Clarion Announces Pipeline Conference and Expo to Focus on New Inspection and Maintenance Issues.Energy Editors/Business Editors Pipeline Pigging, Integrity Assessment & Repair Conference HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004 The 16th annual conference on Pipeline Pigging, Integrity Assessment, and Repair takes place at Houston's Westin Galleria Hotel Feb. 3 - 6. The event features two days of technical training courses followed by two days of technical presentations. The meeting also features the world's largest specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. exhibition of pipeline integrity products and services, including both pigging and non-pigging in-line In-line Used in the context of general equities. (1) An order or market in a specific security within the inside market; 2) any announcement (earnings) that adheres closely to Wall Street analysts' expectations. maintenance services, inspection, repair, leak (programming) leak - With a qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in. detection, mapping, and more. Almost half a million miles of oil and gas transportation pipelines stretch across and under the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and its coastlines. Many of these lines were built more than 50 years ago, and their continued safe operation is a formidable challenge to the companies that own them. Stringent new federal and state regulations require more thorough and frequent inspections and repairs. The conference will focus on these challenges and the technologies available to address them. Exhibition passes are free for pre-registered visitors, $25 at the door. For more information, call the organizers, Clarion A family of application development systems for Windows from SoftVelocity, Inc., Pompano Beach, FL (www.softvelocity.com). Clarion provides a comprehensive set of tools for development, including a screen builder, 4GL and application generator. Technical Conferences: 713-521-5929 or visit www.clarion.org. |
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