Back when Erin Sutherland was a legal intern, one of the first issues she was assigned was the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill. The spill dumped 142,800 gallons of crude oil (3,400 barrels) onto the Gaviota Coast, one of the most biologically … [Read more...] about Meet Policy Counsel Erin Sutherland
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API-LEPA Performance Excellence Team Tours Site of 1999 Bellingham Pipeline Tragedy
This week, the Pipeline Safety Trust welcomed the API-LEPA Performance Excellence Team (PET) to Bellingham, WA. The PET is an industry effort to develop strategic initiatives to improve pipeline safety on hazardous liquids pipelines. The … [Read more...] about API-LEPA Performance Excellence Team Tours Site of 1999 Bellingham Pipeline Tragedy
API Releases Report on the Potential Role of Blue Hydrogen in the US Energy Market
The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently released a report on the potential role Blue Hydrogen could play in a future low-carbon economy. Blue Hydrogen is the process of producing hydrogen from natural gas, whose dominant … [Read more...] about API Releases Report on the Potential Role of Blue Hydrogen in the US Energy Market
State of Safety – Minnesota
PST’s Data and GIS Analyst James Eager walks us through one state’s pipeline safety track record each month. Click on the “State of Safety” tag at the bottom of the post to see all of James’s entries to date. Last month, we covered … [Read more...] about State of Safety – Minnesota
Fact-Check: Summit Carbon Solutions Crawford County, Iowa Board of Supervisors Information Session
Recently, a contractor representing Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) visited the Crawford County Board of Supervisors in Iowa to provide information about their proposed CO2 pipeline. The session was covered in detail in two parts by the … [Read more...] about Fact-Check: Summit Carbon Solutions Crawford County, Iowa Board of Supervisors Information Session
Touring Whatcom Creek with PHMSA’s Accident Investigation Division
On Wednesday August 10, the Pipeline Safety Trust (PST) hosted Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Accident Investigation Division. The daylong meeting consisted of an … [Read more...] about Touring Whatcom Creek with PHMSA’s Accident Investigation Division
Gas Distribution Pipelines
Editor’s Note: This blog post is the final installment in a three-part series. Previously we discussed gas gathering pipelines and gas transmission pipelines. The three main types of natural gas pipelines are gas gathering, gas … [Read more...] about Gas Distribution Pipelines
State of Safety: North Dakota
PST’s Data and GIS Analyst James Eager walks us through one state’s pipeline safety track record each month. Click on the “State of Safety” tag at the bottom of the post to see all of James’s entries to date. Two facts set North … [Read more...] about State of Safety: North Dakota
Gas Transmission Pipelines
Editor’s Note: This blog post is the second in a three-part series. Last week we discussed gas gathering pipelines and their regulation. Over the course of the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at each category of natural gas … [Read more...] about Gas Transmission Pipelines
Gas Gathering Pipelines
Editor’s Note: This blog post is the first in a three-part series. UPDATE 10/6/22: Following the 2021 PHMSA gas gathering rule, over 350,000 miles of gas gathering pipelines operate without any regulated safety standards, though all need … [Read more...] about Gas Gathering Pipelines