Page 30 - Louisiana 811 2017 Issue 1

Pipeline Safety

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airplane? Al ihis point in Transpoliitiiifu. P ironi iigplime s:veral ihoiisand ieei

hislory, if yoii are reading when inmflhmg bad happen‘ In an in ihe air has to he more speelaeiilar

lhis, ihe odd~ are ynir , ihan ins-peeling ihe pipeline from ihe
Pmbably hm‘ AR you mm up airplane, the piloi is lilerally always ground
flying? K my Why? H ml’ Why my The considered a pulsslblz :n\1~'E. when
Dvemhdmmg mawmy of people who siiniel iing had inppens to a pipeline, A lei of lhe iraining fur pipelines is
fly mad‘ ‘M, dmmmn safdw ‘H ‘am «he pipeline operaior is always similar In ihe iraining required oi
one mum argue ‘hm lmmpmmion considered a prirnary siispeel. people nrho design, build: operale
lo and iroin lhe alrpolt is car more one hig diiierenee; when an airplane “““ ’“““f‘“‘f‘ “"'f".““’“' 5“““.“"““:1
d-H-gmu~' than flying melf (nor 1 crashes, the pilrii is ALWAYS the i’-irsl to ““.'“"““” "‘ “ “"“‘“1 ‘““‘°' ‘“ b”
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ihing about airplanes is Y°“’ 1”‘ “P-
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amazingly relialile. whai .
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problem while an airplane “°‘°“ ‘ “em “Eh”
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are wrirsel an o ers
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reqirire hemic aenon. ‘“ ‘he “Y W“ “‘
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ihe Hudson"? cnplain “"3" °“ ‘he S’°“"“‘-
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why are we talking nhoiil airplanes geiiing your lieense to leai-n wears uff, 51 P“”"*-”5r “C 5"“"'-' /0”"-1”“’""‘*‘
when ihis is supposed to he about a lol of ilying ls (ai lea.-l to me) boring. 2245-mm
pipeline saiery7 Tlunk alioiii lhe As hiiring as ll may be, you still have to
siniilanlies Both leohnologies slnrled slay vigilant. Things can go [mm honng
ahoiii lhe sanie linie (ihe early leans). ID lerriiying quickly! The same holds
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exirernely mllabllz. when eiiher one he sorne pipeline personnel who gel a mflfl
has a failure, it has the poienrial lo ihrill pin oi slaring at a pipeline control "an
be ealasirophie Withbnth, lhere l~ mumlo! in lrii like an air iraiiie control % , 5
ihe poleniial Lhal innoeenl people inonilor), but, at least for me, ihal is g g
could he iniiired or leilled. Airplanes no. ‘hg .3,“ a,. gym 3,. a,,Pian,3 5 -.3 5 9 3 2 7 3 ‘
lncmdiblymmplzxnnd Pipellncsnreinthzgmund in, a e Imam:
pipelines rilols anrl pipeline upemlols have to he palrolled at .-pee-ii’-ie iniervals 3 9 4 2 n
are typically very well framed Bath depending on the pipeline hiil |( is not '77’ 3 am
are highly regulated by lhe sanie ihe same as taking Dff,l1aVlgaUIIg, and an
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