According to a company press release, Southern California Gas Company today announced that it will upgrade or replace 50 to 60 pipeline valves in 2017 to further enhance the safety of its system. The upgraded valves will feature the latest technology that allow operators to control the valves from a remote location, or that automatically shut off the valve if a drop in pressure is detected. The new valves will allow gas control operators to respond more quickly if gas flow needs to be shut off in an emergency. The effort is part of SoCalGas’ Pipeline Safety Enhancement Plan, a multi-billion-dollar program that tests and updates the natural gas pipeline infrastructure in Southern California.
The program already replaced or retrofitted more than 100 valve locations, and will continue doing it until 2022, and the whole infrastructure is ditching the system in which qualified field personnel had to drive to the valve site to open or close a valve as needed to the new one.
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