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Publication Announcement for Contractor Assessment Tool

In November 2022, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Pipeline SMS Industry Team published Pipeline SMS: A Contractor’s Guide (Guide) to give pipeline contractors and service providers an enhanced…

April 27, 2023
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Publication Announcement for PSMS Contractor Guide

Pipeline Safety Management Systems Contractor Guidance Published Wednesday, November 16, 2022 – As a free complement to API Recommended Practice (RP) 1173, Pipeline Safety Management Systems (SMS), the American Petroleum…

November 16, 2022
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Enhancing the Safety Mission of Pipelines Through Third-Party Assessment

API’s newly launched Pipeline Safety Management System Assessment Program drives safety and performance improvements for the pipeline industry. December 18, 2020 Hart Energy Pipelines are vital lifelines for the nation…

December 29, 2020
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Pipeline SMS Winter 2019 Newsletter

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April 15, 2019
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Pipeline SMS Fall 2018 Newsletter

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Pipeline SMS Summer 2018 Newsletter

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Pipeline SMS Spring 2018 Newsletter

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Pipeline SMS Winter 2018 Newsletter

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April 15, 2019
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PG&E’s New Center Focused on Natural Gas Safety, Innovation

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) recently opened a facility in San Francisco’s East Bay to develop the tools and test resources to bolster natural gas transportation and storage operations….

August 23, 2017
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‘Excited’ about safety management systems, Washington Gas sees standards as tools

No gas utility or pipeline wants to make headlines for the wrong reasons. The process of keeping their systems safe and reliable in the Northeast, however, is a sometimes decades-long…

August 8, 2016
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