A Plains All American Pipeline map shows the proposed safety valve locations for its crude oil pipelines in southern Santa Barbara County. The Planning Commission will hear appeals of the valve ...

Apr 27, 2023 Apr 27, 2023 Updated Sep 26, 2023 A project to increase the number of safety valves along a currently unused oil pipeline from the Gaviota Coast to Kern County to meet a state law mandate ...

First up for the group appealing the application for the valves was attorney Barry Cappello, a master of the startling simile and the seeming stemwinder. Cappello delivered a head-spinning polemic ...

A map of Santa Ynez Unit assets from Sable Offshore Corp.'s May investor presentation. It includes offshore platforms, Las Flores processing facility on the Gaviota Coast, and an oil transportation ...

Suggested Citation: "3 Pipeline Safety Regulatory Framework." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Ensuring Timely Pipeline Shutdowns in Emergencies: When to Install ...

In August’s column, I discussed three-way control valves, their associated bypass pipes, and the importance of a balancing valve being located within the bypass pipe. Such balancing valves are needed ...

The bulldozer was clearing land outside a day care center in Hapeville, Ga., when it broke open a buried 1-inch pipeline. The escaping gas ignited into a fireball that killed nine people, including ...

An economical and technically feasible method is available for determining effective pipeline block valve automation for remote operations. Most pipeline codes do not stipulate requirements for block ...

Bypass pipes, accompanied by a three-way control valve, are often seen in hydronic systems at both served loads (e.g., reheat coils) as well as at primary equipment (e.g., cooling towers). Reasons for ...

March 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation's pipeline regulator on Thursday announced a new rule that would require automatic or remotely operated shut-off valves to mitigate ...

For more than 50 years the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been recommending that the U.S. Department of Transportation require the more widespread ...