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Monitoring, inspection focus of next game-changing technology

02/19/2007
Pipeline operators and contractors are focusing much of their attention on potentially game-changing technologies in the areas of continuous monitoring and inspection.To some extent, they may focusing too much on detection solutions, contends David Edgar, vice-president of the pipeline business unit of Mustang Engineering LP, Houston.“I believe that everyone is concentrating too much on detection and not prevention,” he said. “Of the possibilities listed, the only one that prevents failures is cathodic protection.”On the other hand, cathodic protection isn’t a magic bullet for ensuring pipeline integrity, according to Essam Zaghloul, president and CEO of FOX-...
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