Who is PRCI?
Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI) is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit corporation comprised of energy pipeline companies. PRCI was first organized in 1952, as the Pipeline Research Committee (American Gas Association), by 15 natural gas transmission pipeline companies to address the problem of long-running brittle fractures in natural gas transmission pipelines. Over the years PRCI has increasingly focused on near-term integrity and reliability solutions to design and operating problems and realizing the opportunities that an industry-managed pipeline program generates. As the focus of the work has evolved and broadened so too has PRCI’s membership with an increasing focus on oil and petroleum products pipelines. As a result, PRCI is now a critical resource for all pipelines, and is the only pipeline organization whose sole purpose is pipeline technical research.
