Sentences with phrase «detecting pipeline leaks»

Not exact matches

Researchers did contact the operators of two pipelines after detecting leaks, and the operators made repairs.

But InsideClimate News recently reported that the leak detection systems used on most of the nation's pipelines rarely detect spills smaller than 1 percent of the pipeline's flow, which for the Keystone XL would be hundreds of thousands of gallons per day.

The company also manufactures products for the gas and pipeline industry, like an odour neutralizing formula that destroys molecules in a chemical compound called Mercaptan, a harmless but pungent ‑ smelling gas used widely to make it easier to detect natural gas leaks.

Typically, only large leaks in pipelines can be detected if there is a drop in pressure.

Imagine trying to detect the leak from a gas valve or on the pipelines.

If leaks from pipelines are not detected early enough, the resulting leaked oil could contaminate the local environment and water sources.

But University of Utah engineers have developed a new type of fiber material for a handheld scanner that can detect small traces of alkane fuel vapor, a valuable advancement that could be an early - warning signal for leaks in an oil pipeline, an airliner, or for locating a terrorist's explosive.

Information has continued to pile up confirming many of the concerns raised by NRDC and other environmental groups: pipelines moving tar sands are more likely to leak, leak detection systems are unlikely to detect tar sands spills when they happen, tar sands spills are significantly more damaging than conventional spills, and conventional spills response measures are inadequate for containing and cleaning tar sands spills.

A set of specially equipped Google Street View cars have roamed the streets to detect methane leaks from natural gas pipelines.

Requiring that all pipelines in the U.S. at least stop pumping when a leak is detected would certainly reduce the severity of spills, if not their number.

★ Major Accomplishment ★ • Detected and fixed five chronic sewer pipe leaks for a huge building of a five star hotel and saved the client from re routing the pipelines