Pipeliners Podcast

Russel Treat

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview podcast focused on pipeline operations, safety, technology, compliance, and regulation, typically featuring industry executives, technical specialists, operators, consultants, and standards leaders. Agencies could credibly pitch pipeline technology founders, control-room and integrity experts, cybersecurity specialists, regulators, and infrastructure executives; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need strong industry authority and directly relevant expertise.

Metrics

Episodes: 456

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Russel Treat - Pipeline industry professional and host of conversations about pipeline operations, technology, safety, compliance, and regulation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Pipeline industry executives, operators, consultants, engineers, technology leaders, standards committee participants, and regulatory or compliance specialists with direct experience in a specific pipeline issue.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership of pipeline technology or infrastructure companies, Development or implementation of pipeline safety and monitoring systems, Participation in industry standards and recommended-practice updates, Long-term operational or consulting experience in the pipeline sector

Recent Guest Discussions

Jerad Stack - Physics-informed Neural Networks, Leak Detection, Gathering Systems, Slack Line, Sensitivity, And Reliability.

Kyle VanLandingham - The Texas 811 Guardian Program, Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing, Excavation Damage Prevention, And Underground Infrastructure Protection.

Vickie Cain - Pipeline Control Room Management, API RP 1168 Revisions, Verification, Backup Control Rooms, Procedures, Testing, And Shift Turnover.

Recent Topics

Pipelines, Pipeline Safety, Scada, Compliance, Cybersecurity

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Pipeliners Podcast
:

Episode 452: New API RP 1193 addressing Pressure Cycling Management with Aaron Dinovitzer and Robert MacKenzie

August 04, 2026

In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, host Russel Treat is joined by Aaron Dinovitzer, an independent integrity management consultant, and Rob McKenzie, an engineering supervisor at Enbridge, to discuss the new API Recommended Practice on pressure cycling management. The conversation covers why the standard was developed, how operations and integrity management teams can use it to speak a common language, and practical strategies operators can apply to reduce fatigue damage on liquid and...

Episode 451: Leak Detection is Not Just One Problem with Jerad Stack

July 28, 2026

In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, host Russell Treat talks with Jerad Stack, co-founder and CEO of Flowstate, about why "leak detection" means different things to different people in the pipeline industry. The conversation covers how Flowstate models pipeline behavior with physics-informed neural networks instead of traditional real-time transient or purely statistical models, and how that approach handles gathering systems, slack line, and the ongoing trade-off between sensitivity a...

Episode 450: How the Texas 811 Guardian Program is Improving Damage Prevention with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing with Kyle VanLandingham

July 21, 2026

In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, host Russel Treat talks with Kyle VanLandingham, Director of Business Development at Texas811, about the Guardian program. They discuss how distributed fiber optic sensing is being layered onto existing 811 infrastructure to catch excavation activity that happens without a call to 811, why that "no-ticket" digging drives a disproportionate share of underground damage, and what it takes to deploy and scale the technology across Texas. Visit PipelinePo...

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