Behind the scenes in a pipeline control room

Take a ‘tour’ of a pipeline control room

Did you know that every transmission pipeline is monitored day and night, 365 days a year? Or that technicians have the authority to shut down a pipeline if they see anything that could represent a danger to people or the environment? Check out the infographic below for even more control room facts:

Be sure to check out this blog post with control centre operator, Wayne Mazur. And stay tuned for an upcoming post, when we sit down with a control room manager, to learn more about control room safety.

In the meantime, check out these posts for more information:

• ‘Planes, patients and pipelines: the technology connection’
• ‘3 ways Canada’s pipeline industry is raising the bar for safety’
• ‘Pipeline big brother? 4 ways technology helps pipeline companies ‘see’ underground’
• ‘Pipeline control rooms and safety’