Ruptures of long seams in old oil and gas pipelines, like the one that dumped some 210,000 gallons of heavy oil into a Mayflower subdivision in March, account for as few as 4 percent of all U.S.
New US regulations, CFR Part 195 Section 195.452, require that special integrity assessments be made to address potential seam-defect problems in low-frequency, electric-resistance-welded (ERW) pipe ...