Pipeline Equities
PO Box 571977
Houston, Texas 77257
Phone: 713-623-0690

Pipeline Recovery

excavation & removal

Damage Assessment

of easements

Pipeline Appraisal

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Clean Your Yard Of Asbestos Coated Line Pipe At Little Or No Cost

MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, ENGINEERS

Asbestos coating on pipelines is not a popular topic with most pipeline companies. In fact, they don’t even like to use the “A” word when describing the coating. Asbestos is a proven, effective, and durable means of protecting steel pipe from corrosion and the elements. Asbestos might be five to fifty percent of the felt wrapping around a length of line pipe with some tar type outer wrapping. Overall this might mean there is as much as 25% asbestos in the complete coating. Asbestos as a coating on pipelines was very popular until the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1965. It took a few years, but use of asbestos in new pipeline coatings disappeared before 1980. Today, asbestos continues to protect hundreds of thousands of feet of buried pipeline that were laid between 1920 and 1980.

You no longer have to think landfills when dealing with asbestos in coating of vintage line pipe. You may have yards in various places where you have been accumulating old replacement line pipe and really have not known what to do with it. Landfills are not the answer as the cost can be prohibitive.

THERE IS ANOTHER SOLUTION…

Pipeline Equities is equipped to pick up the asbestos contaminated pipe, abate the coating and recycle the pipe at relatively little or no cost to you. The “relatively” in that statement depends on the outside diameter of the pipe, wall thickness, integrity of coating, condition of the pipe and distance to our facilities in Texas. If we can make a deal, you are freed of liability regarding health hazards and spontaneous onsite inspections from EPA and OSHA agents. We take it off your hands in one of two ways. One, we take possession and ownership at the time pipe is loaded on our trucks, or two, you continue ownership until all documentation is returned to you. That documentation includes transportation manifests, arrival and cleaning orders from our licensed and certified facilities, and final manifest from certified and licensed landfills – the final resting place of the ACM (Asbestos Containing Material) residue. Another option is a combination of the first two where we take ownership and give you the final documents showing disposal of the ACM residue in the designated licensed landfill.

We have just started this program after expanding our facilities and are seeking to put people and equipment to work. Our surveys show hundreds of thousands of feet of ACM coated pipe deteriorating in yards all over the U.S. There is a better way! Give me a call today and we can discuss whether this program is viable for you.

Check us out. Visit our website at www.pipelineequities.com and read my articles and job references. Notice the article “Asbestos and Old Pipelines” from the January 2010 PIPELINE AND GAS JOURNAL as well as other articles and research.

We have been around for thirty- five years and know the oilfield reasonably well. We have been doing this kind of work with asbestos and ACM for many years. Look at the information sheet enclosed and see if this process meets your needs.

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Pipeline Recovery Manual

A complete guide to the business of recovering out of use pipelines

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You will see how we deal with landowners regarding notification and recordings. How to draft a contract of sale with models by: Exxon, Texaco, Koch and others and pictures showing actual work in process.

The manual shows Pipeline Equities job references, right of way releases, agreements and the history and background of Pipeline Equities and managing partner David Howell. These references touch on parts of the six million feet of line removed or handled by the company over the past twenty years.

A line pipe table describing various weights, grades, and pressure ratings of ERW and seamless line pipe is included. This section is an indispensable tool for anyone doing operational word with line pipe.

Also included are extensive glossaries of pipe, pipeline, and right of way terms.

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Pipeline Appraisal Handbook

The Definitive How-To Guide on Establishing Values for Pipelines

This handbook written by David Howell, managing partner of Pipeline Equities is the basic text of any pipeline valuation. All of the essential factors for establishing the value of a pipeline are discussed along with exclusive proprietary formulas and tables essential to a certified appraisal.

Also included are 32 pages of pipe weight and grades tables that cover virtually any situation which might be encountered regarding line pipe requirements. Additionally you’ll find an extensive glossary of pipe, pipeline and right of way terminology is part of the Handbook.

Subjects include: Replacement, Right of Way, Surface Inventory, Throughput, Salvage/Recovery, and comparable sales histories to name a few of the basic factors of pipeline appraisal.

The author recognized a need for a report or “how to” manual for properly appraising pipelines and pipeline right of ways. Currently the work is being done by accounting firms, engineers, and real estate appraisers.

This handbook draws from 45 years of experience.

Howell has forty-five years experience in many sectors of the petroleum industry from drilling contractor and oil and gas operator to pipe and supply distribution throughout the world. He has published Tradex Equipment magazine, the Whole World Oil Directory, and the Texas Oil Register.

For the past twenty years, Howell has been almost exclusively engaged in pipeline sales and acquisition, appraisal, removal for salvage, environmental remediation and general pipeline operations.

Howell currently serves on board of the Pipeline Appraisal Institute and is a member of the International Right of Way Association. Howell is a graduate of Texas A&M University – Kingsville and a native of Alice, Texas. He is currently residing in Houston and is the managing partner of Pipeline Equities.