Member contributions of over $US11.4 million were allocated to programmes and projects addressing pipeline operations and integrity, corrosion control, design, materials, construction, and facilities.
Through the collaborative research planning model that PRCI employs, it has developed a portfolio for 2015 that will continue to address the key challenges facing the pipeline industry and deliver on the organisation’s core mission of technology development in support of safer and environmentally conscious approaches to operating and maintaining the energy pipeline infrastructure around the world.
The programmes and projects that PRCI will undertake in 2015 include those concerning:
- Operations and integrity;
- Design, materials and construction;
- Corrosion;
- Measurement;
- Compressor and pump stations; and,
- Underground storage.
PRCI President Cliff Johnson said “PRCI and our members are committed to developing a research portfolio that will ensure that we have the safest and most efficient pipeline system around the globe. It is vital that we continue to develop the key tools and solutions for the oil and gas pipeline industry.”
PRCI is a non-profit research organisation that is comprised of energy pipeline operating companies located in the US, Canada, Europe, China, South America, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Augmenting the pipeline membership are associate members drawn from companies in the US, Canada, Europe, China, Mexico, Japan, and Australia that serve the industry as pipe and equipment manufacturers, service providers, and vendors.