Investing in Research to Improve Pipeline Safety

摘要

Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) exists as a way for its members, who are pipeline operators, service providers and other industry stakeholders, to collectively and collabora-tively, conduct research, develop, and evaluate new and emerging technologies that have the potential to improve the operational safety of their pipeline systems - infrastructure that has already proven to be the safest mode of transportation for energy products. However, the public perception of pipeline companies, and the assets they operate, do not match reality. The general public would likely find it difficult to believe that 99.997％ of the energy products transported via pipeline are safely delivered to their final destination without incident. Nevertheless, the members of PRCI are continuously working to enhance and improve these vital assets.