As a top-priority issue, Russia's energy strategy for the period before 2020 has determined the development of the trunk pipeline system.
George Tenley Jr, President of Pipeline Research Council International, discusses meeting challenges and realizing opportunities through collaboration.
Lynsay Bensman and Patrick H. Vieth of CC Technologies, Inc. and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), take a look at how to manage and maintain pipeline integrity, with a special focus on internal corrosion.
John Pitchford is Technical Adviser to the Pigging Products and Services Association (PPSA). Here he provides a view into the way in which in-line inspection tools have revolutionized the pipeline industry.