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U.S. House Staff Report of Enbridge Spill in Michigan - contains significant new info
How Old Are Our U.S. Pipelines? Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
If you are a looking for information about the unfolding incident in Michigan, please check out our Michigan Spill Resource page by clicking here.
The Spring Newsletter is out! Okay, it is now technically summer, but it has good stuff in it. Read it here: Spring 2010
Congressional Research Services' Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs - Feb. 18, 2010
To see the Trust's comments on proposed changes to API RP 1162 click here.
Pipeline Safety Trust's Fall 2009 Newsletter available now. Click here to download.
Pipeline Safety Trust's Summer 2009 Newsletter available now. Click here to download.
New Website devoted to the Bellingham pipeline tragedy. Click here
Whatcom Creek Pipeline Explosion - A Decade of Healing, Published by the Pipeline Safety Trust and the City of Bellingham (9.1 MB)
Draft Final Report of the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance, and associated appendices.
Click here for results from the recent nationwide pipeline safety survey conducted by the Pipeline Safety Trust
A Model for Sizing High Consequence Areas Associated With Natural Gas Pipelines - C-FER Technlogies 2000

The Pipeline Safety Trust's comments on TransCanada's request for a special permit to operate the Keystone XL pipeline at a higher pressure
The Eminent Domain Manifesto - A Guide to reforming pipeline siting under FERC - From the Northwest Property Rights Coalition
How the Oil Sands Got to the Great Lakes Basin: Pipelines, Refineries and Water Quality - By journalist David Israelson click here
Carl Weimer, the Pipeline Safety Trust's Executive Director, wins praise from the the Governor of the State of Washington. Click here to read the letter.
The National Energy Board of Canada has been working through an innovative landowner initiative called Land Matters. To check it out click here.
Get It Here - Download the Summer 2007 edition of the Trust's Newsletter here
A new report commissioned by the Pipeline Safety Trust entitled Observations on Practical Leak Detection for Transmission Pipelines can be downloaded here. This report was written by Accufacts Inc.
New report commissioned by the Pipeline Safety Trust - "General Observations On the Myth of a Best International Pipeline Standard." This report compares various country's pipeline safety standards, and discusses trends in standards using risk assessment and integrity management. (pdf, 1.6MB)
Now you can view pdf files of the Trust's Annual Report and IRS form 990 online
New report from The Wild Salmon Center on the Sakhalin II Transmission Pipelines
Download the report here
The National Transportation Safety Board released its safety study on the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) in liquid pipelines. This study outlines five areas for improvement and makes recommendations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Download the report here
The Proposed Corrib Onshore System - An Independent Analysis by Richard Kuprewicz commissioned by the Centre for Public Inquiry
Report by Carol Parker on the October 2005 FERC Conference on the State of Natural Gas Infrastructure
New report commissioned by the Pipeline Safety Trust - Observations on the Application of Smart Pigging on Transmission Pipelines.
NEW! 3rd edition of Safe Pipelines Newsletter now online!
A publication of the Pipeline Safety Trust
New report commissioned by the Pipeline Safety Trust - A Simple Perspective on Excess Flow Valve Effectiveness in Gas Distribution System Service Lines.
Washington Gas, the major distribution company in Washington DC and surrounding Virginia and Maryland, has just published the study Investigation of the Causes of Leaks in Natural Gas Pipeline Compression Couplings which appears to blame the use of LNG for these leaks. These problems have cost Washington gas an estimated $144 million. To download the 41 page report click here.
National Energy Board of Canada
Comparative Analysis of Pipeline Safety Performance March 2005 (pdf, 2,858k)
Good News From Industry Associations -
More Liquid Pipelines to be Inspected Then Required
Read the letter.