Colonial Pipeline Incident: Yet Another Cybersecurity Wake Up Call
The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline underscores just how vulnerable critical U.S. infrastructure is to cybercriminals. On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline, a major U.S....
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U.S. to Emerge as a Major Oil Pipeline Infrastructure Market by 2025
Ongoing replacement of aging oil and gas infrastructure is poised to drive the global oil pipeline infrastructure market, to facilitate efficient, economical and streamlined transportation...
A Venture-Backed Startup’s Plan to Bring an End to Routine Aerial Pipeline Patrol
Orbital Sidekick (OSK) began from an idea sketched on a napkin in a bar in late 2015. The company’s co-founders were friends who had become...
Williams Poison Pill Struck Down
A Delaware judge struck down Williams Companies’ “poison pill” provision last week after the pipeline giant adopted protection efforts to guard against a possible hostile...
Technologies to Detect and Mitigate Pipe Corrosion
Corrosion can be defined as the deterioration that a metal suffers from being under exposure to electrochemical molecules that are in its environment, creating permanent...
Scanning Takes on New Meaning for Pipeline Work
Scanning is getting easier in the oilfields. Just ask Texas-based S Oliver and Associates (SOA), which has provided surveying services for the oil and gas...
TPA Releases Updated Study Showing The Enormous Economic Benefits Of Texas Pipelines
AUSTIN, Texas – Through ongoing operations and construction in 2019 alone, the Texas oil and gas pipeline industry provided more than $48.6 billion in economic impact,...
Canadian Pipeline Sector Continues to Adopt Conservative Strategies Due to Prolonged Economic Uncertainty
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the oil and gas sector leading to a sharp fall in fuel prices coupled with an over-abundant supply of oil...
Global Oil and Gas Pipeline Sector Delaying Project FIDs to Save Cash and Weather Out COVID-19 Crisis
The global oil and gas pipeline sector has been facing several headwinds in the form of a fall in oil and gas prices, demand destruction,...
Q&A with Andy Lee, Krystal Scott and Ewaen Woghiren on Jones Walker LLP’s Midstream Oil and Gas Cybersecurity Survey
What prompted you and the firm to conduct the survey? We chose the midstream sector because of the unique areas of vulnerability presented by the...