Helping American Gas Transmission Operators Prepare in Advance for PHMSA's Integrity Verification Process

TULSA, Okla., Feb. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- T.D. Williamson's new e-book explores how you can comply with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Integrity Verification Process (IVP) for gas transmission pipelines within days, and with less effort and lower cost than you might imagine. This even applies to operators whose current material records – essential to meeting PHMSA's pending regulations – are incomplete, or don't exist at all. Learn how this applies to your pipelines.

"Material identification is a keystone of PHMSA's new rules, requiring operators to verify the records they use to establish and support the operating pressure limits of pipelines in high and moderate consequence areas," says Jeff Wilson, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer for T.D. Williamson.

But what if an operator lacks complete information essential to material identification, like the pipeline's material grade or chemical composition. Doesn't that make the task of complying with IVP daunting, expensive, and time-consuming … if not impossible?

Not at all, says Wilson, one of the contributors to the new e-book, IVP. What You Can't Afford to Miss.

"This e-book gives operators a simple, succinct way to understand the pending regulation and how it will affect their businesses," Wilson says. "It also provides insight into how to comply with PHMSA within days, even if you can't verify the integrity of your pipeline using original construction codes or if the pipe contains flaws, has been damaged, or has aged."

To ensure U.S. gas transmission operators are well prepared for the impact of the impending regulation, this IVP e-book also explores:

• Which types of pipes are covered by the new PHMSA regulations
• What eliminating the grandfather clause means for pre-1970 pipe
• When to use hydrostatic testing
• How TDW's patent-pending, in situ Positive Material Identification process that doesn't require a shut-down or lower pressure can help operators comply with PHMSA quickly, cost-effectively, and efficiently.

Read more about IVP compliance in PHMSA: Compliance at a Cellular Level, published in Innovations™ magazine: http://www.tdwimages.com/Innovations-25-No1-2015/index.html#16 

About T.D. Williamson

Global pipeline service provider T.D. Williamson delivers a comprehensive portfolio of safe integrity pipeline system solutions for onshore and offshore applications, including hot tapping and plugging, pipeline cleaning, integrity inspection, pigging and non-tethered plugging technology for pressurized piping systems.

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