In preparation for the hydro-test, construction began in June 2024 and is expected to be completed in October 2024 barring bad weather or other factors, SoCalGas spokesperson Denise Campos told the ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- A major Pacific Gas and Electric Co. gas transmission line serving the Bay Area ruptured during a pressure test Monday south of Bakersfield, just as the company was planning to boost ...

Enbridge's successful high-pressure water test of one of its twin oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac indicates "the underwater pipe appears to be robust," according to an independent pipeline ...

Hitting a major marker in its efforts to improve the safety of its natural gas system, PG&E on Tuesday disclosed it is nearly finished checking its vast network of gas pipelines, in some instances ...

The value of a particular hold time during a hydrotest cannot be determined in terms of pipeline integrity because the consequences of holding cannot be measured, making any specified hold time of the ...

Pipeline testing expert John Kiefner told the CPUC that water testing or smart pigging of the ruptured San Bruno pipeline would have caught the faulty weld before the deadly explosion. Line 132 was ...