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The Pipe Line Contractors Association (PICA) is a petroleum industry trade group created in 1948 to handle labor relations in the pipeline construction industry.PICA negotiates labor contracts with the trade unions representing the four crafts involved in pipeline construction: the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the International Union of Operating Engineers, the Laborers ...
As of 2022, the Office of Pipeline Safety regulated an expansive network of about 3.4 million miles of natural gas pipeline system in the United States and its hazardous liquid pipelines. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This includes 229,000 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines, 302,000 miles of gas transmission pipelines, 2,284,000 miles of gas distribution mains ...
A few months later, in September, the union signed its first national pipeline agreement, which protected wages, benefits, and safety conditions for pipeline workers. [7] During the 1950s, the union made significant gains concerning health and welfare benefits. For example, in 1956, laborers in Pittsburgh were able to form pension plans. [10]
The Interstate Natural Gas Association. A U.S. appeals court on Friday tossed out several natural gas pipeline safety standards adopted by President Joe Biden's administration following industry ...
It was unknown how long the pipeline had been leaking. [27] March 11 – Woodpat Pipeline, a 22-inch-diameter hazardous liquids pipeline operated by Marathon Pipe Line LLC (Marathon Petroleum), ruptured in Edwardsville, Illinois. The rupture resulted in the release of about 164,000 gallons of crude oil, some of which entered Cahokia Creek, a ...
HDPE pipeline on a mine site in Australia. A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than 2,175,000 miles (3,500,000 km) of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. [1]
Dec. 21—The Kinder Morgan Corp.'s new $2-billion Permian Highway Pipeline Expansion is laid and pumping with an ultimate capacity of 550 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and Texas ...
Jun. 5—Things are looking up for Permian Basin natural gas producers with a big new pipeline to the Gulf Coast about to go online and construction of another one about to start. Leaders of the ...