NTSB Board Room & Conference Center  Washington, DC November 15 & 16 Presentations

The Pipeline Safety Hearing provided a forum to examine technologies available to assess the integrity of pipelines, such as the use of internal inspection tools, and the capability of pipeline operating systems to identify leaks and to prompt timely responses. The hearing also seeked to determine the status of ongoing research in these areas. The hearing was prompted by the Safety Board's past investigations of numerous pipeline accidents in which pipe with time-related defects failed, and the Safety Board's current investigations of six pipeline accidents that have occurred in 1999 and 2000, which include potential pipeline integrity issues.