EPRG – European Pipeline Research Group

We address issues of common interest concerning the technical integrity of oil & gas transmission pipelines, in the areas of pipe manufacture, pipeline design, construction, operation and maintenance.

Extreme environments

How our research benefits products in challanging environments

Fracture

We conduct fracture tests ourselves

Pipe damage

How we adress the main causes for defects of piplines

Welding & Inspection

Our research in the fields of welding and inspection

EPRG as finalist for "Best Paper" award at ASME International Pipelines Conference

A paper presenting recent EPRG research was a finalist for the “Best Paper” award at the recent ASME International Pipelines Conference in Calgary, Canada. Dr Andrew Cosham of Ninth Planet Engineering presented a paper entitled “The EPRG Recommendations for Crack Arrest Toughness for Line Pipe Steel (Third...

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Call for papers 22nd Joint Technical Meeting now open

The 22nd Joint Technical Meeting on Pipeline Research is scheduled for April 29 - May 3, 2019 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia hosted by the Australian Pipelines & Gas Association (APGA). The meeting provides a forum for exchange on latest research activities and results for representatives of the Pipeline...

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EPRG Fracture Summit – International experts meet to define research program for pipeline safety

For the second time, the European Pipeline Research Group (EPRG) hosted a meeting of key experts on fracture propagation in the pipeline industry to exchange knowledge and expertise, with the expressed aim of providing guidance to the industry with respect to a number of currently open questions in this...

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Upcoming Events

  • 01/23/2019 – 01/24/2019

  • Design Committee Meeting

  • Dalmine, Italy
  • 02/05/2019 – 02/06/2019

  • Corrosion Committee Meeting

  • (No location yet)
  • 02/12/2019 – 02/13/2019

  • Material Committee Meeting

  • Gent, Belgium
  • 02/25/2019 – 02/26/2019

  • Plenary Committee Meeting

  • Siegen, Germany
  • 03/18/2019 – 03/21/2019

  • PTC Berlin

  • Berlin, Germany
  • 04/29/2019 – 05/03/2019

  • 22nd Joint Technical Meeting

  • Brisbane, Australia