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Do you have your grandfather’s s tubborn s treak ,
or your great-aunt Irena’s love of music?
Perhaps your cousin twice removed was a math whiz in New Delhi,
who passed his dark eyes and numbers sense onto you.
Most people are eager to trace the origins of their traits and find
out where their personality, preferences or appearance came from.
And some individuals are lucky: They have access to genealogies
handed down through the ages that help them understand the family
influences that have shaped who they are today.
For others, it takes a little more digging to uncover their personal
history, perhaps a few dozen hours on an historical records website or a
cheek swab sent off to a dna testing service.
But understanding what you’re made of and where you come from
isn’t just for people. Pipelines have provenance, too. And just like
an unknown ancestor, the complete back story of a pipeline section
– information about material grade and chemical composition, for
example – isn’t always available, either.
Maybe the records were never kept in the first place. Or they were
lost through time, or when assets were transferred or sold. Or the
• A Call For ‘Traceable, Verifiable, and
Complete’ Records
• Early Adopters Prepare Ahead of the
Proposal Becoming A Mandate
• NDE Techniques Can Save
Time and Money
• Preliminary Results
Are Nearly Instant
• PMI: Determining The DNA
Of Pipelines
PHMSA:
COMPL IANCE AT A
CELLULAR LEVEL
Regulation Will Test Operator Knowledge of Material Properties