Pipeline Things

Christopher and Rhett live for pipelines. Seriously. We’re not joking. Out of all things (and against all odds), pipelines are their passion. On this Pipeline Things podcast, these two share what they know, how they know it, and why you should know it too. Think Pipeliners Digest, but make it funny. Listen to the Pipeline Things podcast every other Wednesday for a hearty dose of relevant, trustworthy advice tat cuts through the noise and doesn’t take itself too seriously.

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Hard Spots & Analogies with Jing Wang

Mar 29, 2023

My achy breaky….. hard spot? Today Jing Wang from TC Energy joins the Pipeline Things to discuss hard spots. Jing breaks things down for Christopher and Rhett, and she uses over 5 different analogies to do it—from Venn diagrams, to Harry Potter, to face moisturizer.

You do not want to miss the last episode in Season 2 of Pipeline Things!

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Jing Wang talking with Christopher De Leon and Rhett Dotson at a conference table

The spawn of the updated gas rule with Brian Jimenez

Feb 1, 2023

In this episode of Pipeline Things, Christopher and Rhett welcome guest Brian Jimenez, Director of Pipeline Integrity – East Region at Energy Transfer. Brian and the Things tackle RIN 2 and the updated Gas Rule topics such as the term “permanently restore”, using crack calculations on metal loss calls, and the new crack response criteria. This is a great episode for our operator friends out there!

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Brian with Rhett and Christopher while discussing midstream and pipeline topics

The elephant in the room and geohazards with Nic Roniger

Feb 15, 2023

In this episode of Pipeline Things, Christopher and Rhett bring in Nic Roniger, an SME on geohazards from Marathon Petroleum, to dissect Section 613 of RIN2. They discuss building a mature program that meets regulation requirements for geohazards is like eating the elephant one bite at a time. Operators starting from the ground up will want to tune in to learn how to use data integration to simplify their response criteria for failures that involve geohazards. The other elephant in the room? Who, exactly, is Nic’s favorite? Join us to decide for yourself!

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