EPRG – European Pipeline Research Group

Preparations for the 23rd Joint Technical Meeting (JTM) on Pipeline Research are proceeding well.

The Event was originally planned to take place in 2021 but was postponed due to the global pandemic.

There is considerable, and growing, interest worldwide in the use of hydrogen as an alternative to natural gas in energy systems. In particular a combination of new build pipelines with the existing gas pipeline transport and distribution network is seen as a means of moving hydrogen from production points to...

Within only a few years, the energy transition has become a global phenomenon which affects and will continue to have a large impact on the energy supply structure. One of the goals is to meet Net-Zero Green House Gas emissions across the industry by 2050. Hydrogen is one of the megatrends to reach this goal....

As a result of the Paris Climate Agreement countries are increasingly looking to switch to renewable energy sources and away from fossil fuels for their energy needs. It is here that hydrogen can play a key role in an affordable, sustainable and reliable energy supply. The usage of hydrogen can provide new...

High Frequency Welding (HFW) is a well-established pipe manufacturing process that has many advantages including low cost and excellent dimensional control.  Pipes produced by HFW are routinely used for high integrity applications such as offshore reel-lay.

IOGP S616 package is a specification  which aims at  defining a minimum common set of supplementary requirements for procurement of line pipe to API Specification 5L 46th Edition 2018 (including Errata 1 2018) and ISO 3183 4th Edition 2019 for application in the petroleum and natural gas industries. The...

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...

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...

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...