Over the next five years, we will see an increase of pipeline construction. Pipelines are built near water and heavily populated communities. As a result, leak detection is detrimental to the industry’s plans to build thousands of miles of new pipelines. Having a leak detection system is necessary. An effective system assures that monitoring and [...] Continue Reading…
NPR made an analogy this week between the 60’s show, The Beverly Hillbillies, and today’s aging pipelines. Although the show was funny, when that happens in real life it is not so fun for the communities and families involved. The Gulf Coast, for example, is still suffering from the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill two [...] Continue Reading…
As a result of a broken pipeline owned by West Shore Pipe Line Co, there was an oil spill in Jackson, WI. Reports estimate about 55,000 gallons of oil leaked. Although the oil spill occurred two weeks ago, it has contaminated the soil in the area, and at least seven residential water wells. Washington County [...] Continue Reading…
According to NACE International, approximately twenty-five percent of states currently require cathodic protection be installed and maintained on new, refurbished, or repaired tanks in contact with soil or sand foundations. Similarly, several states are in the process of implementing regulations governing AST’s. The maintenance of cathodic protection systems protection systems requires annual and conduct testing [...] Continue Reading…
The floating bridge of highway 520 in Washington State is nearing retirement after being continuously in service since 1963. With three years remaining until a new bridge can be in place state officials are racing to replace corroded cables, 15 of the 58 anchor cables which range in age from 18 to 33 years old. [...] Continue Reading…
The forty-four year old Turnbull Bridge in New Smyrna Beach, Florida has been shut down after county inspectors found what they called “severe corrosion” on the support beams. County officials began maintenance on the bridge immediately and are calling it a ten month long project. A large section of concrete beam was found deteriorating, as [...] Continue Reading…
U.S. Navy littoral combat ship, the U.S.S. Independence, will have to have its corroded hull repaired in San Diego, California. The U.S.S. Independence was manufactured at Austal USA’s Mobile River shipyard. Approximately 18 months after the ship set sail, the corrosion began to develop. The U.S. Navy apparently had very high expectations for the vessel. [...] Continue Reading…
