Innovations
Colonial became the first company to equip gasoline storage tanks with geodesic domes in 1978.
Colonial begins use of caliper and magnetic “pigs” to detect anomalies in the lines in 1985.
Following an historic flood which ruptures a number of pipelines at the San Jacinto River in Texas, Colonial directionally drilled 30 feet beneath the river and floodplain putting in place two new 3,100-foot permanent lines.
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