Strengthening Pipeline Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure

Blog, Control Room Management, Cybersecurity, Pipeline News / By Ross Adams

The importance of robust cybersecurity measures for pipeline operations has come to the forefront in recent years. Ensuring the security of these assets is vital to safeguard against potential cyber threats and disruptions. In this blog post, we’ll explore key cybersecurity considerations and recommended actions for pipeline operators, emphasizing proactive cybersecurity practices. The Urgency of …

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Company Updates, News, and Upcoming Events for EnerSys

Blog, Community, Pipeline News, Roadmap / By Ross Adams

As we inch closer to the end of summer, we thought it would be a good time to share some of the exciting things we’ve got going on during the second half of 2023. In this blog post, we’ll cover two recent updates for EnerSys as well as two things we’re looking forward to in …

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Our Year-End Letter to Control Room Personnel: CRM Software, Services, and Solutions

Pipeline News, Blog, Community / By Ross Adams

To our customers, colleagues, and friends: As 2022 comes to a close, we look back with gratitude at a year that proved to be worth celebrating. Throughout the year, we were pleased to be able to see so many of you in person at various industry events, committee meetings, and customer site visits. We were …

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Lessons Learned from PHMSA Enforcement Actions

Blog, Control Room Management, PHMSA Compliance / By Ross Adams

Control Room Solutions for Roles & Responsibilities, Fatigue Mitigation, Change Management & Training At the start of 2022, we published a high-level overview of the 2021 PHMSA Enforcement Actions pertaining to the control room. The article was the first in a series of our deep-dive into PHMSA enforcement actions, their findings, and potential solutions that …

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Are You Ready for the New PHMSA Gas Mega Rule?

Blog, PHMSA Compliance, Pipeline Safety / By Russel Treat

January 12, 2017 Yesterday and today, the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) has been conducting a public meeting of the Gas Pipeline Technical Advisory Committee to discuss the recently passed natural gas pipeline “mega” rule. Jones Day Publication published an article in June of 2016 that provides an excellent overview of the rule. Key …

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Combining Regulated & Non-Regulated Pipe in a Control Room

Blog, Control Room Management, SCADA / By developer

What are the considerations when combining regulated and non-regulated pipe in a pipeline control room? Or possibly more to the point, what about combining non-regulated facilities such as compressor stations into a regulated pipeline control room? If you have DOT regulated pipe then the control room must be in compliance with the control room management …

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Can You See Abnormal Without an Alarm?

Blog / By developer

When designing a high performance HMI, the goal is to enable the controller to see an abnormal operating condition prior to reaching an alarm limit. Sounds easy right? Well maybe not. Historically, HMIs have been mostly line drawings and numbers with alarm indicated in a banner. While numbers are critical to diagnostics, they are problematic …

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DOT Inspector General to Address PHMSA’s Progress in Addressing Congressional Mandates

Blog / By developer

The Department of Transportation inspector general will assess the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s progress in addressing mandates from Congress and recommendations from other agencies over the last decade. The review, announced in a memo today and set to begin this month, follows a February request from Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), the ranking member on …

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How Would You Simplify Pipeline Alarm Management?

Blog / By developer

Now that we have been at PHMSA / CRM and Pipeline Alarm Management for a bit over 5 years, we think we are learning a few things. First, it would seem to me that most of the current alarm management software tools on the market were originally developed for plant / process alarm management. …

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Where Should Alarm Configurations Be Managed: Remote Device or SCADA Host?

Blog / By developer

There are many challenges with successfully implementing an effective program of pipeline alarm management. Even after you get everyone on the same page with definition and alarm philosophy, you still need to consider where and how to manage alarm configuration. There tends to be two schools of thought. Option 1, manage the alarm in the …

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Strengthening Pipeline Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure

Company Updates, News, and Upcoming Events for EnerSys

Our Year-End Letter to Control Room Personnel: CRM Software, Services, and Solutions

Lessons Learned from PHMSA Enforcement Actions

Are You Ready for the New PHMSA Gas Mega Rule?

Combining Regulated & Non-Regulated Pipe in a Control Room

Can You See Abnormal Without an Alarm?

DOT Inspector General to Address PHMSA’s Progress in Addressing Congressional Mandates

How Would You Simplify Pipeline Alarm Management?

Where Should Alarm Configurations Be Managed: Remote Device or SCADA Host?

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