Pipeline Safety Control Room Management and Human Factors
Date: 10/21/2013 The Global Oil & Gas Pipelines Market Oil & gas pipelines are an essential part of hydrocarbon transportation and distribution, required to ensure the smooth operation of the energy industry. The market is currently experiencing a number of important changes, with the factors driving spending differing considerably between each region. In particular, escalating oil & gas demand in Asia and the growth of the oil sands and tight oil markets in North America are creating opportunities for companies involved in the pipelines industry. Visiongain has determined that the value of the global oil & gas pipelines market will reach $47.35bn in 2013. At present 103,378km of pipelines are under construction, planned or proposed throughout the world. About U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines – Transporting Natural Gas The U.S. natural gas pipeline network is a highly integrated transmission and distribution grid that can transport natural gas to and from nearly any location in the lower 48 States. The natural gas pipeline grid comprises: Largest U.S. Interstate Oil Pipeline Companies Rank by 1 Magellan Pipeline Co. LLC 9,475 2 Mid-American Pipeline 7,823 3 Plains All-American Pipeline LP 7,621 4 ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Co. 5,979 5 Sunoco Pipeline Co. 5,596 6 Colonial Pipeline Co. 5,595 7 Enterprise Crude Pipeline LLC 4,735 8 Enterprise TE Products Pipeline 4,639 9 Enbridge Energy LP 4,436 10 ExxonMobil Pipeline Company 4,133 11 NuStar Logistics LP 3,664 12 Centurion Pipeline LP 3,641 13 BP Pipelines North America Inc. 3,569 14 Chevron Pipe Line Co. 3,266 15 Marathon Pipe Line LLC 3,197 16 Plantation Pipe Line Co. 3,123 17 Rocky Mountain Pipeline System 2,942 18 Buckeye Pipe Line Co. LP 2,651 19 ONEOK NGL Pipeline LLC 2,598 20 SFPP LP 2,505 Total 91,188 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration- 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195 Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors The Control Room Management/Human Factors regulations in order to realize the safety benefits sooner than established in the original rule. The deadline for pipeline operators to implement the procedures for roles and responsibilities, shift change, change management, and operating experience, fatigue mitigation education and training is now October 1, 2011, 16 months sooner than the original regulation. The deadline for pipeline operators to implement the other procedures for adequate information, shift lengths, maximum hours-of- service, and alarm management is now August 1, 2012, six months sooner than the original regulation. In general, training procedures must also be implemented by August 1, 2012, with certain exceptions. Learn more » ### CONTINUATION AIS Pipeline Transport HMI and Visualization & Regulations Adherence
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AIS engineer and design HMI and Visualization for pipeline transport applications in accordance with the latest pipeline safety standards. The regulations call for specific improvements in the control room and change management, including compliance with American Petroleum Institute’s API 1165 and API 1168 best practices for control room management. They specify improvements in SCADA HMI, pipeline alarm management, business process management (BPM), field operator workflow, pipeline operator training, shift handover, documentation and auditing. Learn more »