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  • A Dashboard for Pipeline Integrity

    A dashboard for pipeline integrity to aid in compliance with US rules for integrity management “I want to log-on to my computer and be told the status of the system. Today, I have to ask a specific engineer that looks after the area I want to know about who says he will get back to me. Two…

  • In search of efficiency for pipeline integrity management…

    A different approach to IM… I think that a dashboard is needed. Think about an airplane cockpit.  In a mature aircraft, like a 737, there are tons of instruments, controls, and warnings.  In contrast, the simplest planes may only have an airspeed indicator, altimeter, and a compass.  These three basic instruments are technically very simple…

  • What’s the best way to do more with less?

    I just got off the phone with an operator who said, “this year has been the worst year I can remember in terms of having to do more things with less money. It has been a real struggle to get this year end closed.”  The price of gas is down.  The integrity rules have placed…

  • What is pipeline integrity management, really?

    A point of confusion… Recently I had a conversation that went badly.  Examining it in hindsight it is clear that I was on a completely different wavelength regarding the definition of integrity management.  This is not the first time that the definition of integrity management has caused me to have a confusing conversation. The confusion…

  • Selling an agile approach…

    Setup: I came across this question at Discussion: Agile | LinkedIn (account required).  In the original posting Myroslava Trotsyuk referenced an article (How Agile Practices Reduce Requirements Risks) by Ellen Gottesdiener which describes 6 project risks that are mitigated by agile practices.  In response Lanis Brett Ossman raised the question: Why is it difficult to sell an…

  • Commanding your IM workflows – Part 1: Introduction and scope

    Software Terminology I have a software background, and I am concerned about software things, consequently, I use many software terms.  If you ever have a question about the definition of a term or concept, either leave me a comment or send an email to craig.champlin@me.com and I will post its definition here.  The same u…

  • integrity of chocolate cake

    In trying to get at the definition of integrity management, I started thinking outside the world of pipelines.  An interesting question comes to mind, how would the PHMSA rules for integrity apply to protecting something precious like my chocolate cake?  Briefly put, the Gas IM Rule specifies how pipeline operators must identify, prioritize, assess, evaluate, repair…