline
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan has tapped two companies to analyze the financial risk of an oil pipeline rupture in the Straits of Mackinac and evaluate any alternatives to two underwater lines in the waterway, officials said Tuesday. Enbridge Energy, based in Calgary, Alberta, h..
The Perma-Liner Sectional Lining System
The Perma-Liner Sectional Lining System is designed for 6- to 60-inch diameter pipelines. The materials are pulled into place through existing manholes and are ambient cured in three hours or heat cured in as little as 1 ½ hours. Installations average 1-5 installations per day. The Perma-Liner Secti..
INGAA Says Aspects Of New Methane Emission Limits Troublesome
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring transmission pipelines to plug methane leaks at compressor stations includes some softening of earlier-proposed requirements, but will still impose substantial costs as companies move to repair leaks at new or modified compressors and co..
GTI Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) celebrates 75 years as a leading research, development and training organization addressing global energy and environmental challenges by developing technology-based solutions for consumers, industry and government. GTI has provided high-impact technologies and te..
Interceptor Condition Assessment Program Spurs Environmental, Economic Benefits
The Fort Worth (Texas) Water Department earned a 2016 Texas Environmental Excellence Award – the highest environmental honor in the state – in the category of Innovative Operations/Management for its Interceptor Condition Assessment Program (ICAP), This new technology allows for more effective inspe..
Firm: California Spill Went Undetected Due to Pipeline Work
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The operator of a pipeline that spewed tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a Southern California ravine said Friday it didn’t detect the leak because the line was undergoing maintenance. Crimson Pipeline said the remotely monitored line was emptied on Wednesday to ..
Cleanup Begins After Oil Pipeline Spill in California
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled Thursday from a pipeline and flowed down a ravine in Southern California but did not reach the ocean, officials said. As much as 29,400 gallons of oil spilled and flowed a quarter- to half-mile from the spill, fire authorities said. ..
Side-by-Side HDDs Prove Effective On Gas Line Replacement Project
By Rita Tubb, Executive Editor Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) began work in September 2014 to replace two aging natural gas pipelines that cross Cache Creek near the town of Capay, CA. In September 2015, The HDD Company completed two horizontal directional drills (HDD) on the project, replacing the ..
Tech Tips: PACP CONDITION GRADES AND THEIR PROPER APPLICATION
By NASSCO Members Marilyn Shepard, NASSCO Master Trainer, International Training & Rehab Technologies Laurie Perkins, NASSCO Trainer, Senior Associate, Wright-Pierce When NASSCO’s Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program (PACP®) was developed with the Water Resource Centre (WRc) in Swindon,..
Bakken Pipeline Will Run Under Sacred Tribal Site in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials will allow work on a four-state oil pipeline to go forward after the company submitted a plan to avoid disrupting an American Indian burial ground. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins tells The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/28KnoyM )..
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- Shrewsbury, Mass., expands sewer inspections and cleaning efforts
- Construction worker killed in trench collapse near Prosperity, S.C.
- Two workers rescued after hours trapped in Mich. trench collapse
- Illinois overhauls Peoples Gas pipeline program, mandates focus on high-risk pipes
- Ameren Illinois to invest $140 million in natural gas pipeline replacement program
- Charlottesville, Va., to begin work on 24-inch water line for Rivanna River crossing
- Mass. governor slams Trump for ‘dangerous delay’ of $50 million in lead pipe replacement funds