RCP Inc.

Pipeline regulatory consulting covering jurisdictional analysis, expert witness testimony, acquisition due diligence, audits, and pipeline safety management.

• Jurisdictional Analysis
• Expert Witness
• Acquisition Due Diligence
• Audits
• Pipeline Safety Management

Technical engineering services for pipeline operators including MAOP reconfirmation, pressure testing, leak detection, and conversion of service plans.

• MAOP Reconfirmation
• Pressure Test Certification
• Leak Detection Capabilities Evaluation
• Emergency Flow Restriction Device Analysis
• Conversion of Service Plans
• Relief Valve Capacity Evaluation
• Uprate Studies
• Defect Analysis and Repair Plan
• Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Engineering Specifications

Pipeline integrity management programs including risk management, IMP development, HCA analysis, GIS and class location, spill modeling, and threat analysis.

• Risk Management
• IMP Program Development
• HCA Analysis
• Class Location / GIS / Mapping
• Spill Modeling
• Threat Analysis
• Inspection Interval Risk Model (IIRM)

Development, auditing, and third-party gap assessment of pipeline compliance programs matching federal and state safety regulations.

• Operation and Maintenance Manuals

  Includes company-specific operations and maintenance procedures and pipeline-specific operating manuals (PSOMs) for transmission, gathering, and gas distribution operations.

• Control Room Management Services

  Develops plans addressing fatigue management, alarm management, shift change procedures, and compliance checklists aligned with CRM rules.

• Emergency Response and Contingency Plans

  Develops facility response plans (FRPs) and integrated contingency plans (ICPs) accepted by PHMSA, EPA, USCG, and BOEM.

• Operator Qualifications Programs

  Identifies covered tasks, establishes written operator qualification (OQ) programs, and performs gap analyses and recordkeeping audits.

• Integrity Management Plans

  Assists gas transmission, gathering, and liquid pipeline operators in integrating complex regulatory requirements into their integrity management plans.

• Public Awareness Program

  Develops continuing public awareness programs complying with API RP 1162, including gap analyses, annual self-assessments, and effectiveness evaluations.

• Damage Prevention Program

  Establishes programs meeting 49 CFR requirements with screening guidelines, line marking, locating procedures, and excavation follow-up processes.

• Underwater Inspection Procedures

  Designs procedures for underwater inspection and reburial of pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, using risk models to determine next inspection dates.

• Process Safety and Risk Management Plan

  Develops PSM (OSHA) and RMP (EPA) programs and coordinates compliance audits for chemical and petrochemical facilities.

• SPCC and Spill Prevention Planning

  Creates and certifies Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure plans for onshore and offshore oil and gas production sites.

Engineering and compliance services for underground gas storage operators including storage integrity management programs, risk analysis, gap analysis, and site-specific operations and integrity standards.

• Storage Integrity Management Program
• Risk Analysis
• Gap Analysis
• Asset Integrity Management
• Site-Specific Operations and Integrity Standards

Pipeline safety and compliance training including DOT pipeline compliance workshops, fundamentals of transmission pipeline operations, and pressure test workshops delivered on-site or at the Pipeline Safety Institute.

• DOT Pipeline Compliance Workshop
• Fundamentals of Transmission Pipeline Operations
• Pressure Test Workshop
• Pressure Test Basics
• On-Site Customized Training