Purpose: Ensure welded line pipe joints meet the governing pipeline code and project specifications so the pipeline achieves required strength, leak tightness, and integrity over design life. I.1 ...

At-a-Glance: Pipeline welding operations follow a repeatable sequence: qualify procedures and welders, prep and align joints, control heat (preheat/interpass), execute root–hot–fill–cap passes, verify ...

New US regulations, CFR Part 195 Section 195.452, require that special integrity assessments be made to address potential seam-defect problems in low-frequency, electric-resistance-welded (ERW) pipe ...