When Safety Matters…

We know pipeline safety like the back of our hands.  Our pipeline safety services run the gamut, including:

• Gas leakage surveys: When our technicians perform leak surveys, they’re armed with the latest technologies, tools and training. And their mission is to complete tasks as if their own families’ lives depended on them. 
  Southern Cross technicians:
  • - Conduct business and residential area surveys
  • - Survey transmission lines
  • - Monitor gathering systems
  • - Check for pressure increases
  • - Perform surveys ahead of paving
  • - Review winter/frost conditions
  • - Perform general risk assessments
  • - Conduct re-checks and re-evaluations
  • - Perform miscellaneous safety inspections
     
• Corrosion surveys: Over time, various equipment and infrastructure will deteriorate and corrode.
  Southern Cross technicians perform a wide array of tests for:
  • - Atmospheric corrosion
  • - Annual corrosion
  • - Isolated pipe segment corrosion
     
• Valve inspections: All valves are subject to close visual inspections
   
• Odorant testing: Using the latest specialty equipment, Southern Cross technicians conduct odorant testing, identifying the gas type and range within 0.04% to 1.2 %
   
• Pipeline markers: Whether to replace marker decals or to install new markers along a specific route, Southern Cross technicians perform both initiatives.
   
• DIMP Compliance Initiatives: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule in December 2009 concerning distribution integrity management programs (DIMP) for natural gas companies. Created to enhance safety, DIMP requires companies take a “risk-based” approach to pipeline safety rather than a “prescriptive” approach. DIMP will have far reaching implications in the pipeline safety arena. Read more...