Editor’s Note: This blog post is the first in a three-part series. Over the course of the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at each category of natural gas pipeline and explain why it’s important that every pipeline be sufficiently … [Read more...] about Gas Gathering Pipelines
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Reminders and Remembrance
Walking Whatcom Creek 23 Years After the Olympic Pipeline Explosion On Tuesday, we walked Whatcom Creek. Our whole staff together. Carl Weimer narrated as we visited the sites of those tragic events in '99. We stood where the … [Read more...] about Reminders and Remembrance
State of Safety: Ohio
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. With over 70,000 miles of … [Read more...] about State of Safety: Ohio
Strange Bedfellows: Farmers and Big Greens square off against Biden and the GOP
Strange Bedfellows: Farmers and Big Greens square off against Biden and the GOP By Ariel Wittenberg, E&E News/Politico (May 29, 2022) - “As far as the pipelines that would be required for CCS, we are nowhere near building safe ones,” … [Read more...] about Strange Bedfellows: Farmers and Big Greens square off against Biden and the GOP
Biden releases plan to avoid ‘dangerous’ CO2 pipeline failures
Biden releases plan to avoid ‘dangerous’ CO2 pipeline failures By Mike Soraghan & Carlos Anchondo (May 27, 2022) - The rupture shows the need to close gaps in the safety rules for carbon dioxide pipelines, said Bill Caram, executive … [Read more...] about Biden releases plan to avoid ‘dangerous’ CO2 pipeline failures
Biden’s Pipeline Rules Target Key Link of Carbon Capture Buildout
Biden’s Pipeline Rules Target Key Link of Carbon Capture Buildout By Daniel Moore, Bloomberg Law (May 27, 2022) - The Pipeline Safety Trust, a watchdog group skeptical of carbon pipelines, has called for the agency to take broad … [Read more...] about Biden’s Pipeline Rules Target Key Link of Carbon Capture Buildout
Federal regulators crack down after pipeline caught spewing CO2
Federal regulators crack down after pipeline caught spewing CO2 By Justine Calma, The Verge (May 27, 2022)- “As Denbury’s failure in Satartia, MS demonstrates, CO2 releases can be incredibly hazardous to our communities,” Pipeline Safety … [Read more...] about Federal regulators crack down after pipeline caught spewing CO2
Department of Transportation’s PHMSA Releases Investigation into Disastrous 2020 CO2 Pipeline Leak in Satartia, Mississippi
PHMSA Fines Denbury Gulf Coast Pipeline LLC Nearly $4,000,000, Initiates a New Rulemaking to Update Safety Standards for CO2 Pipelines, and Publishes Advisory Bulletin Warning All Pipeline Companies About Pipeline Integrity Risks Associated … [Read more...] about Department of Transportation’s PHMSA Releases Investigation into Disastrous 2020 CO2 Pipeline Leak in Satartia, Mississippi
Biden Admin. Tightens Oversight Of CO2 Pipelines
Biden Admin. Tightens Oversight Of CO2 Pipelines By Clark Mindock, Law 360 (May 26, 2022) … [Read more...] about Biden Admin. Tightens Oversight Of CO2 Pipelines