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Pipeline Security Legislation Being Considered by Congress
During Senate consideration of HR 4954, a bill to improve security at U.S. ports, an amendment that affects pipeline security was adopted. This amendment is based on a bill, S 1052, which would have required the Department of Homeland Security to issue pipeline security regulations with very little input either from industry or the Department of Transportation.
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August 2006 Issue
PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY: Pipeline Tool Answers Dirty Questions
July 2006 Issue
Oil and Gas Veterans Bring Pipelines to the Public
June 2006 Issue
Pipelines Lead U.S. in Oil Transportation
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As a result of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology devised a plan to focus their research on three specific areas: developing new technologies for pipeline leak and damage prevention; improving technologies for pipeline operation, monitoring and control; and improving pipeline materials
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AOPL expressed confidence in the nation’s pipeline system and changes that were made to response plans since Hurricanes Rita and Katrina disrupted oil production and distribution across the Gulf of Mexico over a year ago.
“If you listen to the news stories, you’d think that pipeline right-of-way clearing is all about trees. But in reality, it's all about safety,” said Joe Baker, president of Marathon Pipe Line LLC (MPL).
In event of a pipeline leak, pipeline responders will rely on a diverse range of systems such as emergency response centers, containment booms, and bioremediation. However, the usefulness of those systems would be limited unless pipeline responders had not already had hands-on experience in dealing with a leaking pipeline.
Pipelines are the safest form of transporting oil onshore in the U.S. Over the last 30 years the number of pipeline spills has decreased by 40 percent. Truck accidents involving the transportation of oil happen 87 times more often than pipeline accidents.