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GTS & Kleinfelder – Providing optimum solutions, together.We are excited to announce that GTS is joining the Kleinfelder family! The transaction, which closed on October 19, 2020, creates significant growth opportunities and bolsters Kleinfelder’s U.S. market...

PHMSA, Mega Rule Part 1 deadlines are days awayIt may seem like only yesterday that PHMSA finally issued Part 1 of the Mega Rule.  On September 30 of 2019, PHMSA issued the Final Rule – Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: MAOP Reconfirmation,...

The Benefits of Operating Maps & Diagrams -  Operating maps and diagrams (operating diagrams) provide a high-level schematic configuration of natural gas transmission and distribution systems, individual stations and certain operating parameters. They are useful...

MAOP Reconfirmation via Hydrotest – Considerations for Success -  For many years, hydrostatic testing of pipelines has been used as a means to ensure fitness for service by ruling out manufacturing and construction related defects. Current code requires hydrostatic...

Establishment Of The Digs PMO Program -  The Digs PMO (Project Management Office) is often referred to as the “Big PMO” not only because ofits sheer volume of work, but because of its potential impact to the pipeline assets and its stakeholders. Take MAOP validation...

Establishment of MAOP Validation Programs -  The federal regulatory code governing natural gas pipeline design, operations, and maintenance came into effect around 1970 (some US states had regulatory codes governing these activities in effect prior to 1970). I say...

Overcoming Inspection Challenges Using Non-Traditional ILI -  Emerging non-traditional (NT) in-line inspection (ILI) technologies are providing new solutions for pipeline operators to inspect and gather critical-asset data at pipeline locations not previously...

GTS Finds Its Niche With Gas Utilities -  You might justifiably say that Gas Transmission Services, Inc. is a model one-stop-shop if you’re in the natural gas business, especially in California. The company, better known as GTS, works for nearly anyone involved in the...

Automating Hydraulic Simulations of a Large Number of Scenarios -  As PG&E and other utilities perform unparalleled levels of safety related work on their gas transmission systems, frequent and complex pipeline system outages are occurring throughout the year. In...