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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

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has developed a safety program and database that can be used by

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pipeline and LNG operators to help monitor natural gas facilities.

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The program concentrates on Integrity Management,

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for gas distribution and gas transmission pipelines,

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operation maintenance emergency, control management,

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public awareness, and damage prevention.

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Natural gas utilities have also been very progressive.

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The natural gas industry and its trade association,

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the American Gas Association have supported films

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as efforts and research into monitoring tools.

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New York Search is

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a non-profit collaborative research development and demonstration organization.

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Its members voluntarily participate in projects and programs to target

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RD & D areas that directly address their unique challenges and opportunities.

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NYSEARCH focuses on Improved installation,

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maintenance and repair of natural gas quality.

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They also look at pipe location and integrity,

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direct and remote assessments,

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new materials, damage prevention and leak detection.

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I'd like to now show you a number of technologies that Natural Gas Utilities and

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NYSEARCH have actually developed to

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address some of the big problems in the natural gas industry.

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For example, Con Ed and National Fuel have installed

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NYSEARCH's real time corrosion monitoring system on their natural gas lines.

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This monitoring system is a flexible sensor tape

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that contains micro linear resistance corrosion centers,

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on a live steel transmission Yes Maine.

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It monitors any evidence of corrosion in real time.

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Natural Gas Utilities also started using drones to inspect facilities and detect methane.

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Baltimore Gas and Electric and Uming Gas,

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routinely use drones to inspect their remote facilities and their distribution systems.

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Son olarak,

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let's take a look at

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the tetherless robotic inspection system

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developed by Pipetel through the NYSEARCH program.

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Typically, natural gas pipelines and distribution lines are

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inspected using a pipeline inspection gadget called a PIG.

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However, many distribution lines are not pigable,

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because they contain many valves which

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prevent the device from traveling through the pipe.

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Pipetel's tetherless robotic inspection system is quite different,

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and is very flexible.

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It also comes in a variety of sizes so it

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can inspect even the smallest distribution line,

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and take pictures, find measurements,

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detect corrosion and send the operator a visual reading to see where problems are.