Pipeline Integrity Group

06/01/2026

Who is going to the Houston Pipeliners meeting tonight?

06/01/2026

Question for my pipeline integrity colleagues:

In our industry, we’ve become incredibly good at detecting anomalies. Inline inspection tools generate more data than ever, and we’ve built sophisticated risk assessment frameworks to prioritize findings.

But I wonder — are we sometimes desensitizing ourselves to anomalous conditions? What are anomalies, really?

When minor dents, wall loss indications, weld anomalies, or material variations show up year after year without immediate consequence, there’s a natural human tendency to begin viewing them as “normal.” What starts as careful engineering judgment can slowly shift into normalization of deviance.

We’ve seen this pattern contribute to major incidents across high-consequence industries. In pipelines, where failures are low-frequency but can be high-impact, maintaining a healthy sense of chronic unease about anomalies is critical — even the ones that don’t meet immediate repair criteria.

I’m not suggesting we overreact to every finding. I’m asking whether we’re staying sharp enough in how we evaluate, trend, and act on them — especially in aging infrastructure or areas with known manufacturing variations.

Would love to hear your perspectives. How does your team guard against complacency while still operating efficiently?

06/01/2026

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05/31/2026

Some of the best coating of all time!!!!

05/29/2026

Anyone remember what this is used for? Anyone on here ever used one?

05/27/2026

Beware the silent killer of great companies: Becoming Hubristically Insular.
When organizations stop listening to the outside world and only trust their own internal echo chamber, they begin a slow but dangerous decline. Often eroding the excellence that made them successful in the first place.
Hubristic insularity happens when success breeds overconfidence. Teams abandon continuous improvement and stop benchmarking against real industry peers. They dismiss external ideas and uncomfortable truths. Instead of challenging the status quo, they defend it. They convince themselves they know best.
In today’s rapidly changing world, the most dangerous belief is “We’re different. That won’t happen to us.”
Every Program, Process, and Procedure (PPP) needs continual improvement and updates. We all know that they (PPP) are in need of constant change and improvements.
Stay curious. Stay humble. Stay externally obsessed.
Actively seek out industry benchmarks. Invite and encourage dissenting voices. Ruthlessly challenge the status quo. Compare your performance against true peers — not just your internal targets.
The moment you stop questioning your own success is usually the moment you start falling behind.
What are your thoughts? Have you seen hubristic insularity — or a failure to challenge the status quo — impact a company you’ve worked with?

05/25/2026

Anyone on here know what the heck this is? Have you ever used one?
This is how ILI used to get analyzed.

05/25/2026

Today we remember the brave men and women who gave everything for our freedom. 🇺🇸
Their sacrifice is not forgotten—it lives on in the freedoms we cherish every day.
This Memorial Day, we pause to honor, reflect, and give thanks. ❤️

05/23/2026

If you had to name this pig what would you call it?

05/23/2026

Thousands of gallons of petroleum oil leaked from a ruptured pipeline in East Los Angeles on Friday morning, flooding city streets and seeping into the Los Angeles River.

Plains All American West Coast Pipeline, the owner of the pipe, says its crews responded to the scene after one of its underground lines was allegedly struck by an unaffiliated contractor installing the high-speed cable.

Los Angeles County officials estimated that as much as 2,400 gallons may have leaked from the pipeline in the 30 minutes it took crews to turn off the valve upon noticing the leak.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department said someone doing drilling work allegedly struck rhe oil line.