Commentary

This section of the website is reserved for commentary from some of the Pipeline Industry experts. We are constantly looking for more people willing to write columns, provide news articles, White Papers, and presentations. The articles are often provocative, sometimes controversial, and always the thoughts and ideas of the author and not necessarily that of PRCI. Please join us in enjoying these viewpoints and opinions. If you have any articles that you feel would benefit your Industry colleagues, please contact the PRCI Webmaster.

Winston Johnson Outgoing Chairman, PRCI Following adoption of its business plan in September 2002, PRCI has been moving on several fronts to position the organization for continuing success in the face of a series of challenges confronting the energy pipeline industry generally, and PRCI specifically. read more...	George W. Tenley, Jr. President, PRCI Presentation to the Workshop on Pipeline Safety Research and Development, November 27, 2001 Technology provides the means to identify, understand, and control problems. Technology also enables optimum problem solving, integrity management, and immediate value through lower costs, higher productivity, and the ability to be more responsive. Click here for the Adobe Acrobat file (43 KB)
George W. Tenley, Jr. President, PRCI Address to the 2001 Annual Convention of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association The pipeline industry is in the midst of great change and rapidly evolving challenges and opportunities. Technology must be at the heart of the industry's efforts to harness, manage, and derive benefit from these opportunities. Click here for the Adobe Acrobat file (32 KB)	Nguyen Bich Technical Director CorrOcean Canada, Inc. The Elephant According To the Five Fortunetellers - A Lesson in Corrosion Monitoring Extrapolation More than often, a corrosion monitoring device is used to predict corrosion of the entire system based on the response of the device at some location. Even with the best corrosion monitoring device money can buy, extrapolating the results from the device to the rest of the system can lead to errors of the size of an elephant. read more...
Dave Dorling TransCanada Pipelines The paper Advanced Welding Processes for Transmission Pipelines reviews some of the high productivity processes to be included in a new pipeline welding handbook. One recently completed project was the development of weld deposition repair. This technology is reviewed in the paper Repair of Pipeline Defects using Weld Deposition. download articles...	Nguyen Bich Technical Director CorrOcean Canada, Inc. Henry the VIII and Equipment Replacement In Kind You are the proud owner of the "ODD COUPLE" boat of which one half of the hull is carbon steel and the other half copper. You only have enough money to paint one half of the hull. Which side should you paint? read more...