Pipeliners Podcast

The Pipeliners Podcast is the source of industry information for pipeline professionals. This is a weekly podcast with new episodes released every Tuesday. Each week, host Russel Treat welcomes industry-leading experts and insightful guests to share their knowledge about specific pipeline topics in an informative, conversational setting. Each episode covers topics that include alarm management, compliance, control room management, cybersecurity, HMI and SCADA, inspection, integrity, leak detection, measurement, pipeline history, pipeline technology, regulatory issues, and more.

Pipeliners Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Russel Treat, with 463 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Russel Treat hosts Pipeliners Podcast, a business show with 463 episodes published.

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  Episode #460

  Episode 460: Leak Detection in Compressible Fluids with Jerad Stack

  Sep 29, 202637 minS1

  Jerad Stack of Flowstate returns to the Pipeliners Podcast to discuss what changes when computational leak detection moves from liquids to compressible fluids such as natural gas, CO2, and ethylene. Russel Treat and Jerad talk through why changes in line inventory make these systems harder to monitor, how physics and machine learning work together in the models, and what an operator should consider before piloting leak detection on a compressible system. Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript and detailed show notes with relevant links and definitions to insider terms.

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  Episode #459

  Episode 459: Underground Methane Leak Detection with Kathleen Smits

  Sep 22, 202638 minS1

  In this episode, Russel Treat talks with Kathleen Smits of Southern Methodist University about how natural gas moves underground after a pipeline leak begins and why that matters for detection, quantification, and repair. The conversation covers how soil moisture, surface conditions, pressure, and gas composition shape what operators measure at the surface. Kathleen also discusses her research on evidence-based guidance for leak management and where that work is headed. Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript and detailed show notes with relevant links and definitions to insider terms.

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  Episode #458

  Episode 458: Why Leak Detection is Now an Integration & Cybersecurity Challenge with Nick Dresang

  Sep 15, 202636 minS1

  In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, host Russell Treat talks with Nick Dresang, Director of Cybersecurity at Flow State, about how leak detection systems get their data and what that means for pipeline cybersecurity. They cover OT/IT integration across the Purdue Model, cloud deployment options, and the security tradeoffs operators face as more pipeline data moves off premises. Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript and detailed show notes with relevant links and definitions to insider terms.

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  Episode #457

  Episode 457: The Impact of Electric Reconductoring on Pipeline Corrosion with Ashlin Bollacker and Frank Onesto

  Sep 8, 202638 minS1

  This week's episode of the Pipeliners Podcast looks at electric transmission reconductoring, the practice of upgrading power lines with higher-capacity conductors, and its growing impact on pipeline corrosion. Host Russel Treat is joined by Ashlin Bollacker, Director of Pipeline Safety at INGAA, and returning guest Frank Onesto, Pipeline Corrosion Engineer at Burns & McDonnell, to discuss how rising AC interference from grid upgrades threatens pipeline integrity and what operators can do to get ahead of it. Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript and detailed show notes with relevant links and definitions to insider terms.

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  Episode #455

  Episode 455: Leak Alarm - The Most Complex Alarm a Controller can Get with Angie Schrader

  Aug 25, 202639 minS1

  This episode of the Pipeliners Podcast looks at why leak alarms are considered the most difficult alarm a pipeline controller can face. Host Russell Treat is joined by Angie Schrader, co-founder and COO of Flowstate, to unpack what drives alarm sensitivity and false alarms, and how operators can build stronger leak alarm response and restart procedures. The conversation also touches on API RP 1130 and PHMSA's Rupture Mitigation Valve Rule. Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript and detailed show notes with relevant links and definitions to insider terms.

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