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Pipelines … your quiet neighbor
Millions of people all across the country share the same neighbor. This neighbor does not intrude where it’s not wanted and simply goes about its business helping all of us every day. Pipelines are the energy lifelines of many of our daily activities from driving our children to school, heating our homes, to buying groceries at the store delivered by trucks run on diesel. The US has the largest network of energy pipelines of any nation in the world. There are more than 200,000 miles of oil pipelines and 300,000 miles of natural gas pipelines all across the country. These lines are tucked under our streets, through neighborhoods and communities traveling below farmland, forests, and deserts. Since Americans consume more than 700 million gallons of petroleum products per day, pipelines are an essential component of our nation’s infrastructure. Without them our roads and highways would be overrun with trucks trying to meet this demand. Pipelines are the safest most reliable manner for transporting crude oil and other liquid petroleum products according to National Transportation Safety Board statistics. And just like any good neighbor, pipeline companies are ever mindful of the safety of those around them.
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Aging infrastructure, new state and federal regulations, unfriendly neighbors, an aging workforce and heightened security restricting site access are costing companies more and more and negatively affecting operational excellence. As a result, pipeline managers are looking to extend their investment in SCADA networks and improve operational efficiency and keep cost in check.
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Fifty had signed up. Forty would have been a success. The room exploded with almost seventy people interested in keeping Mississippi a safer place to live and work. The first of six regional meetings was held in Batesville on April 21, 2009. Everyone who had been involved in the planning of the meeting was holding their breath. Would anyone be interested and would anyone show up? The Batesville response was clearly encouraging to all who made the effort to be there.
Volume III, Issue II
From the desk of Sam Johnson:
Perhaps you’ve already noticed a change on the front cover of our magazine. We’ve changed our name from Mississippi One-Call to Mississippi 811. This was a board decision to incorporate the national 811 “call before you dig” number into our official name as a reminder of how important making that initial call is.
