Rod Osborne, Battelle Institute, Columbus, OH: "Operators are using some better materials, some better manufacturing methods and welding methods to create the pipelines. And they are using better coatings, but none of this was really driven by the shale boom." Cliff Johnson, PRCI: "You see a lot of emphasis on the integrity area; we have a very large network of pipes in the ground, and it is not going away any time soon."
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