The worker had entered the pipe to perform either welding or cutting with an acetylene torch. The pipe was 24 inches in diameter, and the man was about 40 feet inside the pipe when the fire broke out.

Eriks Mackus, 22, had spent two years mastering the tasks to become a pressure pipe welder. Along the way, he'd learned the skills to weld parts on buildings, barges, train cars, even ships.

From 1997 through mid-2001, the company successfully employed four spreads of CRC-Evans Pipeline International Inc.'s automatic welding equipment on the project. More than 280 km of Grade X-70 ...

China has made new strides in industrial automation with self-developed pipeline welding and inspection robotic system. Entering large-scale deployment now, the system is significantly boosting ...

Photo: NTSB NTSB investigator examines welds on a pipeline section recovered from the San Bruno explosion. Related Links: NTSB Preliminary Report 9/29/2010 State Inspector Warned PG& E ...

More than 20 institutions across the country have similar welding trailers for their training outreach, including Pueblo Community College, Northwood Technical, Colorado Mesa, Red River College ...

The western section of the West-East Gas Pipeline is 2,330 kilometers in length, extending from Lunnan in Tarim gasfield in Xinjiang to Jingbian through four provinces including Xinjiang, Gansu ...

Meanwhile, the pipeline operator now estimates less oil escaped than originally thought. And it revealed that it expects the cleanup and investigation will cost about $480 million.

FERC further says, “Mountain Valley has satisfied all aspects of the pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s October 3, 2023 Consent Order that are necessary to commence service.

The 2,100-mile Keystone pipeline, which hauls dilbit crude from Alberta, Canada, down to facilities in Illinois and Oklahoma, has some "possible safety. IE 11 is not supported.

Emergency crews work to clean up the largest U.S. crude oil spill in nearly a decade, following the leak at the Keystone pipeline operated by TC Energy in rural Washington County, Kansas, U.S ...

The memo found that the pipeline that exploded in 2010 in San Bruno had a history of bad welding.