Future Recording Requirements and Capabilities in the Oil and Gas Pipeline Industry: Turning Science Fiction into Practical Applications

In the early morning hours of a summer day in the southeastern United States, the President of a transmission pipeline company receives an emergency call informing him that there has been a substantial rupture in one of the company’s pipelines. Precise details are not known, however, emergency personnel and company response teams have already been dispatched, and the appropriate agencies are being contacted. As one might expect, the first priorities in a situation like this are to stabilize the location and to isolate the subject pipeline to eliminate the possibility of secondary damage related to the incident. However, what happens after the initial response, repair, and cleanup may not always be as clear-cut as one might hope. Questions such as – What caused the problem? Could it have been avoided? Did the company’s operations personnel respond rapidly, and according to a predetermined protocol? – are but a few examples of what must be determined before conclusions can be reached. It seems that there are always more questions than there are answers in these kinds of situations. The task of investigation and analysis can be tedious, time consuming, and may not provide definitive closure to many of these questions. But does it have to be this way? Future developments may provide ways for these questions to be answered quickly, and allow for implementation of proactive techniques and procedures that will promote rapid response and greater probability of avoidance.

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594

  International Transportation Safety Association

  Apeldoorn,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Nagala, Daniel W
• Conference:
  • Transportation Recording: 2000 and Beyond. International Symposium on Transportation Recorders
  • Location: Arlington VA, United States
  • Date: 1999-5-3 to 1999-5-5
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 5p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transportation Recorders. Transportation Recording: 2000 and Beyond, May 3-5, 1999, Arlington, Virginia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash data; Crash investigation; Data recorders; Future; Gas pipelines; Oils; Pipeline safety; Pipelines
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rupture
• Subject Areas: Pipelines; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087949
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 11:50AM