PIPELINE WARNING SYSTEM DETECTS RUPTURES IN SECONDS

A new dynamic pipeline-failure warning system developed in Germany by Erdoel-Raffinerie Mannheim G.m.b.h. (ERM). an affiliate of Marathon Oil Co., is available for licensing, but as yet no installations are planned for North America. Marathon Pipe Line Co. has other surveillance methods already in use that are safisfactory for safe pipeline operation; the ERM system was developed to satisfy a particular set of requirements by the German local authorities. According to Proprietary Rights Service Corp., which has the ERM process available for licensing, the ERM system is considerably less expensive than other systems. The new system is described briefly.

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  Petroleum Publishing Company

  211 South Cheyenne, P.O. Box 1260
  Tulsa, OK  United States  75221
• Publication Date: 1972-8-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 70
  • Issue Number: 32
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Operations; Pipeline safety; Pipeline transportation; Pollution control
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline operating problems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM