The issue in front of the US Supreme Court is seemingly mundane, about federal or state jurisdiction. But it is actually much bigger, encompassing some key questions of the 21st century.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The operator of the oil pipeline the spilled thousands of gallons of crude on the California coast says it had a safe shutdown process in place. Plains All American Pipeline’s ...

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced revisions to its procedures for pipeline safety enforcement ...

Procedures are also needed to notify pipeline operators when a potential incursion occurs, they said. The recommendations as well as several others followed a nearly four-hour hearing on the spill, ...

At-a-Glance: Offshore pipeline welding hinges on disciplined WPS/PQR control, mechanized firing-line execution (GTAW root + GMAW/FCAW fill), real-time NDT (AUT/PAUT ...